:38:01
Hell, Guy's dead, so it don't matter
no more. It was all about those...
:38:06
...people that was hanging
around the office that summer.
:38:11
I was never part of the operation.
:38:13
I just handled their private-eye work
as it came in for Guy.
:38:17
Not much did, but thas why I was there.
:38:21
It was a nuthouse.
:38:23
Cubans coming, going. And Christ,
they all looked the same to me.
:38:29
You going to play with this rifle or pack it?
:38:32
Dave Ferrie.
:38:34
You know about him?
We know Dave. Was he there?
:38:37
He practically lived there.
:38:41
The whole thing was all...
:38:43
...cloak-and-dagger stuff.
:38:46
They called it "Operation Mongoose."
:38:49
The idea was to train these Cuban exiles
for another invasion of Cuba.
:38:54
Banister's office was part
of the supply line...
:38:57
...from Dallas through New Orleans
to Miami.
:39:00
We stockpiled arms, explosives.
:39:02
In view of the intelligence community
in Lafayette Square?
:39:05
Yes. Everybody knew everybody.
They were all part of the network.
:39:10
All worked for the CIA.
:39:12
Pilots and black operators
and civilians and the military.
:39:17
Everybody was running guns then.
:39:20
Ft. Jefferson, Bayou Bluff,
Morgan City, you name it.
:39:24
McAllen, Texas? Big gun-run operation.
:39:30
Where does Banister fit in?
:39:33
He was running his camp
north of Lake Pontchartrain.
:39:36
Ferrie did a lot of the training.
:39:38
They had a shooting range
and tropical territory, like in Cuba.
:39:43
Some Americans were trained there too.
:39:45
Nazi types. Mercenaries.
:39:48
That Ferrie, though.
Jesus, he was the craziest.
:39:52
Late summer the party was over.
Kennedy didn't want another Bay of Pigs.
:39:58
He told the FBl, "Shut up the camp."