Declassified (2016 TV series)

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Declassified
Also known asDeclassified: Untold Stories of American Spies
GenreDocumentary
Created byAaron Saidman
Directed byDomini Hofmann
StarringMike Rogers
Opening themeThe Hit House
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes24 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersMike 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
NetworkCNN
ReleaseJune 19, 2016 (2016-06-19) –
November 17, 2019 (2019-11-17)
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]

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
18June 19, 2016 (2016-06-19)September 4, 2016 (2016-09-04)
28July 22, 2017 (2017-07-22)September 23, 2017 (2017-09-23)
38September 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 OgorodnikJune 19, 2016 (2016-06-19)
22"The Hunt for Saddam"Saddam HusseinJune 26, 2016 (2016-06-26)
33"Zarqawi: The father of ISIS"Abu Musab al-ZarqawiJuly 3, 2016 (2016-07-03)
44"Ana Montes, Queen of Cuba"Ana MontesJuly 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 MercerAugust 21, 2016 (2016-08-21)
77"Red Storm Rising: Naval Secrets Exposed"Chi MakAugust 28, 2016 (2016-08-28)
88"Hexagon: Secret Satellite"KH-9 HexagonSeptember 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 ProgramJuly 22, 2017 (2017-07-22)
102"The Peacock: Merchant of War"Monzer al-KassarJuly 29, 2017 (2017-07-29)
113"Hijacked: Terror in the Sky"EgyptAir Flight 648August 5, 2017 (2017-08-05)
124"Heroin's Godfather: Haji Bagcho"Haji BagchoSeptember 23, 2017 (2017-09-23)
135"Fidel's Personal Spies: The Myers"Kendall MyersAugust 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 OrderAugust 19, 2017 (2017-08-19)
168"Spy and Son The Nicholsons"Harold James NicholsonSeptember 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 plotSeptember 29, 2019 (2019-09-29)
182"The Norte Valle Cartel"Norte del Valle CartelOctober 6, 2019 (2019-10-06)
193"The Terrorist Next Door: Operation Smokescreen"Operation SmokescreenOctober 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 P. Regan, former civilian employee of DIA[12]November 3, 2019 (2019-11-03)
237"The Merchant of Death: Viktor Bout"Viktor BoutNovember 10, 2019 (2019-11-10)
248"Operation Firewall: The Takedown of Shadowcrew"ShadowCrewNovember 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.
  3. ^ Desk, TV News. "VIDEO: First Look - CNN Original Series DECLASSIFIED: UNTOLD STORIES OF AMERICAN SPIES Returns". Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  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.