Declassified (2016 TV series)

Declassified
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
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 (2016-06-19) – November 17, 2019 (2019-11-17)

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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

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	8		June 19, 2016 (2016-06-19)	September 4, 2016 (2016-09-04)
2	8		July 22, 2017 (2017-07-22)	September 23, 2017 (2017-09-23)
3	8		September 29, 2019 (2019-09-29)	November 17, 2019 (2019-11-17)

Season 1 (2016)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Subject	Original release date
1	1	"Trigon: The KGB Chess Game [7] "	Aleksandr Dmitrievich Ogorodnik	June 19, 2016 (2016-06-19)
2	2	"The Hunt for Saddam"	Saddam Hussein	June 26, 2016 (2016-06-26)
3	3	"Zarqawi: The father of ISIS"	Abu Musab al-Zarqawi	July 3, 2016 (2016-07-03)
4	4	"Ana Montes, Queen of Cuba"	Ana Montes	July 10, 2016 (2016-07-10)
5	5	"Cross International: The Billion Dollar Black Market"	Amir Hossein Ardebili [8]	August 14, 2016 (2016-08-14)
6	6	"The Taliban's Double Agent"	Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer	August 21, 2016 (2016-08-21)
7	7	"Red Storm Rising: Naval Secrets Exposed"	Chi Mak	August 28, 2016 (2016-08-28)
8	8	"Hexagon: Secret Satellite"	KH-9 Hexagon	September 4, 2016 (2016-09-04)

Season 2 (2017)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Subject	Original release date
9	1	"Operation Ghost Stories: The Spies Next Door"	Illegals Program	July 22, 2017 (2017-07-22)
10	2	"The Peacock: Merchant of War"	Monzer al-Kassar	July 29, 2017 (2017-07-29)
11	3	"Hijacked: Terror in the Sky"	EgyptAir Flight 648	August 5, 2017 (2017-08-05)
12	4	"Heroin's Godfather: Haji Bagcho"	Haji Bagcho	September 23, 2017 (2017-09-23)
13	5	"Fidel's Personal Spies: The Myers"	Kendall Myers	August 26, 2017 (2017-08-26)
14	6	"Crack 99: Defense Secrets for Sale [9] "	Xiang Li [10]	September 2, 2017 (2017-09-02)
15	7	"American Terrorists: The Order"	The Order	August 19, 2017 (2017-08-19)
16	8	"Spy and Son The Nicholsons"	Harold James Nicholson	September 23, 2017 (2017-09-23)

Season 3 (2019)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Subject	Original release date  [11]
17	1	"Tracking Terror: The 9/11 Subway Plot"	NYC Subway plot	September 29, 2019 (2019-09-29)
18	2	"The Norte Valle Cartel"	Norte del Valle Cartel	October 6, 2019 (2019-10-06)
19	3	"The Terrorist Next Door: Operation Smokescreen"	Operation Smokescreen	October 13, 2019 (2019-10-13)
20	4	"Hunting War Criminals"	Bosnian Genocide	October 20, 2019 (2019-10-20)
21	5	"The Spy Game: Russian Espionage"	Russian Listening Bug in the State Department	October 27, 2019 (2019-10-27)
22	6	"Buried Secrets, Unbreakable Codes"	Brian Patrick Regan, former civilian employee of DIA [12]	November 3, 2019 (2019-11-03)
23	7	"The Merchant of Death: Viktor Bout"	Viktor Bout	November 10, 2019 (2019-11-10)
24	8	"Operation Firewall: The Takedown of Shadowcrew"	ShadowCrew	November 17, 2019 (2019-11-17)

References

1. "Declassified - CNN". CNN.
2. Hinds, Julie. "CNN's 'Declassified' opens the file on real-life spying". Detroit Free Press.
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4. "Season 2 of CNN's original series, 'Declassified: Untold Stories of American Spies,' premieres July 22". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
5. "TV Guy: Saturday's crime time expands". recordonline.com. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
6. "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.
7. Peterson, Martha (2012), The Widow Spy. Wilmington, North Carolina: Red Canary Press
8. "HSI Deputy Assistant Director featured in CNN documentary". www.ice.gov.
9. 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
10. Patterson, Thom (31 August 2017). "The inside story of catching a cyberpirate". CNN.
11. "Declassified – Listings". The Futon Critic . Retrieved September 18, 2019.
12. "Life Sentence For Bid to Sell Secrets to Iraq (Published 2003)". The New York Times. Associated Press. March 21, 2003 – via NYTimes.com.