This special aired on PBS in 1987 and is as good as anything on the tape (must see). Moyers is a very respected TV journalist who also worked for Lyndon B. Johnson and has a very professional approach. He interviews many different people involved with the CIA and other government agencies. His documentary gives quite an overview of what has actually happened in the last 50 years regarding the CIA and the cold war (including Iran, Guatamala, Cuba, Viet Nam and Chile).

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Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Steve Coll tells the secret history of the CIA’s role in Afghanistan, including its covert program against Soviet troops from 1979 to 1989. He examines the rise of the Taliban and the emergence of Osama Bin Laden.

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