1 00:00:07,354 --> 00:00:10,270 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:10,357 --> 00:00:14,927 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:15,014 --> 00:00:17,669 Robert Maheu becomes the cutout for the CIA. 4 00:00:17,756 --> 00:00:20,933 And so it's his job to recruit 5 00:00:21,020 --> 00:00:25,677 just the right Mobster to kill Fidel Castro. 6 00:00:25,764 --> 00:00:30,508 Maheu himself was nervous about the whole operation. 7 00:00:30,595 --> 00:00:34,077 Maheu voiced concerns with his CIA contacts. 8 00:00:34,164 --> 00:00:36,644 Like, are you really sure this is the direction 9 00:00:36,731 --> 00:00:38,211 you want to go? 10 00:00:38,298 --> 00:00:40,300 Because this thing's fraught with peril. 11 00:00:40,387 --> 00:00:43,303 But the CIA at that time was so arrogant 12 00:00:43,390 --> 00:00:45,914 that it didn't even think about the operation 13 00:00:46,001 --> 00:00:48,134 falling apart. 14 00:00:48,221 --> 00:00:51,616 [upbeat jazz music] 15 00:00:51,703 --> 00:00:58,362 ♪ ♪ 16 00:00:58,449 --> 00:01:01,713 Maheu sets up a meeting in Hollywood 17 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:04,237 with his connection to the Mafia. 18 00:01:04,324 --> 00:01:09,242 ♪ ♪ 19 00:01:09,329 --> 00:01:12,071 Johnny Roselli was an important man 20 00:01:12,158 --> 00:01:13,812 in the Chicago Mob, 21 00:01:13,899 --> 00:01:16,075 who looked after the business interests 22 00:01:16,162 --> 00:01:18,686 in Los Angeles and in Las Vegas. 23 00:01:18,773 --> 00:01:20,471 [indistinct chatter] 24 00:01:20,558 --> 00:01:22,516 He was one of those kind of gangsters-- 25 00:01:22,603 --> 00:01:25,258 handsome guy, dressed to the nines. 26 00:01:25,345 --> 00:01:27,391 And he was a charmer. [chuckles] Handsome Johnny. 27 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:31,917 He's the most handsome of all the guys. 28 00:01:32,004 --> 00:01:35,703 So you know what I was thinking about-- 29 00:01:35,790 --> 00:01:38,010 he would be nice for me. 30 00:01:39,881 --> 00:01:43,189 He was dating a lot of the dancers and the actresses. 31 00:01:43,276 --> 00:01:47,062 He was involved with Lana Turner. 32 00:01:47,150 --> 00:01:50,109 And then he ended up marrying June Lang. 33 00:01:50,196 --> 00:01:52,807 Roselli walked with the Hollywood crowd. 34 00:01:55,070 --> 00:01:58,639 He acted as a fixer in that realm. 35 00:01:58,726 --> 00:02:00,641 Johnny had movie-star quality. 36 00:02:00,728 --> 00:02:03,166 He knew how to do things. 37 00:02:03,253 --> 00:02:06,169 ♪ ♪ 38 00:02:06,256 --> 00:02:07,953 He called himself the Strategist 39 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:10,085 because he had clarity-- 40 00:02:10,173 --> 00:02:13,132 the ability to see, the awareness. 41 00:02:13,219 --> 00:02:20,270 ♪ ♪ 42 00:02:21,271 --> 00:02:24,056 [indistinct chatter] 43 00:02:24,143 --> 00:02:27,494 Maheu approached Roselli 44 00:02:27,581 --> 00:02:32,020 as a person representing private industries 45 00:02:32,107 --> 00:02:35,154 that wanted Castro out. 46 00:02:36,895 --> 00:02:41,378 Roselli didn't believe that story for a minute. 47 00:02:43,031 --> 00:02:46,296 ♪ ♪ 48 00:02:46,383 --> 00:02:48,559 Maheu wasn't supposed to tell Roselli 49 00:02:48,646 --> 00:02:51,083 that he was working with the CIA. 50 00:02:51,170 --> 00:02:55,043 But in order to explain to Roselli convincingly 51 00:02:55,130 --> 00:02:56,654 what was going on, 52 00:02:56,741 --> 00:02:59,047 Maheu did say, this is something we're doing 53 00:02:59,134 --> 00:03:01,311 on behalf of the government. 54 00:03:01,398 --> 00:03:03,704 Roselli was naturally a little taken aback, 55 00:03:03,791 --> 00:03:05,837 since he wasn't used to being hired by the U.S. government. 56 00:03:05,924 --> 00:03:09,710 In fact, he was used to being afraid of the U.S. government. 57 00:03:09,797 --> 00:03:11,321 On the other hand, 58 00:03:11,408 --> 00:03:13,845 they had lost their entire livelihoods in Cuba. 59 00:03:13,932 --> 00:03:16,935 So the Mafia had every reason to want to do it. 60 00:03:17,022 --> 00:03:18,545 It was an opportunity 61 00:03:18,632 --> 00:03:21,505 to get back the enormous presence they had 62 00:03:21,592 --> 00:03:24,682 in the gambling establishments, the casinos. 63 00:03:24,769 --> 00:03:28,163 Plus, it would ingratiate themselves with the CIA. 64 00:03:28,251 --> 00:03:29,948 And that was a very compelling reason 65 00:03:30,035 --> 00:03:31,689 to get involved in this plot. 66 00:03:31,776 --> 00:03:33,952 [dramatic music] 67 00:03:34,039 --> 00:03:36,171 Maheu was authorized to tell Roselli 68 00:03:36,259 --> 00:03:39,871 that his clients were willing to pay $150,000 69 00:03:39,958 --> 00:03:41,873 for Castro's removal. 70 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:45,050 $150,000 by today's dollars 71 00:03:45,137 --> 00:03:47,879 is a million and a half dollars. 72 00:03:47,966 --> 00:03:49,272 Johnny Roselli, from the outset, 73 00:03:49,359 --> 00:03:53,667 said, no, I won't accept your money. 74 00:03:53,754 --> 00:03:56,844 I just want to work with you to get rid of Castro. 75 00:03:56,931 --> 00:04:03,982 ♪ ♪ 76 00:04:08,769 --> 00:04:10,858 I'll do this for my country. 77 00:04:10,945 --> 00:04:15,167 [patriotic music] 78 00:04:15,254 --> 00:04:17,865 Undergirding a lot of gangster stories 79 00:04:17,952 --> 00:04:20,390 is their own personal mythology, 80 00:04:20,477 --> 00:04:22,783 which is absolutely a love of America. 81 00:04:22,870 --> 00:04:25,133 The very first line of "The Godfather," 82 00:04:25,220 --> 00:04:26,961 said in the dark... 83 00:04:27,048 --> 00:04:29,137 I believe in America. 84 00:04:29,224 --> 00:04:33,707 "I believe in America." First line. 85 00:04:33,794 --> 00:04:37,363 Roselli's boss, Sam Giancana, actually made fun of him. 86 00:04:37,450 --> 00:04:39,757 He said, if you start walking around with a flag, 87 00:04:39,844 --> 00:04:42,150 Roselli would follow you. 88 00:04:42,237 --> 00:04:44,196 At the end of the meeting, 89 00:04:44,283 --> 00:04:46,198 Roselli makes it clear to Maheu 90 00:04:46,285 --> 00:04:48,113 that he can't do this all by himself. 91 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:49,462 He's got to get approval 92 00:04:49,549 --> 00:04:52,160 from the boss of all bosses in Chicago, 93 00:04:52,247 --> 00:04:54,206 and that's Sam Giancana. 94 00:04:55,947 --> 00:04:59,907 It turns out that Sam Giancana is interested. 95 00:04:59,994 --> 00:05:02,954 ♪ ♪ 96 00:05:03,041 --> 00:05:07,045 So Maheu lets the CIA know that he's now made contact 97 00:05:07,132 --> 00:05:08,829 with the mobsters and asks, 98 00:05:08,916 --> 00:05:11,005 should I continue to go forward? 99 00:05:11,092 --> 00:05:14,269 And he's told, we don't care if you deal with the Devil. 100 00:05:14,357 --> 00:05:17,621 We want this job done. 101 00:05:17,708 --> 00:05:19,579 They were going to hire the Mafia 102 00:05:19,666 --> 00:05:21,625 to kill Castro, 103 00:05:21,712 --> 00:05:25,672 which is either a brilliant or a ridiculous idea. 104 00:05:25,759 --> 00:05:28,066 ♪ ♪ 105 00:05:28,153 --> 00:05:31,504 The CIA is now in a very dangerous world 106 00:05:31,591 --> 00:05:33,680 with all these crazy characters. 107 00:05:33,767 --> 00:05:35,987 ♪ ♪ 108 00:05:36,074 --> 00:05:38,293 It's truly a rogues' gallery. 109 00:05:38,381 --> 00:05:42,036 And Castro is standing at the center of it. 110 00:05:42,123 --> 00:05:45,518 For the CIA, what cannot happen 111 00:05:45,605 --> 00:05:48,260 is that the plot gets found out. 112 00:05:48,347 --> 00:05:51,219 If this comes out, what will this do to our image 113 00:05:51,306 --> 00:05:53,047 in the eyes of the world? 114 00:05:53,134 --> 00:05:55,833 Secrecy has to be maintained. 