CIA Declassified - Season 1
Season 1
Drawing from recently declassified documents from the CIA and insider accounts from the agents who were there, CIA Declassified peels back the curtain to tell the real stories behind the manhunts and covert operations that delivered lethal justice.
Episodes
The Real Argo
Documentary revealing the story of Tony Mendez's rescue of six Americans trapped in Iran after the storming of a US embassy in November 1979.
The Real Zero Dark Thirty
An insight into the CIA's decade-long hunt for the most wanted man on the planet - Osama bin Laden - who was eventually located in 2011.
The Hunt for Che Guevara
Documentary recalling the hunt for Che Guevara. In 1967, the CIA recruited Felix Rodríguez, one of its former agents, to train and head a team to track down the Marxist guerilla, who intended to overthrow the Bolivian government. Following Guevara's capture, Rodríguez interrogated him but could not prevent an order to execute the man who had earlier been a significant force in the Cuban revolution.
Castro and the Cold Cream
The story of an assassination attempt on Cuban communist revolutionary Fidel Castro, when the US security agency tried to turn his 19-year-old lover Marita Lorenz into a killer by placing poisoned face cream in his home.
Killing Mad Dog Gaddafi
The story of Khalifa Haftar, who tried to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi and his Libyan regime in the 1980s.
The Hunt for the Bombers
The hunt for members of al-Qaeda responsible for the attack on the USS Cole in 2000, in which 17 sailors died.
The Deadly Phantom Coup
Exploring the CIA's staged invasion of Guatemala in 1954, looking at how the country was tricked into believing a real threat was imminent.
The Beirut Bomb
Documentary investigating the fate of a Lebanese cleric who CIA director William Casey mistakenly thought was the head of the militant group Hezbollah and in 1985 allegedly ordered his killing.
The Fortress of War
How the CIA quashed a Taliban uprising in Afghanistan by teaming up with soldiers on the ground, despite being outnumbered.
Operation Celestial Balance
Undercover agents bribe warlords to track down suspected al-Qaeda fighters after the US embassy bombing in Nairobi in 1998. Last in the series.
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