The CIA's Role in the Bay of Pigs Operation

The CIA was in charge of the operations who the abortive attempt to invade Cuba and remove Fidel Castro from office. The scheme to invade Cuba had been concocted under Eisenhower, but it was Kennedy who created the green lights. It was presented as an uprising by the Cuban people, rather than a U.S. invasion orchestrated by the United States. As the CIA was concerned, it took the blame for the episode. John F. Kennedy explained to Alan Dallis that under the British system, the Prime Minister would have to resign if something happened like that. In the American system, it was the job of the CIA's director to become the, the surrogate, the person who would take