115 00:05:55,920 --> 00:06:00,011 So they have to keep a lid on this top-secret plan. 116 00:06:00,098 --> 00:06:07,148 ♪ ♪ 117 00:07:16,261 --> 00:07:19,177 [upbeat music] 118 00:07:19,264 --> 00:07:21,614 ♪ ♪ 119 00:07:21,701 --> 00:07:25,923 Miami Beach in 1960 was as hot as nightlife 120 00:07:26,010 --> 00:07:27,490 can get in the United States. 121 00:07:27,577 --> 00:07:29,666 ♪ ♪ 122 00:07:29,753 --> 00:07:31,798 There was the Fontainebleau Hotel, 123 00:07:31,885 --> 00:07:33,800 the height of mid-century architecture. 124 00:07:33,887 --> 00:07:38,936 ♪ ♪ 125 00:07:39,023 --> 00:07:43,549 And it became this center for all kinds of gathering 126 00:07:43,636 --> 00:07:46,073 of the entertainment scene... 127 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:49,599 and also criminal activity. 128 00:07:49,686 --> 00:07:53,298 It was the place in Miami where the mafiosi meet 129 00:07:53,385 --> 00:07:55,082 with the CIA representatives 130 00:07:55,169 --> 00:07:57,694 to discuss the assassination of Castro. 131 00:08:00,566 --> 00:08:03,047 So Maheu arrives. 132 00:08:03,134 --> 00:08:05,702 And he's got Roselli with him. 133 00:08:05,789 --> 00:08:08,705 [swanky music] 134 00:08:08,792 --> 00:08:11,011 ♪ ♪ 135 00:08:11,098 --> 00:08:13,231 Also meeting with them but in the background 136 00:08:13,318 --> 00:08:16,321 is a street agent by the name of Jim O'Connell, 137 00:08:16,408 --> 00:08:18,671 representing the CIA. 138 00:08:18,758 --> 00:08:21,065 The CIA is getting a lot of pressure 139 00:08:21,152 --> 00:08:25,635 from President Eisenhower to try to assassinate Castro. 140 00:08:25,722 --> 00:08:29,247 So they have to do everything possible to make this happen. 141 00:08:34,905 --> 00:08:38,865 The Fontainebleau was Sam Giancana's favorite place. 142 00:08:38,952 --> 00:08:42,695 Sam Giancana was the Chicago Mob boss put in charge 143 00:08:42,782 --> 00:08:45,916 of a multibillion-dollar illegal criminal enterprise 144 00:08:46,003 --> 00:08:47,570 called the Chicago Outfit. 145 00:08:47,657 --> 00:08:50,442 They had control of Chicago, Vegas, 146 00:08:50,529 --> 00:08:52,531 also the West Coast, Los Angeles. 147 00:08:52,618 --> 00:08:56,622 Sam Giancana was loud, brash... 148 00:08:56,709 --> 00:08:59,494 obnoxious, probably a little crazy. 149 00:08:59,582 --> 00:09:01,584 Maheu wrote later that Giancana 150 00:09:01,671 --> 00:09:03,194 didn't come off as thuggish. 151 00:09:03,281 --> 00:09:06,153 You could tell he wanted attention, and he got it. 152 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:07,894 When he walked down the hallway, 153 00:09:07,981 --> 00:09:09,766 you could just sense his power. 154 00:09:09,853 --> 00:09:13,160 It was just how he carried himself. 155 00:09:13,247 --> 00:09:17,338 When he walked in, it was like Jesus Christ walking. 156 00:09:17,425 --> 00:09:20,733 He was a very respected person. 157 00:09:22,561 --> 00:09:26,783 Sam Giancana brings in Santos Trafficante Jr. 158 00:09:26,870 --> 00:09:30,264 Santo Trafficante Jr., he's the boss of the Tampa Mafia. 159 00:09:30,351 --> 00:09:33,267 Trafficante is someone that has very powerful presence 160 00:09:33,354 --> 00:09:35,661 in Miami, South Florida, 161 00:09:35,748 --> 00:09:38,446 and also still very close ties on the island of Cuba. 162 00:09:38,533 --> 00:09:40,971 [upbeat jazz music] 163 00:09:41,058 --> 00:09:47,891 ♪ ♪ 164 00:09:50,067 --> 00:09:52,809 [laughter, indistinct chatter] 165 00:09:57,030 --> 00:10:00,643 Sam Giancana is not introduced as Sam Giancana. 166 00:10:00,730 --> 00:10:02,688 He's introduced as Sam Gold. 167 00:10:02,775 --> 00:10:06,300 And Santos Trafficante Jr. is not introduced by his name 168 00:10:06,387 --> 00:10:09,086 but as Joe, the Courier. 169 00:10:09,173 --> 00:10:11,871 The idea being that he's the courier 170 00:10:11,958 --> 00:10:14,178 who's going to deliver things to Cuba 171 00:10:14,265 --> 00:10:16,702 so that this execution can occur. 172 00:10:16,789 --> 00:10:19,923 Bob Maheu outlines this idea that the CIA, 173 00:10:20,010 --> 00:10:23,274 the American government, wants the Mafia's assistance 174 00:10:23,361 --> 00:10:26,494 in helping them destabilize Cuba, 175 00:10:26,581 --> 00:10:29,846 meaning getting rid of Fidel Castro. 176 00:10:29,933 --> 00:10:33,240 Maheu's first idea was, we're going to shoot Castro, 177 00:10:33,327 --> 00:10:34,938 like in the movies. 178 00:10:38,898 --> 00:10:41,118 If you're going to try to pin this on somebody, 179 00:10:41,205 --> 00:10:44,687 you want to have the Hollywood version of the story. 180 00:10:44,774 --> 00:10:46,689 So we want to have the guys burst in 181 00:10:46,776 --> 00:10:48,212 with these machine guns. 182 00:10:48,299 --> 00:10:50,954 [imitates gunfire] 183 00:10:51,041 --> 00:10:53,608 But the gangsters essentially told him, 184 00:10:53,696 --> 00:10:55,175 those movies aren't real. 185 00:10:55,262 --> 00:10:56,742 You don't do it that way. 186 00:10:56,829 --> 00:10:58,483 It was Giancana's suggestion-- 187 00:10:58,570 --> 00:11:02,574 well, maybe you can put poison pills in his meals. 188 00:11:04,707 --> 00:11:06,970 They came to the conclusion that the best way to do it 189 00:11:07,057 --> 00:11:09,189 would be to poison Castro. 190 00:11:09,276 --> 00:11:11,931 [dramatic music] 191 00:11:12,018 --> 00:11:14,020 ♪ ♪ 192 00:11:14,107 --> 00:11:15,456 None of them went 193 00:11:15,543 --> 00:11:16,719 to the National Commission of the Mafia, 194 00:11:16,806 --> 00:11:18,285 which was a big sin at the time. 195 00:11:18,372 --> 00:11:19,939 But it was smart they didn't. 196 00:11:20,026 --> 00:11:22,072 The fewer people that know, the better. 197 00:11:22,159 --> 00:11:25,989 ♪ ♪ 198 00:11:26,076 --> 00:11:29,340 Just before the CIA gets involved with the Mafia, 199 00:11:29,427 --> 00:11:32,256 other attempts to kill Fidel Castro 200 00:11:32,343 --> 00:11:34,737 were considered by the CIA. 201 00:11:38,218 --> 00:11:43,310 ♪ ♪ 202 00:11:43,397 --> 00:11:47,010 "Honeypot" is a term used in the spy world that generally 203 00:11:47,097 --> 00:11:49,664 is associated with covert female agent 204 00:11:49,752 --> 00:11:52,972 to use her sexual charms to target 205 00:11:53,059 --> 00:11:56,497 a person they want to get information from. 206 00:11:56,584 --> 00:11:59,500 You met Castro, 1959? 207 00:11:59,587 --> 00:12:02,982 Yes. February 27, 1959. 208 00:12:03,069 --> 00:12:04,810 And I was 18. 209 00:12:06,725 --> 00:12:09,119 Right after the Revolution, Fidel Castro 210 00:12:09,206 --> 00:12:12,513 visits a German boat that comes into Havana 211 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:13,863 on the way to New York. 212 00:12:13,950 --> 00:12:16,387 And he meets Marita Lorenz. 213 00:12:16,474 --> 00:12:20,652 Castro was charmed by this young woman. 214 00:12:20,739 --> 00:12:22,959 When she travels back to New York, 215 00:12:23,046 --> 00:12:26,179 he contacts her and says, come back to Havana. 216 00:12:26,266 --> 00:12:27,833 And they begin an affair. 217 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:30,444 Marita talks about this pivotal moment 218 00:12:30,531 --> 00:12:31,881 on "The Geraldo Show." 219 00:12:31,968 --> 00:12:33,883 And you became pregnant with his baby? 220 00:12:33,970 --> 00:12:35,188 Yes, I did. 221 00:12:35,275 --> 00:12:37,321 According to the story by Marita, 222 00:12:37,408 --> 00:12:41,325 she was given a drink of some sort where she was drugged. 223 00:12:41,412 --> 00:12:44,894 And when she came to, she was no longer pregnant. 224 00:12:47,157 --> 00:12:49,463 She winds up going to Florida, 225 00:12:49,550 --> 00:12:51,814 and that's where she's recruited. 