I agree. I kept reading and felt like I was truly entering a wilderness of mirrors. The writer of that Times piece, Tad Szulc, was sui generis. He was connected to deep black sources.
>Tad Szulc, 74, Dies; Times Correspondent Who Uncovered Bay of Pigs Imbroglio
Those guys must have known each other. They were contemporaries. Paisley b. 1923, Szulc b. 1927. They traveled in the same circles. They were both really good at their jobs. The Paisley article had some deep CIA sourcing, and Szulc's sources trusted him enough to share.
>Tad Szulc, 74, Dies; Times Correspondent Who Uncovered Bay of Pigs Imbroglio
https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/22/world/tad-szulc-74-dies-t...
https://archive.ph/szwTb
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tad_Szulc