From: "John Beamish" 

It appears that William Randolph Heast was alive and well and serving with
the Joint Chiefs.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/print?id=92662

U.S. Military Wanted to Provoke War With Cuba Book: U.S. Military Drafted
Plans to Terrorize U.S. Cities to Provoke War With Cuba
By David Ruppe

N E W  Y O R K, May 1, 2001 - In the early 1960s, America's top military
leaders reportedly drafted plans to kill innocent people and commit acts of
terrorism in U.S. cities to create public support for a war against Cuba.

Code named Operation Northwoods, the plans reportedly included the possible
assassination of Cuban ‚migr‚s, sinking boats of Cuban refugees on the high
seas, hijacking planes, blowing up a U.S. ship, and even orchestrating
violent terrorism in U.S. cities.

The plans were developed as ways to trick the American public and the
international community into supporting a war to oust Cuba's then new
leader, communist Fidel Castro.


America's top military brass even contemplated causing U.S. military
casualties, writing: "We could blow up a U.S. ship in Guantanamo Bay
and blame Cuba," and, "casualty lists in U.S. newspapers would
cause a helpful wave of national indignation."

Details of the plans are described in Body of Secrets (Doubleday), a new
book by investigative reporter James Bamford about the history of America's
largest spy agency, the National Security Agency. However, the plans were
not connected to the agency, he notes.


The plans had the written approval of all of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and
were presented to President Kennedy's defense secretary, Robert McNamara,
in March 1962. But they apparently were rejected by the civilian leadership
and have gone undisclosed for nearly 40 years.

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