226 00:12:51,901 --> 00:12:54,077 And the CIA asked you, Marita, to do what? 227 00:12:54,164 --> 00:12:56,557 Well, they said, would you do this country 228 00:12:56,644 --> 00:13:00,823 a great deed and, uh... 229 00:13:00,910 --> 00:13:02,302 kill him? 230 00:13:02,389 --> 00:13:04,609 ♪ ♪ 231 00:13:04,696 --> 00:13:08,352 So the CIA had a figure named Frank Sturgis, 232 00:13:08,439 --> 00:13:11,311 who later got involved in the Watergate break-in. 233 00:13:11,398 --> 00:13:15,663 He was a Cuban exile who worked 234 00:13:15,750 --> 00:13:18,449 and groomed, as they say, Marita Lorenz 235 00:13:18,536 --> 00:13:21,452 to go back and kill Castro. 236 00:13:21,539 --> 00:13:24,585 Frank Sturgis starts off as a police officer for Castro, 237 00:13:24,672 --> 00:13:28,067 ends up, you know, becoming a staunch anti-Castro activist 238 00:13:28,154 --> 00:13:32,028 and intelligence asset for the CIA. 239 00:13:32,115 --> 00:13:33,986 I did a film, "My Little Assassin"... 240 00:13:35,683 --> 00:13:38,817 Marita Lorenz. 241 00:13:38,904 --> 00:13:41,080 And I played Frank Sturgis. 242 00:13:41,167 --> 00:13:45,432 - You work for the CIA. - Mm, let's say I'm a patriot. 243 00:13:45,519 --> 00:13:48,348 You could help your country, you know? 244 00:13:48,435 --> 00:13:50,133 This is my country. 245 00:13:50,220 --> 00:13:52,526 Sturgis was a very interesting character. 246 00:13:52,613 --> 00:13:53,876 Some say he was CIA. 247 00:13:53,963 --> 00:13:56,139 He says he was, they say he wasn't, 248 00:13:56,226 --> 00:13:58,315 but that's how that works. 249 00:13:58,402 --> 00:14:02,667 In early 1960, Marita Lorenz contacts Castro, 250 00:14:02,754 --> 00:14:06,149 and they decide to get together again. 251 00:14:06,236 --> 00:14:09,195 Did you try and kill your lover Fidel Castro? 252 00:14:09,282 --> 00:14:12,764 Well, let's just say I went back through the motions and-- 253 00:14:12,851 --> 00:14:14,026 How were you going to do it? 254 00:14:14,113 --> 00:14:17,116 Poison him with botulinum toxin. 255 00:14:18,726 --> 00:14:21,686 Frank Sturgis gives her the poison pills, 256 00:14:21,773 --> 00:14:25,211 hiding them in a jar of cold cream. 257 00:14:25,298 --> 00:14:28,214 And then she travels down to Havana. 258 00:14:28,301 --> 00:14:32,697 ♪ ♪ 259 00:14:32,784 --> 00:14:35,134 There they are, in a hotel room. 260 00:14:35,221 --> 00:14:37,310 ♪ ♪ 261 00:14:37,397 --> 00:14:39,530 Marita is lying on the bed with Fidel 262 00:14:39,617 --> 00:14:42,228 and says, wait a minute, I have to freshen up. 263 00:14:42,315 --> 00:14:49,018 ♪ ♪ 264 00:15:03,467 --> 00:15:07,427 The poison pill has melted into the cold cream. 265 00:15:07,514 --> 00:15:14,260 ♪ ♪ 266 00:15:17,829 --> 00:15:20,440 She doesn't know what to do. 267 00:15:20,527 --> 00:15:27,447 ♪ ♪ 268 00:15:27,534 --> 00:15:30,276 Castro senses 269 00:15:30,363 --> 00:15:33,410 there's something wrong. 270 00:15:33,497 --> 00:15:37,327 He asked me, did you come to kill me? 271 00:15:39,198 --> 00:15:40,504 Yes. 272 00:15:40,591 --> 00:15:44,203 ♪ ♪ 273 00:15:44,290 --> 00:15:47,206 Castro reaches over at a bedside table, 274 00:15:47,293 --> 00:15:49,992 and on the table, there's a gun. 275 00:15:50,079 --> 00:15:54,779 ♪ ♪ 276 00:15:54,866 --> 00:15:57,260 He handed it to me. 277 00:15:57,347 --> 00:15:58,696 He said, go ahead. 278 00:15:58,783 --> 00:16:04,919 ♪ ♪ 279 00:16:05,007 --> 00:16:06,921 So I took the gun and... 280 00:16:07,009 --> 00:16:14,016 ♪ ♪ 281 00:16:14,103 --> 00:16:16,496 He said, you can't kill me. Nobody can. 282 00:16:16,583 --> 00:16:23,634 ♪ ♪ 283 00:16:25,897 --> 00:16:28,987 She ends up having sex with Fidel that night. 284 00:16:29,074 --> 00:16:31,250 I mean, this was like beta testing poisons, 285 00:16:31,337 --> 00:16:33,905 beta testing how to kill a foreign leader, 286 00:16:33,992 --> 00:16:36,038 and you'd find out along the way which ways work 287 00:16:36,125 --> 00:16:37,822 and which ways don't. 288 00:16:37,909 --> 00:16:39,824 It wasn't a very auspicious start. 289 00:16:39,911 --> 00:16:42,044 [upbeat jazz music] 290 00:16:42,131 --> 00:16:45,482 And so the CIA turns to another recruit. 291 00:16:45,569 --> 00:16:52,228 ♪ ♪ 292 00:16:54,186 --> 00:16:56,362 Rudy Maxa in "The Washington Post" 293 00:16:56,449 --> 00:16:58,538 wrote that Johnny Roselli was destined 294 00:16:58,625 --> 00:17:02,760 to walk on the dark side of life never seemed in doubt. 295 00:17:02,847 --> 00:17:04,414 Who was Johnny Roselli? 296 00:17:04,501 --> 00:17:06,981 I would say that the answer to that question 297 00:17:07,069 --> 00:17:09,071 depends upon who's asking it. 298 00:17:09,158 --> 00:17:11,769 Johnny Roselli had a lot of secrets. 299 00:17:11,856 --> 00:17:14,685 One of the big ones was that he wasn't born here. 300 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:19,385 Fourth of July in 1905, 301 00:17:19,472 --> 00:17:24,086 Johnny Roselli was born in Esperia, Italy, mainland. 302 00:17:24,173 --> 00:17:27,393 His real name is Filippo Sacco. 303 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,701 He loves his mother. He loves his family. 304 00:17:30,788 --> 00:17:34,357 And like many families at that time who are poor, 305 00:17:34,444 --> 00:17:37,055 they realize that a better life awaits them 306 00:17:37,142 --> 00:17:39,492 if they can go to America. 307 00:17:43,017 --> 00:17:46,195 He gets to Boston with his mother when he's six. 308 00:17:46,282 --> 00:17:48,501 And there, he suffered from TB. 309 00:17:48,588 --> 00:17:52,766 His father would end up passing from this illness. 310 00:17:52,853 --> 00:17:55,117 Filippo Sacco is forced to provide 311 00:17:55,204 --> 00:17:56,901 for his mother and his family. 312 00:17:56,988 --> 00:17:59,773 He's the man now of the family. 313 00:17:59,860 --> 00:18:02,733 He starts as a petty thief on the street, 314 00:18:02,820 --> 00:18:04,691 starts low-level crimes. 315 00:18:04,778 --> 00:18:07,955 [suspenseful music] 316 00:18:08,042 --> 00:18:09,522 [screams] 317 00:18:09,609 --> 00:18:11,394 Eventually he gets into so much trouble 318 00:18:11,481 --> 00:18:15,920 that he realizes that he has to change his name. 319 00:18:16,007 --> 00:18:20,142 As a good Catholic boy, he's inspired by a Vatican painter 320 00:18:20,229 --> 00:18:22,666 with the name Cosmo Roselli. 321 00:18:22,753 --> 00:18:25,669 [choral music] 322 00:18:25,756 --> 00:18:32,806 ♪ ♪ 323 00:18:34,591 --> 00:18:37,898 [upbeat jazz music] 324 00:18:37,985 --> 00:18:41,163 And he becomes John Roselli. 325 00:18:41,250 --> 00:18:46,864 ♪ ♪ 326 00:18:46,951 --> 00:18:49,171 So he changes his name. 327 00:18:49,258 --> 00:18:53,131 But then he gets popped twice in Boston-- 328 00:18:53,218 --> 00:18:56,526 once for grand larceny, once for a narcotics rap. 329 00:18:56,613 --> 00:18:58,876 He gets out on bond, he skips bail, 330 00:18:58,963 --> 00:19:01,052 and he hightails it, because he doesn't want to go to trial, 331 00:19:01,139 --> 00:19:03,446 he doesn't want to go to prison. 332 00:19:03,533 --> 00:19:05,448 Roselli suffered from TB. 333 00:19:05,535 --> 00:19:09,974 And so he came out West and settled in L.A. 334 00:19:10,061 --> 00:19:11,802 because of the drier climate. 335 00:19:17,547 --> 00:19:20,811 When Roselli first got to Los Angeles, 336 00:19:20,898 --> 00:19:22,639 it's during Prohibition. 337 00:19:22,726 --> 00:19:24,989 Reformers had a ball after World War I, 338 00:19:25,076 --> 00:19:29,428 as they gleefully ushered in Prohibition. 339 00:19:29,515 --> 00:19:31,735 He was involved in bootlegging. 340 00:19:31,822 --> 00:19:35,826 And he'd also boosted a couple trucks, hijacking. 341 00:19:37,523 --> 00:19:40,352 And then Roselli starts working with my great-grandfather, 342 00:19:40,439 --> 00:19:41,701 Jack Dragna. 