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What happens when the guardians of freedom propose manufacturing fear itself?

In 1962, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff drafted a plan to stage terror attacks on American soil and blame Cuba in order to justify war. Code-named Operation Northwoods, the proposal was signed and filed—then quietly rejected by President John F. Kennedy. For decades it remained hidden inside classified archives until its declassification in 1997 revealed a blueprint for how power can rationalize deception.

In this episode of The Broken Truth Podcast, host Garrett Greene walks through the memo line by line, tracing its origins in Cold War panic and its legacy in modern information warfare. The story travels from the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs to the moment Kennedy said no, then forward to the digital age where “perception management” and “strategic communication” carry Northwoods’ DNA. It’s a lesson in ethics, fear, and the fragile balance between security and truth.

🔎 Key Points

• ​The Cold War climate that made false flag proposals thinkable
• ​Why Kennedy rejected Operation Northwoods and what it cost him
• ​How declassification changed public trust in government
• ​The evolution of psychological operations into modern strategic communication
• ​What Northwoods teaches us about transparency and democratic memory

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