
S2 Episode 4 - "Secret Honor"
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The CIA and Hunt's Insights on Cuban Exiles
Howard Hunt and Frank Bender were tasked with organizing a political movement in Cuba. According to Joseph B. Smith, a CIA officer, the two men could not have been more ill-suited to the task. "How these two could put together a coalition of Cuban exiles, involving the constant soothing of egos I could never imagine," says Smith.
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