declassified 2007Reputable sourceWell documented
The Family Jewels
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What happened
In 2007 the CIA declassified the 'Family Jewels,' a long-secret internal compilation of the agency's most controversial activities. Among them was the record of the CIA-Mafia collaboration to assassinate Castro, confirming details the agency had guarded for decades.
Why it matters
The Family Jewels laid bare, in the CIA's own words, that the plots to kill Castro were not rumor but documented agency operations.