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The Best Episodes of CIA Declassified

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    CIA Declassified Season 1 Episode 2 - The Real Zero Dark Thirty
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #1 - The Real Zero Dark Thirty

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. CIA Declassified Season 1 Episode 5 - Killing Mad Dog Gaddafi
    7.2/10(6 votes)

    #2 - Killing Mad Dog Gaddafi

    S1:E5

    The story of Khalifa Haftar, who tried to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi and his Libyan regime in the 1980s.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. CIA Declassified Season 1 Episode 9 - The Fortress of War
    6.5/10(6 votes)

    #3 - The Fortress of War

    S1:E9

    How the CIA quashed a Taliban uprising in Afghanistan by teaming up with soldiers on the ground, despite being outnumbered.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. CIA Declassified Season 1 Episode 1 - The Real Argo
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #4 - The Real Argo

    S1:E1

    U.S. diplomats in Iran pose as a Canadian film crew to escape the 1979 hostage crisis.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. CIA Declassified Season 1 Episode 3 - The Hunt for Che Guevara
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - The Hunt for Che Guevara

    S1:E3

    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 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. CIA Declassified Season 1 Episode 4 - Castro and the Cold Cream
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - Castro and the Cold Cream

    S1:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. CIA Declassified Season 1 Episode 6 - The Hunt for the Bombers
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - The Hunt for the Bombers

    S1:E6

    The hunt for the members of al-Qaeda responsible for the attack on the USS Cole in 2000, in which 17 sailors died.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. CIA Declassified Season 1 Episode 7 - The Deadly Phantom Coup
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - The Deadly Phantom Coup

    S1:E7

    Exploring the CIA's staged invasion of Guatemala in 1954, looking at how he country was tricked into believing a real threat was imminent.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. CIA Declassified Season 1 Episode 8 - The Beirut Bomb
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - The Beirut Bomb

    S1:E8

    Documentary 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. CIA Declassified Season 1 Episode 10 - Operation Celestial Balance
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Operation Celestial Balance

    S1:E10

    Undercover agents bribe warlords to track down suspected al-Qaeda fighters after the US embassy bombing in Nairobi in 1998. Last in the series.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Real Zero Dark Thirty" is the best rated episode of "CIA Declassified". It scored 7.8/10 based on 5 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/13/2014. This episode scored 0.6 points higher than the second highest rated, "Killing Mad Dog Gaddafi".