Declassified: Untold Stories of American Spies - Series 1
History Documentary hosted by Mike Rogers, published by CNN in 2016 - English narration
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A fresh-faced young woman spends a hot summer in Washington, D.C., studying Russian, secret surveillance spotting and covert photo skills before being sent to Moscow in the midst of the Cold War.
No, she's not the latest character on FX's period drama "The Americans." She's the real-life subject of premiere of "Declassified" on CNN. The original series focuses on the secret world of American espionage through firsthand accounts from the men and women who were on the missions.
Declassified is an anthology spy series that delves into the riveting true stories of America's covert operations in the United States and around the world. Each episode features a newly declassified mission told firsthand by the agents who lived it, many of whom will be appearing on camera for the very first time.
Declassified covers missions set in fascinating locations and time periods from Cold War era Moscow to modern day Iran, from the streets of 1980s Cuba to today's bustling Beijing. All 16 intelligence agencies from the CIA to the FBI are represented, revealing the unbelievable true stories of America's covert operations in the United States and around the world. Among the stories covered are the military's hunts for Iraq dictator Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
With the partnership of Congressman Mike Rogers, former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee - a man who worked intimately with members of all sixteen intelligence agencies for a decade, Declassified deliver unprecedented access to the secret world of espionage. In the series, the viewer gets an insight into that covert world and gets background information on the course of selected US secret operations at home and abroad. The documentation is supplemented by interviews with the agents involved, many of whom are showing their faces in front of the camera for the first time.
Produced and Directed by Domini Hofmann ; All3Media America with Cable News Network, Inc.
1) Trigon: The KGB Chess Game
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.
During the Cold War, the nuclear threat was more present than ever and the USA was dependent on obtaining secret information from the Soviet Union in order to protect its own people. For this purpose, the agent Aleksandr Ogorodnik (codename: Trigon) was sent to Moscow. Together with his partner Marti Peterson, he provided the United States with the information it needed, risking his life every day.
