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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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Season 1

  • The Real Argo
    7.4/105 votes

    The Real Argo

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/6/2014

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Real Zero Dark Thirty
    7.7/106 votes

    The Real Zero Dark Thirty

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/13/2014

    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

  • The Hunt for Che Guevara
    7.2/105 votes

    The Hunt for Che Guevara

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/20/2014

    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

  • Castro and the Cold Cream
    7.6/105 votes

    Castro and the Cold Cream

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/27/2014

    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

  • Killing Mad Dog Gaddafi
    7.3/107 votes

    Killing Mad Dog Gaddafi

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/6/2014

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Hunt for the Bombers
    7.6/105 votes

    The Hunt for the Bombers

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/13/2014

    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

  • The Deadly Phantom Coup
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    The Deadly Phantom Coup

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/20/2014

    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

  • The Beirut Bomb
    6.4/105 votes

    The Beirut Bomb

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/27/2014

    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

  • Fortress of War
    6.7/107 votes

    Fortress of War

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/3/2014

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Operation Celestial Balance
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    Operation Celestial Balance

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/10/2014

    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