Operation Northwoods was the only good thing McNamara did while  
SecDef: He stopped it.
On Jun 29, 2008, at 5:46 PM, Fritz wrote:

> Charles Jones wrote:
>
> Charles, would you care to comment on the following?
>
>          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods
>
> If this is really true, it's quite disturbing.
> Is this just "made up" Internet gibberish?
>
> As James Bamford summarizes in his book "Body of Secrets"
>
> ---------------------------------
> Operation Northwoods, which had the written approval of the Chairman  
> and
> every member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called for innocent  
> people to
> be shot on American streets; for boats carrying refugees fleeing  
> Cuba to
> be sunk on the high seas; for a wave of violent terrorism to be  
> launched
> in Washington, D.C., Miami, and elsewhere. People would be framed for
> bombings they did not commit; planes would be hijacked. Using phony
> evidence, all of it would be blamed on Castro, thus giving Lemnitzer  
> and
> his cabal the excuse, as well as the public and international backing,
> they needed to launch their war.
> ---------------------------------
>
> Fritz
>
> ======================================
>
>
>> I cannot imagine the state of anxiety and mistrust of someone who
>> actually thinks that our govt would plot and publicly kill thousands
>> of US citizens for some hidden agenda.
>>
>> -Charles
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