John F. Kennedy perfectly depicts a presidency of deception versus trust for the American people. Kennedy was at the center of many controversies during and after his presidency, whether it was because of his many conflicts with the FBI and the CIA, or even after his assassination with the drama that surrounded his brother Robert Kennedy. Many of these controversies having been revealed many years after his death. As for the death of Kennedy, it is shrouded in mystery. Many conspiracy theories have risen after the death of Kennedy’s supposed assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. Many people saw John F Kennedy as an admirable person, fit to be president. One thing that made him more favorable over the other candidates was his appearance. People claim …show more content…
“In the aftermath of the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in April 1961, JFK appointed his brother Robert, in blatant disregard for the concept of plausible deniability, to oversee the effort to topple Fidel Castro”(Knott 3). Among the claims of Kennedy’s involvement to kill Castro, many briefings concerning this topic did occur. In May 1961, Kennedy was informed by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover that the CIA had hired the mafia Don Sam Giancana for intelligence work in Cuba(Thomas 2). A year later the CIA did formally brief Bobby Kennedy in May 1962 about its earlier scheme to hire the mafia to kill Castro(Thomas 2). Over time Mongoose, as it was known, became one of the largest covert operation in the CIA’s history, involving some 400 agents and an annual budget of over $50 million(Knott 3).These were events that happened, but nobody knew of them, as there was no public evidence to prove that the Kennedys authorized any of the eight know CIA plots against Castro(Thomas 2). What comes as a shock to many, others see this as normal government activity happening under the noses of the American