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...presidency, TIME has learned that the agency went to Momo Salvatore ("Sam") Giancana, a high-ranking Mafia don who ruled Chicago's gangland with a bloody hand. The mission: kill Castro. For help, Giancana turned to one of the most nimble and conniving figures in the Mafia: Richard Cain, who had been the Mafia's agent in the enemy camp: a detective on Chicago's police force...
Among his other accomplishments, Cain spoke Spanish fluently. With the consent of the CIA, intelligence sources say, Detective Cain began recruiting Spanish-speaking toughs on the Windy City's West Side. Some of the hoodlums were sent to Miami and Central America for training in commando tactics...
Exactly what the Mafia rangers accomplished against Cuba is still unclear. Some intelligence officials doubt that a single guerrilla from Chicago ever set foot on the island. For his part, Cain later was to boast how he had led hit-and-run raids on Cuban power stations...
...sources say that the CIA spent more than $100,000 on the operation, while Giancana laid out $90,000 of the Mob's own funds for Cain's expenses. When some Mafia officials objected to the payments, Giancana contended that the funds should be considered as "ice" (protection money...
...husband, I drive with him. He had an accident about four years ago. Driving, I take care of him. But every now and then I go out like tonight. It's like this. I can't leave him. You grow to love a person and you cain't cut it off. But he cain't give me what I want any more. Now I'm not talking about going out and finding a young feller or nothing...But sometimes you jes have to lay down with somebody...every now and then...to feel right...