OPERATION NORTHWOODS – 9 -11 – US PLOTS TO SACRIFICE ITS CITIZENS

In 1962, the U.S. Department of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff proposed a covert plan known as Operation Northwoods. Declassified decades later, the document revealed a shocking scheme: to orchestrate terrorist attacks against American civilians and military targets, blame them on Cuba, and justify a U.S. invasion. This grotesque plan—approved by the Joint Chiefs but ultimately rejected by President Kennedy—exposed the terrifying depths of deception some officials were willing to embrace in the name of power and control. Though it was never carried out, the spirit of Northwoods never truly died