Jack Pfeiffer person
also: Pfeiffer, the CIA historian
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Some of the sharpest criticism of the Bay of Pigs operation, in fact, came within the CIA itself. Dick Drane was among those who later aimed fire at Dulles. When he spoke with Jack Pfeiffer, the CIA historian who prepared the report on the …
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But years after he picked up Dulles at the Baltimore airport, Drain vented about the agency's handling of the Cuba enterprise. He was astounded by the poor quality of the staff assigned to the high stakes Bay of Pigs operation. Drain told P…
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even if it was very noisy and messy. The CIA chief set a trap for Kennedy, allowing the president to believe that his immaculate invasion could succeed, even though Dulles knew it couldn't. Years after the Bay of Pigs, historians, including…
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also felt a sense of loyalty to Kennedy, who had championed the general when Taylor broke with Eisenhower's dullest policy over massive retaliation in favor of a nuanced strategy of flexible response. JFK, who was influenced by Taylor's 195…
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diplomatically to avoid putting too much blame on the CIA or the Pentagon. But Taylor's strongest tilt in the estimation of CIA historian Jack Pfeiffer were towards deflecting criticism from the White House. Meanwhile, Bobby Kennedy, whom P…
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a chain reaction of success throughout Cuba, with resultant defection of some of Castro's militia, the uprising of the populace, and eventually the success of the campaign. But this hypothetical scenario was a pipe dream that only Dulles an…