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While the assassination plots continue to go forward

While the assassinationplots continue to go forward, there was a big questionabout how to...

Mafia Spies • S01E04 • 2024

While the assassination
plots continue to go forward, there was a big question
about how to get the captive Bay of Pigs
prisoners back from Castro. Prisoners of war. To Cuban exiles, these men are
patriots, heroes. To the defenders,
they were victims, dupes of the United States
government. Kennedy realized that if
these 1,100 prisoners were killed by a firing squad, the publicity would be
so awful for him. It would be the end
of his presidency

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While the assassination plots continue to go forward,

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there was a big question about how to get

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the captive Bay of Pigs prisoners back from Castro.

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Prisoners of war.

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To Cuban exiles, these men are patriots, heroes.

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To the defenders, they were victims,

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dupes of the United States government.

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Kennedy realized that if these 1,100 prisoners were

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killed by a firing squad,

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the publicity would be so awful for him.

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It would be the end of his presidency.

Duration

39 seconds

Views

22

Timestamp in Movie

00:40:55

Uploaded

Apr 08, 2025

Season

1

Episode

4

Genres

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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.