Mar 21 2025POLITICS
The CIA's Power Play: Kennedy's Secret Memo Sparks Old Debates
The CIA's influence was a hot topic in 1961, especially after the Bay of Pigs invasion failed. A close advisor to President Kennedy, Arthur Schlesinger Jr. , saw the CIA's power growing too large. He suggested that the State Department should take over all secret operations. He even proposed splitti
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