CIA Black Budget
What happens when money disappears into the armour of Intelligence?
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80 mins
Explore the hidden world of the CIA’s classified funding streams and covert operations. Discover how intelligence agencies operate beyond public oversight through secret allocations and shadow programs.
Ep 1:
Born From Ashes: The CIA's Secret Origins
From Pearl Harbor's ashes to Truman's secret pact, discover how the CIA was born and learned to hide billions beyond Congress's reach.
Ep 2:
Buying Elections, Toppling Governments
Suitcases of cash, rigged elections, and a toppled Iranian leader—explore how the CIA's black budget bought influence and engineered coups worldwide.
Ep 3:
Engineering Espionage: Sky, Space, and Sea
Facing a wall of Soviet secrecy, the CIA turns to daring engineering—spy planes soaring past 70,000 feet and secret missions beneath the sea.
Ep 4:
Dirty Wars: Drugs, Torture, and Mind Control
Failed invasions, heroin-laced alliances, and a chilling mind-control program reveal the black budget's darkest, most morally compromised chapter.
Ep 5:
Off the Books: Contras, Cash, and Cover-Ups
Reagan's covert wars ignite scandal as Afghanistan's Mujahideen and Nicaragua's Contras expose a hidden slush fund defying Congress itself.
Ep 6:
From Peace Dividend to the War on Terror
As the Cold War ends, complacency breeds danger—until a rising terror network forces America into a new age of secret warfare.
Ep 7:
Silicon Spies: Data, Drones, and Dollars
From Palantir's data web to Snowden's shocking leak, uncover how Silicon Valley reshaped the CIA's secret empire of surveillance and power.
Discussions (6)
Justin
Level 9 · 4 mo agoFunding coups since 1947.
Tracy
Level 7 · 4 mo agoimagine paying taxes just to fund cia side quests
Ryan
Level 5 · 4 mo agoI can't believe the MKUltra experiments actually happened. Drugging unsuspecting citizens with LSD is pure evil. Unchecked power always leads to abuse.
