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The Worst Episodes of Declassified: Untold Stories of American Spies

Every episode of Declassified: Untold Stories of American Spies ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Declassified: Untold Stories of American Spies!

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Taliban's Double Agent" is the worst rated episode of "Declassified: Untold Stories of American Spies". It scored 6.2/10 based on 20 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/21/2016. This episode scored 0.6 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Hunt for Saddam".

  • The Taliban's Double Agent
    6.2/1020 votes
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    #1 - The Taliban's Double Agent

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/21/2016

    A Taliban double agent was instrumental in securing the release of foreign nationals held hostage in Afghanistan by the Taliban.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Hunt for Saddam
    6.8/1036 votes
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    #2 - The Hunt for Saddam

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/26/2016

    The U.S. military's search for missing Iraq dictator Saddam Hussein.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Trigon: KGB Chess Game
    7.1/1033 votes
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    #3 - Trigon: KGB Chess Game

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/19/2016

    The story of Aleksandr Ogorodnik, a Soviet diplomat with the codename Trigon, who was recruited by the CIA at the height of the Cold War to obtain valuable intelligence on the Soviet Union.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Norte Valle Cartel
    7.3/1012 votes
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    #4 - The Norte Valle Cartel

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/2019

    A team of unconventional investigators works together to take down one of the most dangerous Colombian cartels of the 1990s.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Operation Firewall: The Takedown of Shadowcrew
    7.3/1014 votes
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    #5 - Operation Firewall: The Takedown of Shadowcrew

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/2019

    During the early years of the internet, the Secret Service conducts a groundbreaking mission to take down one of the first criminal hacker groups.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hunting War Criminals
    7.5/1014 votes
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    #6 - Hunting War Criminals

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/2019

    After mass genocide during the Bosnian War, the US and NATO lead an effort to go after one of the world's most notorious war criminals.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Spy Game: Russian Espionage
    7.5/1015 votes
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    #7 - The Spy Game: Russian Espionage

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/2019

    The FBI has a national emergency on its hands when it discovers that the Russian government has planted a listening device in the State Department.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Merchant of Death: Viktor Bout
    7.5/1013 votes
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    #8 - The Merchant of Death: Viktor Bout

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/2019

    With help from an undercover source, the Drug Enforcement Administration launches a manhunt to capture one of the most prolific Russian arms dealers.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Buried Secrets, Unbreakable Codes
    7.6/1013 votes
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    #9 - Buried Secrets, Unbreakable Codes

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/2019

    The FBI works alongside the National Reconnaissance Office to stop a potential spy from selling classified secrets to an enemy nation.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Zarqawi: Father of ISIS
    7.7/1023 votes
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    #10 - Zarqawi: Father of ISIS

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/3/2016

    A report on efforts by President George W. Bush and the Joint Special Operations Command to stop violent Al Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Cuba: Traitor on the Inside
    7.7/1029 votes
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    #11 - Cuba: Traitor on the Inside

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/10/2016

    The FBI and Defense Intelligence Agency team up to capture DIA Senior Analyst Ana Montes for allegedly passing sensitive intelligence to Cuba.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hunting The Order: An American Terrorist Story
    7.7/1014 votes
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    #12 - Hunting The Order: An American Terrorist Story

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 8/19/2017

    In 1984, a young charismatic leader, Bob Mathews, built an army of white supremacists with the goal of eliminating Jewish people from the face of the earth and overthrowing the U.S. government. The group, known as The Order, went on a crime spree- stealing millions and murdering an outspoken Jewish radio host. A group of FBI agents in the pacific northwest works to find and capture one of the largest domestic terrorist syndicates the US has ever seen.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Crack 99: Defense Secrets for Sale
    7.8/1015 votes
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    #13 - Crack 99: Defense Secrets for Sale

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 9/2/2017

    A group of Homeland Security Investigations special agents work together with the elite Defense Criminal Investigative Service to identify and capture a Chinese software pirate who threatens US national security.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Terrorists Next Door: Operation Smokescreen
    7.8/1012 votes
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    #14 - The Terrorists Next Door: Operation Smokescreen

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2019

    The FBI discovers a terrorist cell in the suburbs of Charlotte, NC, leading to the first material support for terrorism prosecution in the US.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hexagon: The Secret Satellite
    7.9/1014 votes
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    #15 - Hexagon: The Secret Satellite

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/4/2016

    During the Cold War, the U.S. military races against time to recover classified footage from a top secret surveillance satellite that crashed into the Pacific Ocean before it falls into enemy hands.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Haji Bagcho: The Godfather of Heroin
    7.9/1015 votes
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    #16 - Haji Bagcho: The Godfather of Heroin

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 8/12/2017

    Elite DEA agents hunt down the world's biggest heroin trafficker amidst the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Myers: Fidel's Personal Spies
    7.9/1014 votes
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    #17 - The Myers: Fidel's Personal Spies

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 8/26/2017

    After arresting the most notorious Cuban spy of all time, the intelligence community is shocked to learn that classified information is still being transmitted to Cuba. A new investigation focused on The State Department uncovers a husband and wife team engaged in a sophisticated web of espionage.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Nicholsons: A Spy and His Son
    7.9/1014 votes
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    #18 - The Nicholsons: A Spy and His Son

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 9/9/2017

    In a story of betrayal against family and country - the FBI and CIA embark on a decade-long effort to catch the highest ranking CIA officer to ever commit espionage and his son, who also joined the spy game.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Tracking Terror: The 9/11 Subway Plot
    7.9/1014 votes
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    #19 - Tracking Terror: The 9/11 Subway Plot

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2019

    The NSA and FBI work together to thwart an Al-Qaeda terrorist plot to blow up the New York City subway on the Anniversary of 9/11.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Peacock: Merchant of War
    8.0/1020 votes
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    #20 - The Peacock: Merchant of War

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 7/29/2017

    After trying for more than two decades to take down infamous arms trafficker Monzer Al-Kassar, the DEA's elite Special Operations Division devises a way to infiltrate his inner circle with an unprecedented and risky sting operation.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Cross International: The Billion Dollar Black Market
    8.1/1020 votes
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    #21 - Cross International: The Billion Dollar Black Market

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/17/2016

    Investigations begin on an undercover sting operation to stop illegal arms; led by ICE and Homeland Security.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Operation Ghost Stories: The Spies Next Door
    8.1/1024 votes
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    #22 - Operation Ghost Stories: The Spies Next Door

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 7/22/2017

    Deep cover Russian sleeper agents have infiltrated the US and are living seemingly normal "American" lives. To neutralize this threat, the FBI begins one of the largest counter intelligence investigations in its history.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hijacked: Terror in the Sky
    8.1/1017 votes
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    #23 - Hijacked: Terror in the Sky

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 8/5/2017

    On November 23, 1985, Egypt Air Flight 648 left Athens, Greece bound for Cairo, Egypt. It would never reach its final destination. This is the story of that ill-fated flight, told firsthand by a passenger lucky enough to survive, a CIA officer who witnessed the event, and the FBI agents tasked with bringing the perpetrator to justice.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Red Strom Rising
    8.5/1021 votes
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    #24 - Red Strom Rising

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/28/2016

    Engineer Chi Mak was allegedly leaking Naval secrets to the Chinese government back in 2004 and was pursued by the FBI and NCIS.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A