CIA Declassified

Season 1

From Chile to Afghanistan, it’s a world within a world and CIA Declassified peels back the layers of secrecy to uncover what really happened in some of the most reported moments from history.

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10 Episodes

The Real Argo
E1
The Real ArgoU.S. diplomats in Iran pose as a Canadian film crew to escape the 1979 hostage crisis.
The Real Zero Dark Thirty
E2
The Real Zero Dark ThirtyAn 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
E3
The Hunt for Che GuevaraDocumentary 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 was intent on overthrowing the Bolivian government. Following Guevara's capture, Rodríguez interrogated him, but was unable to prevent an order to execute the man who had earlier been a major force in the Cuban revolution.
Castro and the Cold Cream
E4
Castro and the Cold CreamThe 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
E5
Killing Mad Dog GaddafiThe story of Khalifa Haftar, who tried to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi and his Libyan regime in the 1980s.
The Hunt for the Bombers
E6
The Hunt for the BombersThe hunt for the members of al-Qaeda responsible for the attack on the USS Cole in 2000, in which 17 sailors died.
The Deadly Phantom Coup
E7
The Deadly Phantom CoupExploring the CIA's staged invasion of Guatemala in 1954, looking at how he country was tricked into believing a real threat was imminent.
The Beirut Bomb
E8
The Beirut BombDocumentary investigating the fate of a Lebanese cleric who CIA director William Casey mistakenly thought was the head of militant group Hezbollah, and in 1985 allegedly ordered his killing.
The Fortress of War
E9
The Fortress of WarHow the CIA quashed a Taliban uprising in Afghanistan by teaming up with soldiers on the ground, despite being outnumbered.
Operation Celestial Balance
E10
Operation Celestial BalanceUndercover agents bribe warlords to track down suspected al-Qaeda fighters after the US embassy bombing in Nairobi in 1998. Last in the series.