I instantly thought of this when reading the headline: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods I

I instantly thought of this when reading the headline: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods I remember reading about this around 20 years ago in James Bamford's excellent NSA book Body of Secrets.