Covert U.S. terrorism plan revealed
Friday, May 3rd, 2002This should shock me, but doesn’t: ABC News reports that a new book by James Bamford describes Operation Northwoods, a covert plan by the U.S. military to engage in terrorism against U.S. citizens and blame it on Cuba, for the purpose of provoking a war with Cuba. All the Joint Chiefs gave written approval of the plan and presented it to Kennedy’s Secretary of Defense in 1962.
One reason not to be shocked is the memory of Oliver North, whose plans to impose martial law, suspend the Constitution, and put opponents of Reagan Administration policy in concentration camps.
The military is supposed to serve the civilian government, but military culture is antithetical to civic culture. They can’t be trusted not to subvert the Constitution they are sworn to protect.
