course the government has taken steps to be discreet. this is not unique to cuba. >> there was nothing classified or covert about this program, discreet does not equal covert. having worked with the cia and now here, i know the difference. >> covert or not, american attempts to undermine the cuban government goes back decades. there was of course the bay of pigs fiasco when a ragtag group of exiles were funded to help overthrow the government. there were many plots on castro's life, many with plots that sound like they are from a james bond movie. we're talking a poison-coated scuba diving suit. the u.s. spent $24 million on a program that flies a plane over the island to broadcast