Operation Northwoods was a proposal by the DoD. They planned to use the CIA to carry out false flag/terrorist attacks on Americans and blame it on Cuba. https:

Operation Northwoods was a proposal by the DoD. They planned to use the CIA to carry out false flag/terrorist attacks on Americans and blame it on Cuba. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods