Fun bit of imagery intelligence history from the Cuban missile crisis. When analysts found the Soviet missile sites, Bobby Kennedy was fighting against state officials to get a Black student, James Meredith, admitted to the University of Mississippi in Oxford.
When CIA analysts first told Bobby about the MRBMs in Cuba, in a moment of frustration he blurted out, “Will those goddamned things reach Oxford, Mississippi?” When the analysts said yes, Kennedy apparently cracked a smile.
After that, CIA imagery analysts made sure to highlight Oxford, Mississippi on the satellite imagery briefing boards sent to Kennedy
Sorry, force of habit. Not satellite, U2.
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