Several years earlier, Allen Dulles had advised Wisner to “find an inconspicuous slot in the government and start building up a network for political warfare from within.” On August 6, 1948, Wisner went one better, not just finding that inconspicuous slot, but helping build it to his specifications. To be sure, though, there was a catch. As the cravenness of George Kennan forewarned, if and when things went wrong, Frank Wisner would be quite on his own.
