Page "History of the United States National Security Council 1961–1963" Paragraph 9

U. S. covert actions and paramilitary activity during the Kennedy administration were administered generally outside the NSC system.

Following the Bay of Pigs Invasion fiasco in early 1961, the President reconstituted the 5412 Committee that monitored covert actions as the Special Group.

Chaired by National Security Advisor Bundy, the new body included the Director of Central Intelligence, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Under Secretaries from the State and Defense Departments.

This body reviewed and endorsed a number of covert action projects in the first 2 years of the Kennedy Presidency.

President Kennedy also added to the responsibilities of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board ( PFIAB ), originally created by President Eisenhower in 1956.

Kennedy met with the Board 12 times and conferred frequently with individual members.

The Board reviewed a wide range of intelligence matters and made some 120 recommendations to the President.