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Operation Jawbreaker

Episode number: 1

Overview: Just fifteen days after September 11th, 2001, CIA operatives land in Afghanistan with suitcases full of cash and a mission to dismantle the Taliban.

Operation Just Cause

Episode number: 2

Overview: During the presidency of George H. W. Bush, the United States invades Panama to depose its de facto ruler, Manuel Noriega.

Operation Pimlico

Episode number: 3

Overview: A Soviet double agent requests extraction from Moscow. MI6 orchestrates a daring escapade to retrieve him before his cover is blown.

The Plot to Kill the Pope

Episode number: 4

Overview: A stunning testimony from a man who planned and attempted an assassination of Catholicism's highest figure, Pope John Paul II.

Operation Wrath of God (1)

Episode number: 5

Overview: Mossad carries out a covert assassination campaign targeting leaders of the Popular Front to Liberate Palestine, Fatah, and other Palestinian movements.

Operation Wrath of God (2)

Episode number: 6

Overview: Mossad continues its campaign of covert assassinations of Palestinian leaders, including car bombs and amphibious operations.

Taliban Spies

Episode number: 7

Overview: A look at how the US military's complex operations in Afghanistan required the collaboration of locals for cultural and strategic insights.

Project Azorian

Episode number: 8

Overview: At the height of the Cold War, the US military endeavors to recover a sunken Soviet submarine from the depths of the ocean floor.