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Theaters of War

In an email, Phil Strub offhandedly mentioned the existence of an incomplete database

In an email, Phil Strub offhandedly mentioned the existence of an incomplete database

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In an email, Phil Strub offhandedly
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mentioned the existence of an incomplete database.
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6 seconds
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40
Timestamp in Movie
00:27:27
Uploaded
Apr 29, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
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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 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
And I was the first to have a look. - Theaters of War 00:05
And I was the first to have a look.
The collection truly took my breath away, - Theaters of War 00:09
The collection truly took my breath away,
There were these little notes from the Pentagon Office - Theaters of War 00:09
There were these little notes from the Pentagon Office
There was also a big stash of audiotaped interviews. - Theaters of War 00:04
There was also a big stash of audiotaped interviews.
It struck me that the ones with Phil Strub - Theaters of War 00:05
It struck me that the ones with Phil Strub