In one CIA anti-Castro operation, an associate of Robert Maheu left wiretapping equipment openly in a Las Vegas hotel room, leading a maid to discover it, local police to be called, and the associate's identity and actions to be recorded in the Clark County justice system.
Sources
- The Mysterious Blunderings of the CIA (warontherocks.com)
- https://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-252-robert-maheu-the-cias-fixer-in-hollywood/ (spyculture.com)
- https://history-matters.com/archive/jfk/hsca/reportvols/vol10/pdf/HSCA_Vol10_CastroPlots.pdf (history-matters.com)
- https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1961-63v10/d337 (history.state.gov)
- https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2007/06/the-cia-castro-and-the-mafia-2.html (slate.com)
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