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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 28 Nov 2019

      Why exactly did Bobby Kennedy go after Giancana & other mobsters after the mafia helped elect JFK and while the CIA was using the mafia in Cuba? Is there a good explanation for this?

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    2. Dave Kamper  🌹‏ @dskamper 28 Nov 2019
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      I'm just reading Jack Goldsmith's new book on Hoffa and it has a good analysis of RFK's general motives in going after organized crime. Also, fair to say that the Mafia role in the 1960 election is wildly overstated in popular culture.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 28 Nov 2019
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      I don't think the mob won Kennedy the election but there's no question that JFK & Giancana shared a mistress and that the CIA used the mob for logistics in Cuban plots.

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        2. Dave Kamper  🌹‏ @dskamper 28 Nov 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Goldsmith would suggest that the real target was labor "racketeering" more than the Mafia qua Mafia.

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        1. human  🌍 🌻‏ @eatyerbroccoli 28 Nov 2019
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          The mob wasn't critical in the general, but it was huge in the nomination. I have no idea what Jack and Bobby were thinking going after them, though.

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        1. Darrel “#BlackHistoryMonth is every month” Plant‏ @darrelplant 28 Nov 2019
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          The Cuban CIA/Mob connection predates the Kennedy administration. The Mob expanded Cuban operations during the Eisenhower years, were dispossessed by the revolution, and had connections on the island the CIA found useful in anti-Castro activities. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/mob-havana-cuba-culture-music-book-tj-english-cultural-travel-180960610/ …

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        1. James Spooner‏ @thewraith21 28 Nov 2019
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          Right and Giancana had Jack killed because of his relationship with that mistress

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        1. living with ground elder‏ @underverse 29 Nov 2019
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          Which is not to say that the mob didn't feel they were owed kid glove treatment.

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        1. Crocklaw70‏ @crocklaw70 29 Nov 2019
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          Judy Campbell ... momo and jack

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