343 00:19:41,788 --> 00:19:44,487 ♪ ♪ 344 00:19:44,574 --> 00:19:47,229 Jack Dragna takes over the Los Angeles family 345 00:19:47,316 --> 00:19:49,013 in 1931. 346 00:19:49,100 --> 00:19:50,406 And what he did is, essentially, 347 00:19:50,493 --> 00:19:53,409 he brought the extortion of the Hollywood unions 348 00:19:53,496 --> 00:19:56,847 that was already taking place back East to Los Angeles. 349 00:19:56,934 --> 00:19:59,284 And now, under Jack Dragna, 350 00:19:59,371 --> 00:20:02,374 Roselli gets involved, being the liaison 351 00:20:02,461 --> 00:20:05,290 for the Los Angeles family with Chicago 352 00:20:05,377 --> 00:20:07,814 for the extortion of Hollywood. 353 00:20:07,901 --> 00:20:09,990 And he was exceptional at that. 354 00:20:10,077 --> 00:20:13,255 ♪ ♪ 355 00:20:13,342 --> 00:20:15,387 Being among that Hollywood crowd, 356 00:20:15,474 --> 00:20:18,564 you know, dating actresses, he lived that lifestyle. 357 00:20:20,479 --> 00:20:24,788 So he had a lot of clout and notoriety and influence. 358 00:20:24,875 --> 00:20:26,920 But he was running the Hollywood extortion scam, 359 00:20:27,007 --> 00:20:29,271 and that's why he goes to prison. 360 00:20:29,358 --> 00:20:31,490 Now, he gets out in 1947. 361 00:20:31,577 --> 00:20:35,059 And in 1948, Bryan Foy hires him on 362 00:20:35,146 --> 00:20:39,368 as an assistant purchasing agent over at Eagle-Lion. 363 00:20:39,455 --> 00:20:42,066 He genuinely wanted to learn the business. 364 00:20:42,153 --> 00:20:45,243 In the census records, 1950, he put his profession-- 365 00:20:45,330 --> 00:20:47,680 you know, he's a scriptwriter. 366 00:20:47,767 --> 00:20:50,596 And then, finally, he became an associate producer 367 00:20:50,683 --> 00:20:53,817 and was involved with several different studios 368 00:20:53,904 --> 00:20:55,645 in '51 and '52. 369 00:20:55,732 --> 00:20:57,168 And they made B pictures. 370 00:21:02,173 --> 00:21:04,001 [dramatic flourish] 371 00:21:04,088 --> 00:21:06,525 These are people that are writing their own stories 372 00:21:06,612 --> 00:21:08,048 even while they're living them. 373 00:21:12,401 --> 00:21:13,924 Throughout all this time, 374 00:21:14,011 --> 00:21:18,102 Johnny Roselli was affiliated with the Los Angeles Mafia. 375 00:21:18,189 --> 00:21:22,367 And then in 1956, after Jack Dragna died, 376 00:21:22,454 --> 00:21:24,543 Roselli transferred his membership 377 00:21:24,630 --> 00:21:26,415 to the Chicago Outfit 378 00:21:26,502 --> 00:21:29,287 and started working with Sam Giancana. 379 00:21:29,374 --> 00:21:32,464 Roselli was a guy who had charm. 380 00:21:32,551 --> 00:21:34,118 That's what separated him 381 00:21:34,205 --> 00:21:36,338 from a lot of the other guys who got their start 382 00:21:36,425 --> 00:21:39,558 in illegal booze during Prohibition. 383 00:21:39,645 --> 00:21:42,692 He saw himself as one of Hollywood. 384 00:21:42,779 --> 00:21:45,695 [upbeat jazz music] 385 00:21:45,782 --> 00:21:47,958 ♪ ♪ 386 00:21:48,045 --> 00:21:50,439 So this Fontainebleau meeting with Sam Giancana 387 00:21:50,526 --> 00:21:54,181 and Santo Trafficante and Johnny Roselli and Bob Maheu, 388 00:21:54,268 --> 00:21:55,879 I call this, like, the kicking off point, 389 00:21:55,966 --> 00:21:57,663 'cause after this, the U.S. government 390 00:21:57,750 --> 00:21:59,752 now is involved with the Mafia. 391 00:21:59,839 --> 00:22:04,975 ♪ ♪ 392 00:22:05,062 --> 00:22:08,065 [dramatic music] 393 00:22:08,152 --> 00:22:11,982 I can't emphasize enough how important it was for the CIA 394 00:22:12,069 --> 00:22:15,202 to keep this all very top secret. 395 00:22:15,289 --> 00:22:18,292 They don't want to say words like "murder" or "killing" 396 00:22:18,380 --> 00:22:20,425 or certainly not "assassination." 397 00:22:20,512 --> 00:22:23,863 They actually refer to certain players as A, 398 00:22:23,950 --> 00:22:26,649 as B, as C. 399 00:22:26,736 --> 00:22:28,433 There's always this buffer, 400 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:31,131 this degree of plausible deniability. 401 00:22:31,218 --> 00:22:33,873 ♪ ♪ 402 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:35,962 [cheering] 403 00:22:36,049 --> 00:22:37,964 The assassination plot using the Mafia 404 00:22:38,051 --> 00:22:41,925 was supposed to disrupt the control Fidel Castro had 405 00:22:42,012 --> 00:22:43,709 over the society. 406 00:22:43,796 --> 00:22:46,190 It was supposed to make Cuba ripe 407 00:22:46,277 --> 00:22:49,193 for a victorious invasion force, 408 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:52,544 training Florida, New Orleans, Guatemala. 409 00:22:53,806 --> 00:22:59,769 ♪ ♪ 410 00:22:59,856 --> 00:23:03,425 [beeping] 411 00:23:03,512 --> 00:23:05,905 At this point, to assassinate Castro, 412 00:23:05,992 --> 00:23:08,734 the CIA, at the behest of the Mafia, 413 00:23:08,821 --> 00:23:12,608 decided to put poison pills into his coffee 414 00:23:12,695 --> 00:23:14,697 or into his bouillon. 415 00:23:14,784 --> 00:23:19,005 The CIA's expert in poison was Sidney Gottlieb. 416 00:23:19,092 --> 00:23:20,616 Sidney Gottlieb was probably 417 00:23:20,703 --> 00:23:22,879 the most powerful unknown American 418 00:23:22,966 --> 00:23:24,750 of the 20th century. 419 00:23:24,837 --> 00:23:28,493 He had a license to kill issued by the U.S. government 420 00:23:28,580 --> 00:23:31,191 and carried out clandestine experiments 421 00:23:31,278 --> 00:23:33,498 that resulted in torture and death in many countries 422 00:23:33,585 --> 00:23:35,500 around the world. 423 00:23:35,587 --> 00:23:37,154 He was, 424 00:23:37,241 --> 00:23:39,678 as the head of the chemical division of the CIA, 425 00:23:39,765 --> 00:23:42,159 America's poisoner in chief. 426 00:23:42,246 --> 00:23:46,206 ♪ ♪ 427 00:23:46,293 --> 00:23:48,252 The CIA has a laboratory. 428 00:23:48,339 --> 00:23:50,559 They started working on these pills. 429 00:23:50,646 --> 00:23:53,518 And this was at the point where Roselli then 430 00:23:53,605 --> 00:23:56,303 was tapping into the Cuban exile community 431 00:23:56,390 --> 00:23:59,350 and trying to work an arrangement with them 432 00:23:59,437 --> 00:24:03,528 to where they could go in with these pills and kill Castro. 433 00:24:03,615 --> 00:24:06,662 ♪ ♪ 434 00:24:10,666 --> 00:24:14,278 [upbeat jazz music] 435 00:24:14,365 --> 00:24:17,150 Miami-- gateway to revolution. 436 00:24:19,196 --> 00:24:21,590 Miami at this time was full of people 437 00:24:21,677 --> 00:24:23,113 who had fled from Cuba 438 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,202 because they hated what Castro was doing there. 439 00:24:25,289 --> 00:24:31,687 ♪ ♪ 440 00:24:31,774 --> 00:24:34,690 People move there, especially the landowners 441 00:24:34,777 --> 00:24:36,518 and the wealthy, 442 00:24:36,605 --> 00:24:39,259 because they were stripped of their land. 443 00:24:39,346 --> 00:24:42,306 Just 90 miles away, Miami feels the backwash 444 00:24:42,393 --> 00:24:43,699 of the Revolution. 445 00:24:53,360 --> 00:24:55,449 It becomes the location 446 00:24:55,537 --> 00:24:58,801 for all the anti-Castro activity. 447 00:24:58,888 --> 00:25:01,630 [indistinct chatter] 448 00:25:03,501 --> 00:25:05,198 Being in Little Havana, 449 00:25:05,285 --> 00:25:08,767 Johnny Roselli is ingratiating himself with these groups. 450 00:25:08,854 --> 00:25:11,814 Santo Trafficante already knows some of these figures 451 00:25:11,901 --> 00:25:13,163 because these are guys that were living 452 00:25:13,250 --> 00:25:14,904 the high life in Havana. 453 00:25:14,991 --> 00:25:16,775 They have nothing in Miami. 454 00:25:16,862 --> 00:25:19,125 Now they have the opportunity to join in these efforts 455 00:25:19,212 --> 00:25:21,780 to get back there. 