“Kennedy worship.”
Absolutely.
Kennedy was very good at press conferences. A handsome and polished politician.
But he was a very poor commander in chief and he set in motion our no win Vietnam war. And most damaging of all the 1965 immigration act passed after his death was his bill.
Johnson must have left the CIA boys off-leash. My Dad talked about a spook admirng a Type 56 Chinese carbine he took from a VC and wanted to trade his issue Brwning HiPower. Since the VC had learned to count to 7 (his Colt) he made the trade and surprised the other sde the next trip out. The Brownings in my gun safe now.
He said he never figured what the agency was doing, they just came and went.
I thought the Immigration act of 1965 was his brother Teddy’s bill/doing.