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Why JFK Was Deemed a Threat to National Security

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TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 2023
When the acts of a popular power attain a certain degree of arbitrariness and become oppressive, they are always presented as acts of self-defense and public safety.
– Augustin Cochin

HORNBERGER’S BLOG
June 13, 2023

Why JFK Was Deemed a Threat to National Security
Three days ago — June 10 — was the 60th anniversary of President Kennedy’s Peace Speech at American University. Reading or listening to the speech today, it is not difficult to see why the U.S. national-security establishment deemed Kennedy to be a grave threat to national security, just as it did with certain foreign leaders, such as Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh …
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