Thursday, November 12, 2015

Something I have learned from Talbot's book is that after JFK sacked Dulles in 1961, he (Dulles) continued to meet with high-level people from the CIA and other intelligence agencies and also the military- as if nothing had changed; as if he was still in charge at the CIA. The difference was that instead of meeting at what used to be his office at the CIA, they came to his house, where he had an office which became his office, or they met in restaurants or other places. It was as if nothing had changed. Talbot said that several times. 

To me, that is very ominous. Regardless of how these people felt about Dulles and about Kennedy, their loyalty should have been to Kennedy. If he found it necessary to sack Dulles, then Dulles should have been out of the loop, and they shouldn't have been telling squat to him. I'm not saying they should have wished him harm or been disrespectful to him, but they should have refrained from treating him like he was still in office. 

And it makes me more convinced that JFK's sacking of Dulles was really what launched the plot to kill Kennedy. If the gist of those meetings was: "This isn't good. What do we do now?" then I can see how very easily it would have moved to killing Kennedy. And remember that plotting to kill a national leader was something that Dulles was well practiced at, although not usually a leader from this country.   

What a betrayal that they would do that. It showed more loyalty to Dulles than to JFK. I'd like to get a comprehensive list. 

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