The Dulles Debate -- Assassination COO? Back-Up Patsy?
There is a widely held view promoted by such authors as David Talbot and James DiEugenio that only Allen Dulles had the connections and motivations to pull off the Kennedy assassination.
Paul Brancato and I have had a productive debate over this issue, which deserves its’ own thread.
On the “Freeport Sulphur” thread I cited The Corson Scenario (emphasis added)
Joseph Trento, The Secret History of the CIA, pgs 334-5:
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Who changed the coup into the murder o
You ask: "So how did the tools and talents developed by Bill Harvey for ZR/RIFLE and Operation MONGOOSE get exported to Vietnam? Kennedy immediately ordered (William R.) Corson to find out what had happened and who was responsible. The answer he came up with: “On instructions from Averell Harriman…. The orders that ended in the deaths of Diem and his brother originated with Harriman and were carried out by Henry Cabot Lodge’s own military assistant.”
The CIA got involved in Vietnam