WI: Operation Northwoods leaks in 1962

In early 1962, the Department of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff were looking for any kind of excuse to invade and depose the government of Fidel Castro after the botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs back in April 1961. The DoD and the JCS even wrote up plans to orchestrate terrorist attacks against American cities and pin the attacks on the Castro government. These plans eventually became the infamous Operation Northwoods and all it needed was President Kennedy to approve it. As we know, President Kennedy disapproved of the plan and even removed Lyman L. Lemnitzer as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

With the backstory established it begs the question: "What if the public found out about Operation Northwoods?" What if a high up official (perhaps even Lemnitzer himself) leaked the information and the public's obvious response to such plans.

Any ideas? Is this event even possible? Let me know.
 
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