Nixon Pressed CIA Chief on the 'Who Shot John?' Angle

An excerpt from Jefferson Morley's book, 'Scorpions' Dance'

CIA director Richard Helms (left) with President Richard Nixon.

Early in his first term, President Richard Nixon pressed CIA director Richard Helms for the Agency’s reporting on the Bay of Pigs thing, the Agency’s failed 1961 operation to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba. When Helms resisted, Nixon summoned him to the Oval Office to explain his interest. T…