historical record
"We could develop a Communist Cuban terror campaign in the Miami area ... casualty lists in U.S. newspapers would cause a helpful wave of national indignation."
Source
Operation Northwoods (Declassified)
Joint Chiefs of Staff memorandum, 'Justification for U.S. Military Intervention in Cuba' (1962)
Author
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Date
1962 (declassified 1997)