The initial arrests and boat confiscations resulted in confusing news reports that mirrored the internal government conflict between Kennedy and the CIA. The owner of one of the confiscated boats, Alexander I. Rorke, Jr., told the New York Times that “the United States Government, through the Central Intelligence Agency, had had advance knowledge of the trips” of his boat, the Violin III, into Cuban waters.[16] Rorke also said that “the C.I.A. had financed trips of the Violin III.” He added
