Espionage
Bing West claims Cuban missile crisis tip came via CIA-linked operative before U-2 confirmation
Jocko Podcast
Jocko Podcast 562: The Deadly Cost of Bad Leadership. Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. With Bing West
What was said
"So it became the U2 story, but it was really Rudy Enders, the UDT guy who put them in there."
Bing West alleges that an underwater demolition team operative, Rudy Enders, infiltrated anti-Castro groups and passed on early reports of Soviet missiles in Cuba, which West says were then confirmed by U-2 flights—leaving the public story focused on U-2 imagery.
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- Speaker
- Bing West · guest
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- Jocko Podcast
- Episode
- Jocko Podcast 562: The Deadly Cost of Bad Leadership. Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. With Bing West
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- 44:26
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