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through his front man, Bobby Baker, who later did end up in prison. Baker,
of course, conducted several of his major deals with Lansky associates,
including Ed Levinson, a director of the Mossad-linked Banque de Credit
International, founded by former Mossad official Tibor Rosenbaum.
THE ANTI-CASTRO CUBANS
What's more, Kennedy was preparing for a rapprochement with Castro's
Cuba and therefore the Lansky syndicate would not be able to re-invigorate
its massive gambling interests there as a consequence. The change in Cuban
policy was also distressing to the anti-Castro Cuban community in Miami,
New Orleans and elsewhere. The anti-Castro Cubans had, of course, been
cooperating closely with the Lansky syndicate in anti-Castro activities.
Likewise, the new Cuban policy enraged the CIA which was the primary
sponsor of the anti-Castro forces. As we have also seen, the Mossad played a
major (although little-known) part in the intrigue involving the anti-Castro
Cubans through its base in Miami.
THE CIA
JFK had other problems with the CIA. He was making moves to
dismantle the CIA and was engaged in a secret war with that agency
stemming from his clear intent to withdraw U.S. forces from Vietnam. This
would have been a major blow to the so-called "military-industrial complex"
(of which the Israeli lobby was a major component) that stood to make
immense profits from a continuing U.S. presence in Southeast Asia.
HOOVER
Ultimately, Kennedy planned to merge all of the American intelligence
agencies—the FBI included—into a single entity under his brother Robert's
direction. This plan, of course, was not greeted enthusiastically by FBI
Director J. Edgar Hoover whom Kennedy also planned to dethrone following
the 1964 election. Hoover, as we have seen, had his own secret
arrangements with Lansky, individually, and with organized crime in
general. Hoover also had a foundation established in his name with funding
from Lansky-linked liquor industries and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
of B'nai B'rith, which functions as a de facto U.S. propaganda and
intelligence arm of Israel's Mossad. If Hoover himself did not actively
conspire against the life of John F. Kennedy, he certainly looked the other
way if he knew a conspiracy to assassinate JFK had been hatched.
VIETNAM & DRUGS
Kennedy's intended change in Vietnam policy—his plan to unilaterally
withdraw from the imbroglio—infuriated not only the CIA but elements in
the Pentagon and their allies in the military-industrial complex. By this