456 00:25:21,867 --> 00:25:24,957 The most important of the Cuban exile figures 457 00:25:25,044 --> 00:25:28,395 that he meets is Manuel Artime. 458 00:25:28,482 --> 00:25:32,486 Manuel Artime is a young leader of the Cuban exiles 459 00:25:32,574 --> 00:25:37,056 and was probably the favorite Cuban exile of the CIA. 460 00:25:38,580 --> 00:25:41,365 Manuel Artime, people call the Golden Boy of the CIA, 461 00:25:41,452 --> 00:25:43,367 even though he didn't speak any English. 462 00:25:43,454 --> 00:25:46,370 He looked like a movie star in a way. 463 00:25:46,457 --> 00:25:49,025 And Johnny gets to know him. 464 00:25:49,112 --> 00:25:52,942 The agency said in documents compiled in 1977, 465 00:25:53,029 --> 00:25:56,685 Artime and his group were supported by CIA. 466 00:25:56,772 --> 00:26:00,776 He was also used by the Mafia in the Castro operation. 467 00:26:00,863 --> 00:26:03,909 This information should not be released. 468 00:26:03,996 --> 00:26:06,259 What are you doing with this outfit, Angus? 469 00:26:06,346 --> 00:26:08,261 Well, it seems to be some sort of a job 470 00:26:08,348 --> 00:26:11,743 that has to be done in Cuba to rid Cuba of communism. 471 00:26:11,830 --> 00:26:13,789 It's not just one exile group. 472 00:26:13,876 --> 00:26:16,487 Dade County Sheriff counted over 100 different exile groups 473 00:26:16,574 --> 00:26:18,228 that were active in South Florida 474 00:26:18,315 --> 00:26:20,883 during this time period. 475 00:26:20,970 --> 00:26:22,711 You had the Movement for the Restoration 476 00:26:22,798 --> 00:26:24,800 of the Revolution of Democracy, 477 00:26:24,887 --> 00:26:27,237 the Pro-Democracy Revolutionary Movement. 478 00:26:27,324 --> 00:26:29,239 I mean, they all had similar-sounding names. 479 00:26:29,326 --> 00:26:31,589 They all had their charismatic leaders. 480 00:26:31,676 --> 00:26:33,330 They all were competing with each other. 481 00:26:33,417 --> 00:26:38,030 It was a rollicking Wild West of an environment. 482 00:26:38,117 --> 00:26:41,251 [gunshots] 483 00:26:41,338 --> 00:26:44,776 ♪ ♪ 484 00:26:44,863 --> 00:26:46,952 I grew up on a farm in Cuba. 485 00:26:47,039 --> 00:26:51,696 And the Castro family lived to the east of us. 486 00:26:51,783 --> 00:26:55,221 And right after Castro won in '59, 487 00:26:55,308 --> 00:26:58,094 the older kids would tell us, you know, 488 00:26:58,181 --> 00:27:00,792 Fidel's going to take it all away from you. 489 00:27:00,879 --> 00:27:04,143 And eventually he did. 490 00:27:04,230 --> 00:27:06,885 So my family moved to Miami. 491 00:27:06,972 --> 00:27:09,758 And my brother Bobby had gotten involved 492 00:27:09,845 --> 00:27:11,934 with an anti-Castro group. 493 00:27:18,375 --> 00:27:19,898 He had to leave Cuba. 494 00:27:19,985 --> 00:27:22,161 The communists were going to do him in. 495 00:27:22,248 --> 00:27:23,989 So he left. 496 00:27:24,076 --> 00:27:26,122 Bobby got into the Marines. 497 00:27:26,209 --> 00:27:30,474 He wasn't a boy anymore. He came back more serious. 498 00:27:30,561 --> 00:27:31,997 And he went to Cuba right away 499 00:27:32,084 --> 00:27:35,958 with an organized group to take down Castro. 500 00:27:37,524 --> 00:27:40,484 ♪ ♪ 501 00:27:40,571 --> 00:27:42,878 I remember that night, 502 00:27:42,965 --> 00:27:47,143 the CIA was at the house with Bobby. 503 00:27:47,230 --> 00:27:49,145 And I was in the room. 504 00:27:49,232 --> 00:27:51,800 And they said, okay, it's going to be tonight. 505 00:27:51,887 --> 00:27:54,585 ♪ ♪ 506 00:27:54,672 --> 00:27:57,631 On September 26, 1960, 507 00:27:57,719 --> 00:28:01,200 Tony Zarba, Bobby Fuller, Allen Dale Thompson, 508 00:28:01,287 --> 00:28:03,594 they loaded a boat... 509 00:28:03,681 --> 00:28:05,509 and they left for Cuba. 510 00:28:05,596 --> 00:28:11,167 ♪ ♪ 511 00:28:11,254 --> 00:28:13,865 When they got there, they landed 30 miles away 512 00:28:13,952 --> 00:28:16,346 from where they were supposed to land. 513 00:28:16,433 --> 00:28:19,349 ♪ ♪ 514 00:28:19,436 --> 00:28:21,655 I heard it on the radio. 515 00:28:21,743 --> 00:28:25,094 It was the Cuban radio that gave out the news. 516 00:28:25,181 --> 00:28:26,922 And they said that the group 517 00:28:27,009 --> 00:28:29,141 that had invaded the north coast of Cuba 518 00:28:29,228 --> 00:28:32,231 had been captured. 519 00:28:32,318 --> 00:28:33,972 It was a terrible feeling. 520 00:28:36,758 --> 00:28:39,369 They executed Tony and Allen Dale 521 00:28:39,456 --> 00:28:40,936 as they picked them up, 522 00:28:41,023 --> 00:28:42,894 but there was a big show that they put on 523 00:28:42,981 --> 00:28:45,201 for the execution of Bobby. 524 00:28:47,159 --> 00:28:51,250 At the execution, my uncle Clyde was there. 525 00:28:51,337 --> 00:28:54,384 He said there were hundreds of people at the stadium. 526 00:28:54,471 --> 00:28:57,300 ♪ ♪ 527 00:28:57,387 --> 00:29:00,564 Clyde told me that it was more like a parade. 528 00:29:02,609 --> 00:29:05,134 Clyde said that they brought Bobby out 529 00:29:05,221 --> 00:29:07,658 and that Bobby was shaking. 530 00:29:07,745 --> 00:29:09,703 He could hardly hold his weight. 531 00:29:09,791 --> 00:29:11,357 His knees were wobbling. 532 00:29:11,444 --> 00:29:14,578 It looked like he had urinated in his pants. 533 00:29:14,665 --> 00:29:16,710 And he looked very pale. 534 00:29:16,798 --> 00:29:19,975 But Clyde said that's standard execution procedure 535 00:29:20,062 --> 00:29:21,628 the Spaniards use all the time. 536 00:29:21,715 --> 00:29:23,630 They pumped you full of water. 537 00:29:23,717 --> 00:29:25,937 They drugged you, and they made you look 538 00:29:26,024 --> 00:29:28,766 like you're afraid to die. 539 00:29:28,853 --> 00:29:31,421 When they put him up there to be executed, 540 00:29:31,508 --> 00:29:33,510 he took his blindfold off. 541 00:29:33,597 --> 00:29:36,208 And he stood there, and they executed him. 542 00:29:36,295 --> 00:29:39,385 ♪ ♪ 543 00:29:39,472 --> 00:29:41,561 [gunshot, body thuds] 544 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:45,739 ♪ ♪ 545 00:29:45,827 --> 00:29:48,220 When he landed on the ground, he was shaking a lot. 546 00:29:48,307 --> 00:29:50,048 One of the soldiers walked up to him 547 00:29:50,135 --> 00:29:52,094 and shot him in the back of the head. 548 00:29:54,574 --> 00:29:56,315 And that stopped that. 549 00:29:58,622 --> 00:30:01,320 [somber music] 550 00:30:01,407 --> 00:30:05,498 ♪ ♪ 551 00:30:05,585 --> 00:30:07,500 It really is a message 552 00:30:07,587 --> 00:30:10,503 that anybody who tries this type of attempt 553 00:30:10,590 --> 00:30:12,505 to kill Fidel Castro 554 00:30:12,592 --> 00:30:15,465 will face these same type of consequences. 555 00:30:15,552 --> 00:30:21,688 ♪ ♪ 556 00:30:21,775 --> 00:30:24,604 One of the things that you'd see again and again 557 00:30:24,691 --> 00:30:27,216 with these efforts to get Castro 558 00:30:27,303 --> 00:30:30,349 is that he seemed to be always one step ahead. 559 00:30:30,436 --> 00:30:33,004 And by that, it's not so much Castro was one step ahead, 560 00:30:33,091 --> 00:30:35,093 as his own security forces. 561 00:30:35,180 --> 00:30:38,053 They were on top of protecting their leader. 562 00:30:38,140 --> 00:30:40,316 And they were very, very effective. 563 00:30:53,938 --> 00:30:56,898 Castro swung closely in line with the communist bloc 564 00:30:56,985 --> 00:30:59,509 and seized almost all United States property 565 00:30:59,596 --> 00:31:01,337 in Cuba. 566 00:31:01,424 --> 00:31:03,556 In August 1960, 567 00:31:03,643 --> 00:31:06,908 Castro starts expropriating American businesses. 568 00:31:06,995 --> 00:31:09,911 The U.S. then established a full-scale embargo. 