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Article: Truth of the Bay of Pigs fiasco; Secret report attacks 'CIA incompetence'.
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- February 23, 1998
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The CIA has been finally and officially been blamed for the 1961 Bay of Pigs debacle in a scathing internal investigation released yesterday.
The 150-page report, obtained after more than 30 years in the CIA director's safe, says the CIA's ignorance and incompetence, and its arrogant attitude toward the 1,400 Cuban exiles it trained for the invasion, were responsible for the fiasco.
"The choice was between ...