| Declassified | |
|---|---|
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| Also known as | Declassified: Untold Stories of American Spies |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Created by | Aaron Saidman |
| Directed by | Domini Hofmann |
| Starring | Mike Rogers |
| Opening theme | The Hit House |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 24 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Mike Rogers, Domini Hofmann, Greg Lipstone |
| Producers | Pete Ritchie, Cristina Bishai, Dana Boratenski, Shannon McCarty, Brian Nagahashi |
| Cinematography | Anne Etheridge, Matthew R. Blute |
| Camera setup | Single Camera |
| Running time | 40–44 minutes |
| Production company | All3 Media America |
| Original release | |
| Network | CNN |
| Release | June 19, 2016 – November 17, 2019 |
Declassified: Untold Stories of American Spies is a documentary series that details important cases, missions and operations of the American intelligence community, told firsthand by the men and women who worked them.[1]
Producers collaborate with prominent intelligence, military and government agencies such as CIA, FBI, NSA, DIA, DOD, Homeland Security, The State Department, et al., to tell their stories in a non-political, objective way that spotlights the perspective of people that do the work.
The series debuted on CNN on June 19, 2016.[2] Season 2 premiered on July 22, 2017.[3][4][5] Season 3 premiered on September 29, 2019.[6]
Episodes[edit]
Series overview[edit]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 8 | June 19, 2016 | September 4, 2016 | |
| 2 | 8 | July 22, 2017 | September 23, 2017 | |
| 3 | 8 | September 29, 2019 | November 17, 2019 | |
Season 1 (2016)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Subject | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Trigon: The KGB Chess Game[7]" | Aleksandr Dmitrievich Ogorodnik | June 19, 2016 |
| 2 | 2 | "The Hunt for Saddam" | Saddam Hussein | June 26, 2016 |
| 3 | 3 | "Zarqawi: The father of ISIS" | Abu Musab al-Zarqawi | July 3, 2016 |
| 4 | 4 | "Ana Montes, Queen of Cuba" | Ana Montes | July 10, 2016 |
| 5 | 5 | "Cross International: The Billion Dollar Black Market" | Amir Hossein Ardebili[8] | August 14, 2016 |
| 6 | 6 | "The Taliban's Double Agent" | Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer | August 21, 2016 |
| 7 | 7 | "Red Storm Rising: Naval Secrets Exposed" | Chi Mak | August 28, 2016 |
| 8 | 8 | "Hexagon: Secret Satellite" | KH-9 Hexagon | September 4, 2016 |
Season 2 (2017)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Subject | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | "Operation Ghost Stories: The Spies Next Door" | Illegals Program | July 22, 2017 |
| 10 | 2 | "The Peacock: Merchant of War" | Monzer al-Kassar | July 29, 2017 |
| 11 | 3 | "Hijacked: Terror in the Sky" | EgyptAir Flight 648 | August 5, 2017 |
| 12 | 4 | "Heroin's Godfather: Haji Bagcho" | Haji Bagcho | September 23, 2017 |
| 13 | 5 | "Fidel's Personal Spies: The Myers" | Kendall Myers | August 26, 2017 |
| 14 | 6 | "Crack 99: Defense Secrets for Sale[9]" | Xiang Li[10] | September 2, 2017 |
| 15 | 7 | "American Terrorists: The Order" | The Order | August 19, 2017 |
| 16 | 8 | "Spy and Son The Nicholsons" | Harold James Nicholson | September 23, 2017 |
Season 3 (2019)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Subject | Original air date [11] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 1 | "Tracking Terror: The 9/11 Subway Plot" | NYC Subway plot | September 29, 2019 |
| 18 | 2 | "The Norte Valle Cartel" | Norte del Valle Cartel | October 6, 2019 |
| 19 | 3 | "The Terrorist Next Door: Operation Smokescreen" | Operation Smokescreen | October 13, 2019 |
| 20 | 4 | "Hunting War Criminals" | Bosnian Genocide | October 20, 2019 |
| 21 | 5 | "The Spy Game: Russian Espionage" | Russian Listening Bug in the State Department | October 27, 2019 |
| 22 | 6 | "Buried Secrets, Unbreakable Codes" | Brian P. Regan, former civilian employee of DIA[12] | November 3, 2019 |
| 23 | 7 | "The Merchant of Death: Viktor Bout" | Viktor Bout | November 10, 2019 |
| 24 | 8 | "Operation Firewall: The Takedown of Shadowcrew" | ShadowCrew | November 17, 2019 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Declassified - CNN". CNN.
- ^ Hinds, Julie. "CNN's 'Declassified' opens the file on real-life spying". Detroit Free Press.
- ^ Desk, TV News. "VIDEO: First Look - CNN Original Series DECLASSIFIED: UNTOLD STORIES OF AMERICAN SPIES Returns". Retrieved 2017-07-13.
- ^ "Season 2 of CNN's original series, 'Declassified: Untold Stories of American Spies,' premieres July 22". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
- ^ "TV Guy: Saturday's crime time expands". recordonline.com. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
- ^ "CNN Original Series "Declassified: Untold Stories of American Spies" Returns for Season Three, Followed by Season Six Premiere of "This is Life with Lisa Ling" on Sunday, Sept. 29". The Futon Critic. September 4, 2019.
- ^ Peterson, Martha (2012), The Widow Spy. Wilmington, North Carolina: Red Canary Press
- ^ "HSI Deputy Assistant Director featured in CNN documentary". www.ice.gov.
- ^ David Locke Hall, CRACK99: The Takedown of a $100 Million Chinese Software Pirate, W. W. Norton, 2015. http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?ID=4294988568
- ^ Patterson, Thom (31 August 2017). "The inside story of catching a cyberpirate". CNN.
- ^ "Declassified – Listings". The Futon Critic. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
- ^ "Life Sentence For Bid to Sell Secrets to Iraq (Published 2003)". The New York Times. Associated Press. March 21, 2003 – via NYTimes.com.
