Operation Northwoods: The Pentagon's Plan to Attack America

In 1962, the Joint Chiefs of Staff drafted a shocking document proposing to sink American ships, hijack planes, and commit acts of terrorism against U.S. citizens—all to blame Cuba and trigger a war. Rejected by President Kennedy and buried for decades, Operation Northwoods was declassified in 1997, proving that sometimes the conspiracy theories are actually true. We examine the actual document, the military minds behind it, and why this confirmed plot still shakes our understanding of government power.