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Did the CIA seek to hypnotize an assassin to kill Fidel Castro?
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Did the CIA seek to hypnotize an assassin to kill Fidel Castro?

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Jefferson Morley
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James Angleton

James Angleton, counterintelligence chief c Yes. It was James Angleton's idea. In May 1963, deputy director Richard Helms asked Angleton, the legendary chief of the agency's Counterintelligence Staff,  to assess the problem of Cuba for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Angleton wrote a 16-page working paper, "Cuban Control and Action Capabilities" that was so…

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