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They considered
exploding cigars... [explosion] Poison cigars... poison pens that you would
actually prick Fidel with that would have a hidden
hypodermic needle in it. They were going to put LSD
on a microphone when he went to give his
regular weekly radio address so that he'd get high
during the address and he'd start
bumbling like a fool. One idea that came up was to, like, have these
gigantic fireworks displays that would somehow
convince Cubans that it was the second coming
of Christ. It sounds crazy,
but that's the mood that had taken over
at the CIA. In the end, these crazy ideas didn't turn
out to be practical, so they stuck
with poison pills. ♪ ♪
exploding cigars... [explosion] Poison cigars... poison pens that you would
actually prick Fidel with that would have a hidden
hypodermic needle in it. They were going to put LSD
on a microphone when he went to give his
regular weekly radio address so that he'd get high
during the address and he'd start
bumbling like a fool. One idea that came up was to, like, have these
gigantic fireworks displays that would somehow
convince Cubans that it was the second coming
of Christ. It sounds crazy,
but that's the mood that had taken over
at the CIA. In the end, these crazy ideas didn't turn
out to be practical, so they stuck
with poison pills. ♪ ♪
Full Transcript
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They considered
exploding cigars...
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[explosion]
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Poison cigars...
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poison pens that you would
actually prick Fidel with
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that would have a hidden
hypodermic needle in it.
00:00:16.146 --> 00:00:18.844
They were going to put LSD
on a microphone
00:00:18.931 --> 00:00:22.001
when he went to give his
regular weekly radio address
00:00:22.108 --> 00:00:24.011
so that he'd get high
during the address
00:00:24.197 --> 00:00:27.505
and he'd start
bumbling like a fool.
00:00:27.592 --> 00:00:29.376
One idea that came up
00:00:29.463 --> 00:00:32.684
was to, like, have these
gigantic fireworks displays
00:00:32.771 --> 00:00:35.003
that would somehow
convince Cubans
00:00:35.165 --> 00:00:36.862
that it was the second coming
of Christ.
00:00:38.995 --> 00:00:42.259
It sounds crazy,
but that's the mood
00:00:42.346 --> 00:00:45.997
that had taken over
at the CIA.
00:00:45.131 --> 00:00:46.829
In the end,
00:00:46.916 --> 00:00:49.832
these crazy ideas didn't turn
out to be practical,
00:00:49.919 --> 00:00:52.443
so they stuck
with poison pills.
00:00:52.053 --> 00:00:55.881
♪ ♪
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Movie Summary
Reveals the startling tale of the CIA's, the mob's, and Sinatra's Rat Pack's connections from Vegas to Miami to Havana, exploring America's most amazing espionage operations ever.