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Theaters of War

And so Tom, and I think Tom actually found out that he was called a vexatious requester,...

And so Tom, and I think Tom actually found out that he was called a vexatious requester, because he put in a request for any information about himself in emails

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And so Tom, and I think Tom actually found out
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that he was called a vexatious requester, because he
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put in a request for any information about himself
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in emails.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:51
Uploaded
Apr 30, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
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Movie Summary

If you've seen Top Gun or Transformers, you might suspect all that military machinery comes with strings attached. This influence is not limited to a handful of movies, though. A vast new trove of internal documents reveals that t...
And so from that point, I think I said to Tom, well, - Theaters of War 00:08
And so from that point, I think I said to Tom, well,
And then, it just snowballed from that point. - Theaters of War 00:04
And then, it just snowballed from that point.
And we ended up having thousands and thousands of pages - Theaters of War 00:06
And we ended up having thousands and thousands of pages
ROGER STAHL: Internal correspondence, - Theaters of War 00:06
ROGER STAHL: Internal correspondence,
In an email, Phil Strub offhandedly - Theaters of War 00:06
In an email, Phil Strub offhandedly
And then later that year, the request came through. - Theaters of War 00:04
And then later that year, the request came through.
Although missing lots of entries, the database - Theaters of War 00:08
Although missing lots of entries, the database
When we interviewed Strub, a few years back, - Theaters of War 00:06
When we interviewed Strub, a few years back,
Well, I don't have an exact number that - Theaters of War 00:10
Well, I don't have an exact number that
ROGER STAHL: Before all these document releases, - Theaters of War 00:08
ROGER STAHL: Before all these document releases,
Now we could account for 10 times that many, - Theaters of War 00:08
Now we could account for 10 times that many,
Count up the individual TV episodes, - Theaters of War 00:05
Count up the individual TV episodes,
Naturally, the CIA files have been harder to crack. - Theaters of War 00:05
Naturally, the CIA files have been harder to crack.
TRICIA JENKINS: It's tough, because the CIA has been less transparent than - Theaters of War 00:16
TRICIA JENKINS: It's tough, because the CIA has been...
It happens in conversations over the phone. - Theaters of War 00:04
It happens in conversations over the phone.
But you have to get access to those emails - Theaters of War 00:05
But you have to get access to those emails
And so this relationship, and exactly how it works, - Theaters of War 00:19
And so this relationship, and exactly how it works,
ROGER STAHL: While the CIA material trickled in, - Theaters of War 00:06
ROGER STAHL: While the CIA material trickled in,
But in late 2019, Georgetown Library - Theaters of War 00:07
But in late 2019, Georgetown Library
I was shocked to learn that his estate had opened it - Theaters of War 00:04
I was shocked to learn that his estate had opened it