
S2 Episode 6 - "Nothing To Lose"
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Operation Mongoose - The Six Phase Plan
Operation Mongoose was formed around the concept of a multi level multi agency, multi operational efforts that covered covert operations and sabotage. The State Department went around the world trying to get other countries to cut off any type of trade, aid or contact with Cuba. Richard Helms, master of secrecy, kept himself in the shadows while William Harvey ran things day to day on the ground. At the very top of all this at Edward Lansdale Fielding, angry calls on a regular basis from Bobby Kennedy.
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