Great assassinations with one not so great assassination. It wont matter that castro is still alive, because we plan these back in october. In cap changed a little bit things have changed a little bit, but the basic idea behind this is killing fidel, or not killing fidel. For a lot of younger people, mystique of fidel castro is not as wellknown as it would be for other generations. He had not been in charge for a wild. He was not this mean ogre of a person who was leaving cuba. He was for a lot of people that remember the cold war. A lot of people that lived through that time. Castro was somewhat of a caricature of himself at the end. I love this cartoon. Out thet really spelled end of castros career when he had been retired. [laughter] mr. Houghton so when he died, it was a big deal a lot of places. Many college aged students were like, ok. A wholey did not matter lot when it came to the relationship between the united or the broader, world. We will talk differently here. Attemptsook
Cohosted by the Smithsonian Associates and the International Spy museum in washington, d. C. Good morning, everyone. It is a good morning. It is a great day. After that, i think it goes downhill. Irc executive director. We are delighted to have all of you here with us. Let us look again thank the smithsonian volunteers for being with us for this event. Toyou would be kind enough turn off your cellphones and so forth. As a c. I. A. Officer who went through the church pike hearings , part of which will be discussed today by vince , attempted assassinations, none of which succeeded, which reflects incompetence or a lack of commitment. Charges almosthe seem quaint because today there is little hesitation by successive administrations of both parties in knocking off the heads of terrorist groups and the leaders right and left. As you know, on a couple of occasions, taking out an american citizen. Looking back on that, it almost seems quaint. However, it will be fun to revisit with my collea
Smithsonian volunteers for being with us for this event. If you would be kind enough to turn off your cellphones and so forth. As a c. I. A. Officer who went through the church pike hearings, part of its will be by vince today houghton, attempted assassinations, none of which succeeded, which reflects incompetence or a lack of commitment. Looking back, the charges almost seem quaint because today there is little hesitation by successive administrations of both parties in knocking off the heads of terrorist groups and the leaders right and left. As you know, on a couple of occasions, taking out an american citizen. Looking back on that, it almost seems quaint. However, it will be fun to revisit with my colleague, vince houghton, who has a phd in diplomatic and military history. The area of his research with was scientific and technological issues or developments during the world war ii and the early part of the cold war. Vince also got a masters in relations between the soviet union and
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