569 00:31:09,998 --> 00:31:12,783 And so a country which had been so embedded 570 00:31:12,870 --> 00:31:14,567 in U.S. trade networks 571 00:31:14,654 --> 00:31:17,353 and had such a huge presence of American companies 572 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:20,660 all of a sudden had lost its major trading partner. 573 00:31:34,326 --> 00:31:38,330 The embargo was explicitly to create deprivation, 574 00:31:38,417 --> 00:31:42,465 hunger, and upheaval against Castro. 575 00:31:55,913 --> 00:31:58,176 Castro started to reach out 576 00:31:58,263 --> 00:32:00,439 to the Soviet Union for support. 577 00:32:02,789 --> 00:32:06,097 The Soviet Union says, tovarisch, comrade, 578 00:32:06,184 --> 00:32:07,446 what can we do for you? 579 00:32:07,533 --> 00:32:08,970 How can we help you? 580 00:32:11,059 --> 00:32:14,714 They helped train what becomes the DGI, 581 00:32:14,801 --> 00:32:17,413 the General Intelligence Directorate, 582 00:32:17,500 --> 00:32:20,111 which establishes itself 583 00:32:20,198 --> 00:32:22,505 as a very effective spy organization. 584 00:32:22,592 --> 00:32:25,160 [upbeat jazz music] 585 00:32:25,247 --> 00:32:27,553 Castro made sure that some of the people 586 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:29,903 who came over as anti-Castro Cubans 587 00:32:29,991 --> 00:32:31,731 were really his agents. 588 00:32:31,818 --> 00:32:36,475 ♪ ♪ 589 00:32:36,562 --> 00:32:38,608 So it was a real hotbed here-- 590 00:32:38,695 --> 00:32:41,611 never knowing which ones were real 591 00:32:41,698 --> 00:32:43,265 and which ones weren't. 592 00:32:43,352 --> 00:32:45,615 ♪ ♪ 593 00:32:45,702 --> 00:32:48,618 [music turns ominous] 594 00:32:48,705 --> 00:32:50,228 ♪ ♪ 595 00:32:53,927 --> 00:32:58,410 [patriotic music] 596 00:32:58,497 --> 00:33:00,804 Your candidates for the most important office 597 00:33:00,891 --> 00:33:04,155 in the free world seek your votes in this vital campaign. 598 00:33:04,242 --> 00:33:05,896 In 1960, 599 00:33:05,983 --> 00:33:08,638 Massachusetts senator John F. Kennedy 600 00:33:08,725 --> 00:33:12,337 runs against Eisenhower's vice president, Richard Nixon. 601 00:33:12,424 --> 00:33:13,817 [cheering] 602 00:33:13,904 --> 00:33:15,210 Castro is a Marxist. 603 00:33:15,297 --> 00:33:16,733 We never were on the side of freedom. 604 00:33:16,820 --> 00:33:18,256 We never used our influence 605 00:33:18,343 --> 00:33:20,084 when we could have used it most effectively. 606 00:33:20,171 --> 00:33:22,260 And today Cuba is lost for freedom. 607 00:33:22,347 --> 00:33:26,482 Kennedy was so obsessed with Castro. 608 00:33:26,569 --> 00:33:28,745 Castro was such a personification 609 00:33:28,832 --> 00:33:31,269 of every single thing that Kennedy hated. 610 00:33:31,356 --> 00:33:33,967 I think he just thought he was a scumbag. 611 00:33:34,055 --> 00:33:37,275 [jazz music] 612 00:33:37,362 --> 00:33:40,191 JFK and Frank Sinatra first meet 613 00:33:40,278 --> 00:33:42,628 at the Democratic Convention in 1956 614 00:33:42,715 --> 00:33:45,414 and are instantly drawn to each other. 615 00:33:45,501 --> 00:33:47,546 And what Jack Kennedy sees in Frank Sinatra 616 00:33:47,633 --> 00:33:49,548 is the future-- 617 00:33:49,635 --> 00:33:53,900 the coming together of politics and entertainment. 618 00:33:53,987 --> 00:33:56,512 ♪ ♪ 619 00:33:56,599 --> 00:33:58,601 This was a very close election. 620 00:33:58,688 --> 00:34:01,473 So, to help with the vote, John Kennedy hitched the wagon 621 00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:03,301 to the star of Sinatra. 622 00:34:03,388 --> 00:34:06,435 ♪ Everyone is voting for Jack ♪ 623 00:34:06,522 --> 00:34:11,266 ♪ 'Cause he's got what all the rest lack ♪ 624 00:34:11,353 --> 00:34:15,705 Sinatra did so much to help get JFK elected president. 625 00:34:15,792 --> 00:34:18,011 He and Jimmy Van Heusen, 626 00:34:18,099 --> 00:34:20,971 they did this "High Hopes" parody, 627 00:34:21,058 --> 00:34:23,278 and that became the campaign theme song. 628 00:34:23,365 --> 00:34:27,456 ♪ 'Cause he's got high hopes ♪ 629 00:34:27,543 --> 00:34:30,328 ♪ He's got high hopes ♪ 630 00:34:32,330 --> 00:34:34,115 All the polls show that this election 631 00:34:34,202 --> 00:34:36,595 is going to be impossibly close. 632 00:34:36,682 --> 00:34:38,728 So every vote counts, and the state of Illinois 633 00:34:38,815 --> 00:34:42,427 now is seen as a very crucial state. 634 00:34:42,514 --> 00:34:44,951 Joe Kennedy, who wants desperately 635 00:34:45,038 --> 00:34:47,693 to have his son elected president of the United States, 636 00:34:47,780 --> 00:34:49,608 knows Sam Giancana 637 00:34:49,695 --> 00:34:52,916 but can't be seen with Sam Giancana. 638 00:34:53,003 --> 00:34:56,659 So Joe Kennedy goes to Frank Sinatra and says, 639 00:34:56,746 --> 00:35:00,271 look, I need you to go to Giancana and ask for his help. 640 00:35:00,358 --> 00:35:03,231 I need him to work all his magic 641 00:35:03,318 --> 00:35:05,537 around Chicago to get my son elected 642 00:35:05,624 --> 00:35:08,497 by any means necessary. 643 00:35:08,584 --> 00:35:12,979 Giancana was incredibly close to Frank Sinatra. 644 00:35:13,066 --> 00:35:15,939 In the early '50s, Giancana and Sinatra 645 00:35:16,026 --> 00:35:17,680 meet at a charity event. 646 00:35:17,767 --> 00:35:19,421 And around a year later, 647 00:35:19,508 --> 00:35:23,686 they exchanged star-sapphire friendship pinkie rings. 648 00:35:23,773 --> 00:35:26,384 They had a ball together-- 649 00:35:26,471 --> 00:35:28,821 the way they would kid each other. 650 00:35:28,908 --> 00:35:32,390 They both, I think, truly liked each other. 651 00:35:34,044 --> 00:35:37,961 Frank was a big fan of the wiseguys. 652 00:35:38,048 --> 00:35:40,398 And Frank used to say, 653 00:35:40,485 --> 00:35:42,574 I hung around with wiseguys 654 00:35:42,661 --> 00:35:44,968 because that's who owned the nightclubs. 655 00:35:45,055 --> 00:35:48,363 If the nightclubs were owned by cardinals and monsignors, 656 00:35:48,450 --> 00:35:49,799 I would have been hanging around 657 00:35:49,886 --> 00:35:52,671 with cardinals and monsignors. 658 00:35:52,758 --> 00:35:56,762 Starting 1947 until about 1953, 659 00:35:56,849 --> 00:35:58,416 five or six years, 660 00:35:58,503 --> 00:36:01,463 it is the bleak period in Sinatra's career, 661 00:36:01,550 --> 00:36:04,727 when suddenly he becomes infamous instead of famous. 662 00:36:04,814 --> 00:36:06,294 His records stopped selling. 663 00:36:06,381 --> 00:36:09,210 He is dropped by MGM, his movie studio, 664 00:36:09,297 --> 00:36:10,733 dropped by Columbia Records. 665 00:36:10,820 --> 00:36:12,561 He's dropped by his management. 666 00:36:12,648 --> 00:36:15,477 Drop, drop, drop. 667 00:36:15,564 --> 00:36:18,001 One of the few people that was still behind him 668 00:36:18,088 --> 00:36:19,742 was Sam Giancana. 669 00:36:19,829 --> 00:36:24,486 Sam was making sure that Sinatra still got booked 670 00:36:24,573 --> 00:36:28,490 in places that Giancana controlled or influenced. 671 00:36:28,577 --> 00:36:32,276 So Sinatra was always very loyal to Giancana. 672 00:36:34,539 --> 00:36:37,934 Frank tells Joe that he can get this done. 673 00:36:38,021 --> 00:36:41,720 And he goes to Giancana and asks this favor. 674 00:36:43,548 --> 00:36:48,118 Giancana believes that he can actually tilt the tables a bit 675 00:36:48,205 --> 00:36:51,730 and get Jack Kennedy all kinds of votes 676 00:36:51,817 --> 00:36:53,210 in the Chicago area. 677 00:36:53,297 --> 00:36:56,692 ♪ ♪ 678 00:36:56,779 --> 00:37:00,261 [triumphant music] 679 00:37:00,348 --> 00:37:01,958 Not till the middle of the next day 680 00:37:02,045 --> 00:37:03,481 was the victory clinched 681 00:37:03,568 --> 00:37:05,962 by one of the closest margins recorded-- 682 00:37:06,049 --> 00:37:08,834 a plurality of barely over 300,000. 