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The History of the CIA
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From its wartime roots in the OSS to its creation in 1947, the CIA became one of the most influential and controversial intelligence agencies in the world. This episode follows its Cold War operations in Iran, Guatemala and Cuba, the investigations that reshaped oversight, its role in Afghanistan and the changes that followed 9/11. How did an agency created to coordinate intelligence acquire the power to influence events abroad, and how has the United States tried to hold that power to account?
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