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In August 1962, the CIA had contaminated 14,135 bags of Cuban sugar bound for Russia to create discord between Cuban and Russian authorities and JFK had to step in and turn the ship around. (lemmygrad.ml)

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http://archive.today/2025.03.21-040355/https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2025/jfk-files-assassination-documents/

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[–] davel@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

—2020: Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic | The U.S. military launched a clandestine program amid the COVID crisis to discredit China’s Sinovac inoculation – payback for Beijing’s efforts to blame Washington for the pandemic. One target: the Filipino public. Health experts say the gambit was indefensible and put innocent lives at risk.

[–] deathtoreddit@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 month ago

That's a whole new rabbit hole there, prolly.