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The CIA's Secret Army

Jun 10, 1977

1h 43m

★ 0.0

A CBS Reports documentary hosted by Bill Moyers

Overview

This program examines Cuban exile terrorists living in Miami. These terrorists were secretly trained and employed by the U.S. government in the early 1960s to fight Fidel Castro. Now, without U.S. support, terrorist activities continue in Miami and Latin America. The program reviews secret U.S. policies toward Cuba in the 1960s and includes interviews with Castro and former top CIA officials. Members of this group, formerly secretly trained and employed by U.S. Government until 1967, have been active in Watergate crimes and anti-Castro terrorism including bomb explosion on Cuban Airline killing seventy-three. Includes interviews with Castro, E. Howard Hunt, Bernard Barker, and Rolando Martinez.' - The Paley Center For Media

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

CBS News Productions

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Cast

Self

Bill Moyers

Self

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self

E. Howard Hunt

Self

Richard M. Bissell Jr.

Self - Former CIA Case Officer

Grayston Lynch

Self - Former Head, CIA Intelligence Directorate

Ray S. Cline

Self

Anastasio Somoza Debayle

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