683 00:37:08,921 --> 00:37:10,706 This election 684 00:37:10,793 --> 00:37:13,317 was one of the closest in American history. 685 00:37:13,404 --> 00:37:14,840 Illinois is one of those states 686 00:37:14,927 --> 00:37:19,280 that's won by a razor-thin margin by Jack Kennedy. 687 00:37:19,367 --> 00:37:21,891 The vote in the first ward, 688 00:37:21,978 --> 00:37:25,677 that ward was the breeding ground of the Mob in Chicago. 689 00:37:25,764 --> 00:37:27,810 And that year it went to the Democratic party 690 00:37:27,897 --> 00:37:30,813 with a vote of something like 85%. 691 00:37:30,900 --> 00:37:33,816 The election may have been a close one. 692 00:37:33,903 --> 00:37:36,906 But a supreme national effort will be needed 693 00:37:36,993 --> 00:37:40,431 to move this country safely through the 1960s. 694 00:37:40,518 --> 00:37:41,998 I ask... 695 00:37:42,085 --> 00:37:44,783 The Mob certainly felt like it had helped him 696 00:37:44,870 --> 00:37:47,220 become president. 697 00:37:47,308 --> 00:37:49,310 And people like Sam Giancana 698 00:37:49,397 --> 00:37:51,137 and many others thought, this is great. 699 00:37:51,224 --> 00:37:52,878 This is the best thing for us. 700 00:37:52,965 --> 00:37:55,968 You know, JFK is going to leave us alone. 701 00:37:56,055 --> 00:37:57,274 To attest the shattering 702 00:37:57,361 --> 00:37:59,015 of a long-standing political taboo. 703 00:37:59,102 --> 00:38:01,278 This is vapor paper. 704 00:38:01,365 --> 00:38:03,715 Writing messages to our agents. 705 00:38:03,802 --> 00:38:05,326 Drop it in water. 706 00:38:05,413 --> 00:38:06,936 Astonishing. 707 00:38:07,023 --> 00:38:09,547 Get your 007 secret-agent pen 708 00:38:09,634 --> 00:38:11,941 and disappearing vapor paper. 709 00:38:12,028 --> 00:38:13,943 You'll get a bang out of it. 710 00:38:14,030 --> 00:38:17,555 During this time period, James Bond is a sensation. 711 00:38:17,642 --> 00:38:21,429 ["James Bond Theme"] 712 00:38:21,516 --> 00:38:25,694 And the James Bond novels really did influence JFK. 713 00:38:27,870 --> 00:38:31,308 When President Kennedy was asked to choose 714 00:38:31,395 --> 00:38:34,006 his ten favorite books of all time, 715 00:38:34,093 --> 00:38:36,313 he listed "From Russia with Love" 716 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:38,010 by Ian Fleming. 717 00:38:38,097 --> 00:38:40,578 [dramatic music] 718 00:38:40,665 --> 00:38:42,928 "It's not just a question of blowing up a building 719 00:38:43,015 --> 00:38:44,582 "or shooting a prime minister. 720 00:38:44,669 --> 00:38:48,064 "Such bourgeois horseplay is not contemplated. 721 00:38:48,151 --> 00:38:52,590 Our operation must be delicate, refined." 722 00:38:52,677 --> 00:38:54,592 Bond... 723 00:38:54,679 --> 00:38:58,074 that smooth, cool-- 724 00:38:58,161 --> 00:39:01,860 not about blowing things up, it's about being smart. 725 00:39:01,947 --> 00:39:05,298 Kennedy resonated with him tremendously. 726 00:39:05,386 --> 00:39:06,865 Just before he became president, 727 00:39:06,952 --> 00:39:08,911 Kennedy had a dinner party 728 00:39:08,998 --> 00:39:12,480 in which one of the guests was his hero, Ian Fleming. 729 00:39:14,264 --> 00:39:16,440 Ian Fleming had been a British spy who, 730 00:39:16,527 --> 00:39:19,182 during World War II, consulted with the Americans 731 00:39:19,269 --> 00:39:21,924 in creating their own intelligence service, 732 00:39:22,011 --> 00:39:24,840 which eventually becomes the CIA. 733 00:39:24,927 --> 00:39:28,191 Kennedy asks, what is the best way 734 00:39:28,278 --> 00:39:31,281 to neutralize Castro? 735 00:39:31,368 --> 00:39:33,979 Fleming's answer was, 736 00:39:34,066 --> 00:39:38,288 the way to take him down is ridicule, chiefly. 737 00:39:38,375 --> 00:39:40,682 The worst thing that could happen to you 738 00:39:40,769 --> 00:39:44,686 is to really be ridiculed, to be embarrassed. 739 00:39:44,773 --> 00:39:46,905 The idea sounds very far-fetched. 740 00:39:46,992 --> 00:39:49,125 He'd thought about printing out leaflets saying, 741 00:39:49,212 --> 00:39:50,996 these American nuclear tests, 742 00:39:51,083 --> 00:39:53,999 it will be attracted to beards and may lead to impotence. 743 00:39:54,086 --> 00:39:57,220 And Kennedy, he said, so what will they do? 744 00:39:57,307 --> 00:39:59,440 Well, the men will shave their beards, including Castro. 745 00:39:59,527 --> 00:40:01,920 And then he'll have lost his macho image. 746 00:40:02,007 --> 00:40:04,096 He'll just be any other guy. 747 00:40:04,183 --> 00:40:07,143 I think Kennedy loved that perspective. 748 00:40:07,230 --> 00:40:10,494 Kennedy wished that the CIA was more like James Bond. 749 00:40:10,581 --> 00:40:13,279 You had these different iconic images. 750 00:40:13,366 --> 00:40:16,544 And that then bled in from entertainment 751 00:40:16,631 --> 00:40:18,633 into the real world. 752 00:40:18,720 --> 00:40:21,287 Jackie Kennedy even gives Allen Dulles 753 00:40:21,374 --> 00:40:23,725 a copy of "From Russia with Love" 754 00:40:23,812 --> 00:40:25,944 and says, you know, you should maybe think 755 00:40:26,031 --> 00:40:29,165 about using some of the ideas in this book at the CIA. 756 00:40:29,252 --> 00:40:32,995 ♪ ♪ 757 00:40:33,082 --> 00:40:35,563 Allen Dulles is very concerned whether or not he's going 758 00:40:35,650 --> 00:40:38,566 to remain as the CIA Director. 759 00:40:38,653 --> 00:40:41,003 Dulles was kind of cherry-picking ideas 760 00:40:41,090 --> 00:40:43,484 from the Bond novels and then trying to get 761 00:40:43,571 --> 00:40:47,444 his science and technology Q-types to build them. 762 00:40:47,531 --> 00:40:49,794 ♪ ♪ 763 00:40:49,881 --> 00:40:51,970 The CIA's Technical Services Division 764 00:40:52,057 --> 00:40:55,147 was the equivalent of the James Bond laboratory 765 00:40:55,234 --> 00:40:56,671 which made all the gadgetry. 766 00:40:58,716 --> 00:41:02,503 They considered exploding cigars... 767 00:41:02,590 --> 00:41:04,069 [explosion] 768 00:41:04,156 --> 00:41:06,768 Poison cigars... 769 00:41:06,855 --> 00:41:10,598 poison pens that you would actually prick Fidel with 770 00:41:10,685 --> 00:41:13,775 that would have a hidden hypodermic needle in it. 771 00:41:13,862 --> 00:41:16,560 They were going to put LSD on a microphone 772 00:41:16,647 --> 00:41:19,737 when he went to give his regular weekly radio address 773 00:41:19,824 --> 00:41:21,826 so that he'd get high during the address 774 00:41:21,913 --> 00:41:25,221 and he'd start bumbling like a fool. 775 00:41:25,308 --> 00:41:27,092 One idea that came up 776 00:41:27,179 --> 00:41:30,400 was to, like, have these gigantic fireworks displays 777 00:41:30,487 --> 00:41:32,794 that would somehow convince Cubans 778 00:41:32,881 --> 00:41:34,578 that it was the second coming of Christ. 779 00:41:36,711 --> 00:41:39,975 It sounds crazy, but that's the mood 780 00:41:40,062 --> 00:41:42,760 that had taken over at the CIA. 781 00:41:42,847 --> 00:41:44,545 In the end, 782 00:41:44,632 --> 00:41:47,548 these crazy ideas didn't turn out to be practical, 783 00:41:47,635 --> 00:41:50,159 so they stuck with poison pills. 784 00:41:50,246 --> 00:41:53,597 ♪ ♪ 785 00:42:06,828 --> 00:42:08,264 Johnny Roselli 786 00:42:08,351 --> 00:42:11,223 is in the Cuban exile community in Miami 787 00:42:11,310 --> 00:42:12,790 trying to find a contact 788 00:42:12,877 --> 00:42:15,750 to carry out the plot to kill Castro. 789 00:42:15,837 --> 00:42:17,578 In Little Havana, 790 00:42:17,665 --> 00:42:19,710 one of the people that Johnny relies on 791 00:42:19,797 --> 00:42:22,713 is Tony Varona. 792 00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:25,803 Tony Varona was a Cuban politician 793 00:42:25,890 --> 00:42:28,632 who was pushed out of Cuba by Castro. 