Black Budget - The ENTIRE History of CIA | Documentary

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This is a must-watch documentary about the CIA’s dark legacy—funded by secret budgets, driven by covert missions, and hidden from public view. From its shadowy origins to global influence, uncover the full story of how this agency shaped world events through espionage, deception, and unchecked power. The truth has been buried—until now.

𝗜 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘄𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀. 🚀
𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹? 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲 a short 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘇 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘁. 🤝 👉https://fcm.finaius.com/cm

𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤s 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦 -
📘Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA (https://amzn.to/4lVqNKF)
📘The Devil's Chessboard (https://amzn.to/47ltSQJ)

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-- Chapters --
0:00 Introduction
0:38 How America Fell Behind The Soviets
2:30 The Birth of The CIA (1947)
4:03 The Marshall Plan & CIA's Secret Money
6:17 Early Failures Against The KGB
8:15 The 1953 Iran Coup — Operation Ajax
10:21 Guatemala, Cuba & The Coup Playbook
11:37 The U-2 Spy Plane
13:28 Vietnam — The Shadow War Begins
15:34 The Bay of Pigs Disaster
17:04 Chile 1973 — Overthrowing Allende
18:38 The Phoenix Program & Vietnam's Darkest Chapter
20:50 Watergate, Church Committee & The CIA Exposed
22:02 The Iran-Contra Affair & Drug Trafficking
24:12 The BCCI Scandal
25:53 The Collapse of The Soviet Union
27:32 Budget Cuts & A World Without Enemies
30:28 The Rise of Osama Bin Laden
33:05 September 11, 2001
33:46 The Iraq War & Weapons That Didn't Exist
36:17 The Birth of The Drone Program
38:13 Drone Strikes — The CIA's Kill List
38:50 The Hunt For Bin Laden
40:58 Palantir — The CIA's Secret Weapon
43:27 The CIA's Black Budget Today & What Comes Next