Tony Verona person
also: Verona
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Tony Verona attempted_assassination_of
Fidel Castro documented
“But Fidel fired him on January 26th after the CIA had no way to deliver the poison. Castro always seems to be one step ahead of these guys. Weird. Traficani briefly favored using a prominent exile identified as Tony Verona as the assassin. …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 (19) @ 58:28
CIA paid
Tony Verona documented
“Though O'Connell and Edwards told the inspector general, money went to Verona for the job. He got paid for it. He just didn't do it. When Jake Esserling learned this, he went through the roof, properly insisting that the anti-Castro leaders…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 (19) @ 58:55
Richard Helms removed_from_power
Tony Verona book_quoted
“And Harvey alone went to Miami a couple of weeks later to hand over the poison. Cuban exile leader Tony Verona, the actor in the plot, asked for high-powered rifles and money and would be given those as well. But Harvey didn't think much ab…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 26 (27) @ 38:43
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▶ 58:28
But Fidel fired him on January 26th after the CIA had no way to deliver the poison. Castro always seems to be one step ahead of these guys. Weird. Traficani briefly favored using a prominent exile identified as Tony Verona as the assassin. …
▶ 58:55
Though O'Connell and Edwards told the inspector general, money went to Verona for the job. He got paid for it. He just didn't do it. When Jake Esserling learned this, he went through the roof, properly insisting that the anti-Castro leaders…
▶ 38:43
And Harvey alone went to Miami a couple of weeks later to hand over the poison. Cuban exile leader Tony Verona, the actor in the plot, asked for high-powered rifles and money and would be given those as well. But Harvey didn't think much ab…
▶ 39:13
There was no way to stop Tony Verona. Sure, sure. Yeah, I'm sorry, we don't know how to do that. We just assassinate people all over the world, but we have no way at all of shutting down the mafia in the United States. At the Justice Depart…