Declassified (2016 TV series)

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Declassified
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Also known asDeclassified: Untold Stories of American Spies
Genre Documentary
Created by Aaron Saidman
Directed byDomini Hofmann
Starring Mike Rogers
Opening themeThe Hit House
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes24 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers Mike Rogers, Domini Hofmann, Greg Lipstone
ProducersPete Ritchie, Cristina Bishai, Dana Boratenski, Shannon McCarty, Brian Nagahashi
CinematographyAnne Etheridge, Matthew R. Blute
Camera setupSingle Camera
Running time40–44 minutes
Production companyAll3 Media America
Original release
Network CNN
ReleaseJune 19, 2016 (2016-06-19) 
November 17, 2019 (2019-11-17)
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2016 logo

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]

Contents

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

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 8June 19, 2016 (2016-06-19)September 4, 2016 (2016-09-04)
2 8July 22, 2017 (2017-07-22)September 23, 2017 (2017-09-23)
3 8September 29, 2019 (2019-09-29)November 17, 2019 (2019-11-17)

Season 1 (2016)

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

Season 2 (2017)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleSubjectOriginal air date
91"Operation Ghost Stories: The Spies Next Door" Illegals Program July 22, 2017 (2017-07-22)
102"The Peacock: Merchant of War" Monzer al-Kassar July 29, 2017 (2017-07-29)
113"Hijacked: Terror in the Sky" EgyptAir Flight 648 August 5, 2017 (2017-08-05)
124"Heroin's Godfather: Haji Bagcho" Haji Bagcho September 23, 2017 (2017-09-23)
135"Fidel's Personal Spies: The Myers" Kendall Myers August 26, 2017 (2017-08-26)
146"Crack 99: Defense Secrets for Sale [9] " Xiang Li [10] September 2, 2017 (2017-09-02)
157"American Terrorists: The Order" The Order August 19, 2017 (2017-08-19)
168"Spy and Son The Nicholsons" Harold James Nicholson September 23, 2017 (2017-09-23)

Season 3 (2019)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleSubjectOriginal air date [11]
171"Tracking Terror: The 9/11 Subway Plot" NYC Subway plot September 29, 2019 (2019-09-29)
182"The Norte Valle Cartel" Norte del Valle Cartel October 6, 2019 (2019-10-06)
193"The Terrorist Next Door: Operation Smokescreen" Operation Smokescreen October 13, 2019 (2019-10-13)
204"Hunting War Criminals"Bosnian GenocideOctober 20, 2019 (2019-10-20)
215"The Spy Game: Russian Espionage"Russian Listening Bug in the State DepartmentOctober 27, 2019 (2019-10-27)
226"Buried Secrets, Unbreakable Codes" Brian Patrick Regan, former civilian employee of DIA [12] November 3, 2019 (2019-11-03)
237"The Merchant of Death: Viktor Bout" Viktor Bout November 10, 2019 (2019-11-10)
248"Operation Firewall: The Takedown of Shadowcrew" ShadowCrew November 17, 2019 (2019-11-17)

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