794 00:42:28,719 --> 00:42:33,071 And he was one of the leaders of the Cuban exiles in Florida 795 00:42:33,158 --> 00:42:36,814 trying to get rid of Castro and get back into Cuba. 796 00:42:36,901 --> 00:42:39,643 ♪ ♪ 797 00:42:48,913 --> 00:42:52,047 [indistinct chatter] 798 00:42:52,134 --> 00:42:56,094 ♪ ♪ 799 00:42:56,181 --> 00:42:59,489 Santo Trafficante, Maheu, and Roselli 800 00:42:59,576 --> 00:43:01,578 meet at Varona's house in Miami, 801 00:43:01,665 --> 00:43:04,059 and they read him into the plot. 802 00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:08,759 Varona knows someone who can get 803 00:43:08,846 --> 00:43:12,415 the CIA's poison pills into Fidel's bloodstream. 804 00:43:12,502 --> 00:43:16,201 ♪ ♪ 805 00:43:16,288 --> 00:43:18,247 That was Juan Orta. 806 00:43:18,334 --> 00:43:21,946 Juan Orta was very close to Castro. 807 00:43:22,033 --> 00:43:25,210 He was director general for the Castro regime. 808 00:43:25,297 --> 00:43:27,038 He was connected enough 809 00:43:27,125 --> 00:43:30,955 that he could drop some kind of pill into Castro's drink. 810 00:43:31,042 --> 00:43:37,483 ♪ ♪ 811 00:43:54,152 --> 00:43:58,113 Maheu then brings the pills to Miami, 812 00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:02,639 where Roselli and Giancana and Trafficante are meeting 813 00:44:02,726 --> 00:44:05,424 with some of these exiles. 814 00:44:05,511 --> 00:44:08,427 [jazz music] 815 00:44:08,514 --> 00:44:10,865 ♪ ♪ 816 00:44:10,952 --> 00:44:13,694 You have Johnny and Sam Giancana 817 00:44:13,781 --> 00:44:16,174 and Santo Trafficante all there 818 00:44:16,261 --> 00:44:19,090 to see Frank Sinatra performing. 819 00:44:19,177 --> 00:44:23,007 ♪ This is ♪ 820 00:44:23,094 --> 00:44:27,229 ♪ My kind of town ♪ 821 00:44:27,316 --> 00:44:29,710 ♪ Chicago is ♪ 822 00:44:29,797 --> 00:44:32,234 Giancana was aware that Sinatra 823 00:44:32,321 --> 00:44:34,323 was kind of like a fanboy for him, 824 00:44:34,410 --> 00:44:35,454 but he wanted to make sure 825 00:44:35,541 --> 00:44:37,456 that he didn't have Sinatra around 826 00:44:37,543 --> 00:44:40,459 when they were talking about the plans to kill Castro. 827 00:44:40,546 --> 00:44:42,244 He tells the other mobsters, 828 00:44:42,331 --> 00:44:45,290 don't say anything about this in front of Sinatra. 829 00:44:45,377 --> 00:44:47,249 He's got a big mouth. 830 00:44:47,336 --> 00:44:51,035 ♪ ♪ 831 00:44:51,122 --> 00:44:52,994 Eventually, after the show, 832 00:44:53,081 --> 00:44:55,648 Maheu arrives at the Fontainebleau. 833 00:44:55,736 --> 00:45:00,218 And he's got another guy named Joe Shimon with him. 834 00:45:00,305 --> 00:45:02,220 Maheu's associate, Joe Shimon, 835 00:45:02,307 --> 00:45:05,093 was a crooked Washington cop who befriended Roselli, too. 836 00:45:05,180 --> 00:45:08,661 ♪ ♪ 837 00:45:08,749 --> 00:45:10,663 They all go up to a hotel room. 838 00:45:10,751 --> 00:45:12,665 [elevator bell dings] 839 00:45:12,753 --> 00:45:15,973 ♪ ♪ 840 00:45:16,060 --> 00:45:18,933 And inside, who's waiting for them? 841 00:45:19,020 --> 00:45:21,805 Tony Varona. 842 00:45:21,892 --> 00:45:25,026 Traficante was there to translate. 843 00:45:25,113 --> 00:45:27,811 Maheu opens up this attaché case. 844 00:45:29,987 --> 00:45:32,076 There's $10,000 845 00:45:32,163 --> 00:45:35,688 and these poison pills going to Juan Orta. 846 00:45:35,776 --> 00:45:37,647 ♪ ♪ 847 00:45:37,734 --> 00:45:39,214 [telephone rings] 848 00:45:39,301 --> 00:45:41,390 While all this was going down, 849 00:45:41,477 --> 00:45:44,001 Sinatra calls up to the hotel room. 850 00:45:44,088 --> 00:45:46,177 [ringing] 851 00:45:46,264 --> 00:45:49,180 Sam realizes that it's Sinatra, 852 00:45:49,267 --> 00:45:51,443 and he tells everyone to ignore it. 853 00:45:51,530 --> 00:45:54,055 [ringing continues] 854 00:45:55,621 --> 00:45:57,362 Joe Shimon said, 855 00:45:57,449 --> 00:45:59,843 "Frank must have called our suite 20 times trying 856 00:45:59,930 --> 00:46:01,410 "to get together with Sam. 857 00:46:01,497 --> 00:46:03,847 He wouldn't leave Sam alone." 858 00:46:03,934 --> 00:46:07,416 [ringing continues] 859 00:46:07,503 --> 00:46:10,288 Frank Sinatra was fascinated by Giancana, 860 00:46:10,375 --> 00:46:13,683 but Giancana has business on his mind. 861 00:46:15,380 --> 00:46:17,861 After a time, the pills were delivered to Cuba. 862 00:46:17,948 --> 00:46:21,256 Now, with these pills in his possession, 863 00:46:21,343 --> 00:46:23,475 Juan Orta is going to find the best opportunity 864 00:46:23,562 --> 00:46:25,521 to do the deed. 865 00:46:25,608 --> 00:46:27,262 [knock at door] 866 00:46:27,349 --> 00:46:29,612 ♪ ♪ 867 00:46:29,699 --> 00:46:32,615 [jazz music] 868 00:46:32,702 --> 00:46:38,447 ♪ ♪ 869 00:46:38,534 --> 00:46:41,276 So, one night, Johnny Roselli's eating dinner 870 00:46:41,363 --> 00:46:43,931 in Hollywood. 871 00:46:44,018 --> 00:46:46,847 It's been quite a while since Johnny's heard anything 872 00:46:46,934 --> 00:46:50,285 about the attempt to poison Castro. 873 00:46:50,372 --> 00:46:53,288 [indistinct chatter] 874 00:46:53,375 --> 00:46:58,380 ♪ ♪ 875 00:46:58,467 --> 00:47:02,079 Johnny gets a message to call Tony Varona. 876 00:47:02,166 --> 00:47:08,912 ♪ ♪ 877 00:47:11,436 --> 00:47:13,482 [door closes] 878 00:47:17,355 --> 00:47:20,315 On the phone, Roselli finds out this guy Juan Orta 879 00:47:20,402 --> 00:47:22,317 seems to get cold feet. 880 00:47:22,404 --> 00:47:26,582 [dramatic music] 881 00:47:26,669 --> 00:47:30,325 Orta is not able to implement this plan. 882 00:47:30,412 --> 00:47:32,109 He wants to bail out. 883 00:47:32,196 --> 00:47:35,634 ♪ ♪ 884 00:47:35,721 --> 00:47:37,854 He was nervous about getting caught. 885 00:47:37,941 --> 00:47:40,335 So that idea fell apart. 886 00:47:40,422 --> 00:47:43,425 ♪ ♪ 887 00:47:43,512 --> 00:47:46,950 Now the whole process had to start all over again. 888 00:47:50,519 --> 00:47:53,261 Part of the CIA's plan, the assassination of Castro, 889 00:47:53,348 --> 00:47:55,480 so far had failed. 890 00:47:55,567 --> 00:47:58,135 Part two... 891 00:47:58,222 --> 00:48:00,311 the invasion of Cuba-- 892 00:48:00,398 --> 00:48:02,574 soon to be known as the Bay of Pigs-- 893 00:48:02,661 --> 00:48:05,926 was still full speed ahead. 894 00:48:06,013 --> 00:48:08,189 After Kennedy took office, 895 00:48:08,276 --> 00:48:10,408 he quickly reappointed Allen Dulles 896 00:48:10,495 --> 00:48:13,585 as head of the CIA. 897 00:48:13,672 --> 00:48:16,023 Kennedy immediately is presented 898 00:48:16,110 --> 00:48:20,549 with the well-developed plan for the invasion. 899 00:48:20,636 --> 00:48:22,159 Allen Dulles tells him, 900 00:48:22,246 --> 00:48:24,945 we have hundreds of Cuban exiles 901 00:48:25,032 --> 00:48:28,644 being trained in Guatemala and Fort Knox and New Orleans. 902 00:48:28,731 --> 00:48:30,646 [gunshots] 903 00:48:30,733 --> 00:48:34,563 Kennedy, he came in a young man, smart fellow. 904 00:48:34,650 --> 00:48:37,261 He knew foreign policy, but to go up 905 00:48:37,348 --> 00:48:40,003 against the national security apparatus, 906 00:48:40,090 --> 00:48:42,571 I think, is rather intimidating for anybody. 907 00:48:42,658 --> 00:48:45,922 So Kennedy is sandbagged into going along 908 00:48:46,009 --> 00:48:48,229 with the Bay of Pigs invasion. 909 00:48:48,316 --> 00:48:50,840 ♪ ♪ 910 00:48:50,927 --> 00:48:53,234 Through the Mafia's involvement, 911 00:48:53,321 --> 00:48:56,715 the CIA believes that Fidel will be dead 912 00:48:56,802 --> 00:48:59,370 by the time the invasion takes place. 913 00:48:59,457 --> 00:49:03,766 And so they are not paying close attention 914 00:49:03,853 --> 00:49:05,246 to what could go wrong. 915 00:49:05,333 --> 00:49:12,775 ♪ ♪