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| PROMIS Scandal |
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Organized crime leader enlisted by the CIA through Robert Maheu in 1960 to assist in assassination plots against Fidel Castro. | 1908-05-24 | 1975-06-19 | Chicago, Illinois |
Sam Giancana was an organized-crime leader who was contacted by Robert Maheu in 1960 as part of Central Intelligence Agency operations to assassinate Fidel Castro. Giancana, along with Johnny Rosselli and Santos Trafficante, Jr., was enlisted to assist in these efforts, which involved Cuban exiles.1
Footnotes
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Seymour, Cheri. The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010. ↩︎