Episodes 8

1

High-Tech Surveillance and an Eye in the Sky

65%
January 20, 202129m

In the spy game, if you can listen, you can learn, and gaining that crucial ability to eavesdrop has required some deeply creative ingenuity.

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2

Deadly Poisons

58%
January 20, 202131m

For some covert missions, the goal is not information, but assassination, and lethal toxins have been deployed by spy agencies to kill perceived foes.

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3

Sexspionage

60%
January 20, 202133m

As long as there has been espionage, sex and the promise of it have been powerful tools of persuasion and blackmail — practices that continue today.

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4

Clandestine Collection

60%
January 20, 202136m

Methods for covertly capturing sensitive data have grown infinitely more advanced as the devices used to do so have become exponentially smaller.

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5

Covert Communication

60%
January 20, 202133m

From old-school "dead drops" to high-tech digital transfers: Learn how intelligence officers actually acquire the information collected by sources.

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6

Special Ops and the Saboteur

58%
January 20, 202130m

Special ops require the very best people to execute them. But some of the most famous missions in modern history relied on elite technology as well.

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Guest Stars 4 Full Cast & Crew

  1. Osama Bin Laden

    Self (archive footage)

  2. Saddam Hussein

    Self (archive footage)

  3. Barack Obama

    Self (archive footage)

  4. Keith Melton

    Self - Intelligence Historian and Author

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7

The Code Breakers

58%
January 20, 202136m

Encryption is a key tool for keeping valuable information secret — but some ingenious minds have managed to crack seemingly impenetrable codes.

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8

Recruiting the Perfect Spy

58%
Season Finale
January 20, 202138m

What leads someone to spy against their own nation? Motivations vary but tend to fall into one of four categories, as notorious cases demonstrate.

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