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We had... America had three or four abortive missions there
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Theaters of War

We had... America had three or four abortive missions there that had not worked before

We had... America had three or four abortive missions there that had not worked before

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We had... America had three or four abortive missions there
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that had not worked before.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:47:02
Uploaded
Apr 30, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
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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...
We'd set up a scenario that was like this, - Theaters of War 00:08
We'd set up a scenario that was like this,
And then we covered it all up with this nonsense movie. - Theaters of War 00:05
And then we covered it all up with this nonsense movie.
It's a typical whitewash of a military... - Theaters of War 00:05
It's a typical whitewash of a military...
Military corruption, typical. - Theaters of War 00:04
Military corruption, typical.
ROGER STAHL: From then on, the film - Theaters of War 00:07
ROGER STAHL: From then on, the film
It turns out, you can always rescue history - Theaters of War 00:05
It turns out, you can always rescue history
The film is based on a rescue that occurred during the Iran - Theaters of War 00:11
The film is based on a rescue that occurred during the Iran
The Entertainment Office had been pushing - Theaters of War 00:05
The Entertainment Office had been pushing
Five years earlier, the Office had recommended it - Theaters of War 00:08
Five years earlier, the Office had recommended it
Eventually, Ben Affleck picked it up as director and star. - Theaters of War 00:04
Eventually, Ben Affleck picked it up as director and star.
He was already in the pipeline, as he had previously - Theaters of War 00:08
He was already in the pipeline, as he had previously
The CIA's exact role in Argo had been something of a mystery, - Theaters of War 00:05
The CIA's exact role in Argo had been something of a...
They took eight years to respond to Matt Alford's - Theaters of War 00:06
They took eight years to respond to Matt Alford's
And when we finally got the internal emails, - Theaters of War 00:06
And when we finally got the internal emails,
We got a peek into how cozy the relationship was, though. - Theaters of War 00:04
We got a peek into how cozy the relationship was, though.
"We are hoping to develop a close working relationship - Theaters of War 00:07
"We are hoping to develop a close working relationship
After his first couple of visits to Langley, - Theaters of War 00:07
After his first couple of visits to Langley,
And we really want the process of bringing it - Theaters of War 00:13
And we really want the process of bringing it
"The Agency comes off looking very well, they wrote." - Theaters of War 00:08
"The Agency comes off looking very well, they...
The CIA working with Hollywood to tell a story - Theaters of War 00:08
The CIA working with Hollywood to tell a story