1 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,600 [David] Tonight on "Secrets Declassified," 2 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:12,040 we reveal the wild cover stories that fooled the world, 3 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:15,320 from the FBI sting which traps a crooked U.S. senator... 4 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:19,960 - The FBI signs off on private jets and swanky parties 5 00:00:20,080 --> 00:00:21,760 to fool investors. 6 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:23,600 - To the CIA's secret airline, 7 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:26,120 where there's no list of restricted items. 8 00:00:26,240 --> 00:00:31,800 - They deliver guns, spies, and soldiers anywhere in the world. 9 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:35,320 - And a clever magician hides a vital factory from enemy eyes 10 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:36,840 during World War II. 11 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:38,960 - The army wants to make the entire Boeing 12 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:41,240 production plant disappear. 13 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:44,400 - These are the astonishing and sometimes terrible things 14 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:47,520 done by governments and the people who work for them. 15 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:49,560 It's time to bring them to light. 16 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:52,560 [dramatic music] 17 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:57,560 ♪ ♪ 18 00:00:57,680 --> 00:00:59,400 When the Nazis discover the body 19 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:03,200 of a drowned British officer carrying classified documents, 20 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:05,360 they believe they've stumbled onto top secret 21 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:07,280 Allied invasion plans. 22 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:09,760 In fact, it's the most audacious deception 23 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:11,480 of World War II. 24 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:15,680 ♪ ♪ 25 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:19,880 - In 1943, the German military is bogged down 26 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,560 on the Eastern front, fighting the Red Army. 27 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,640 And now the Allies want to open a second front 28 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:30,320 in Western Europe to split the German Army in two. 29 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:34,320 Their plan is to use Sicily as a stepping stone 30 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:36,080 to mainland Italy. 31 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:39,280 - The location of Sicily is a strong choice, 32 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:41,600 but it's also very obvious. 33 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:44,040 Winston Churchill himself puts it like this. 34 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:48,720 Everyone but a bloody fool would know that it's Sicily. 35 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:51,280 [David] To succeed, the Allies must divert 36 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,040 German attention from Sicily. 37 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:55,800 [Mark] What they'd really like to do 38 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:58,200 is deceive the Germans into thinking 39 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:02,560 that the Allies are gonna land somewhere other than Sicily. 40 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:04,360 [David] Luckily, British Intelligence 41 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:06,560 already has a plan. 42 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:07,920 [Hakeem] Charles Cholmondeley 43 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:09,520 is an MI5 Intelligence officer. 44 00:02:09,640 --> 00:02:11,960 He realizes that he can feed 45 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:14,360 fake invasion plans to the Germans... 46 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:17,160 ♪ ♪ 47 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,680 By placing documents on the body 48 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:23,440 of what appears to be a serviceman who died 49 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:25,080 in an air crash off the coast of Spain. 50 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:29,600 ♪ ♪ 51 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:33,040 - MI5 assign Naval Intelligence Officer Ewen Montagu 52 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:35,880 to aid Cholmondeley in getting the plan together. 53 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:40,640 [David] The mission is called Operation Mincemeat. 54 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,200 The first challenge, Cholmondeley and Montagu 55 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:45,440 need a fresh cadaver to play the role 56 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:47,240 of their downed officer. 57 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,240 - Montagu goes to the London coroner. 58 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:55,080 And he asks him, do you have an appropriate corpse for us? 59 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:56,800 [David] Six weeks later, 60 00:02:56,920 --> 00:02:59,800 the body of a Welsh homeless man, Glyndwr Michael, 61 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:02,880 turns up at the coroner's office. 62 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,400 - He had ingested rat poison, 63 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:08,120 which meant that his insides, if an autopsy were done, 64 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:10,280 would look similar to what would happen to someone 65 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:12,960 if they had died of drowning at sea. 66 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:14,720 [David] But there's a problem. 67 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:18,280 The body is already starting to decompose. 68 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:20,440 [Vince] You couldn't freeze it 69 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:24,240 because even in the 1940s, a good coroner could figure out 70 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:26,320 that a body had been frozen. 71 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:28,000 So you could keep it refrigerated, 72 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:31,320 but you had to use it relatively quickly. 73 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:33,200 [David] With the clock ticking, 74 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:35,400 Cholmondeley and Montagu create the papers 75 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:38,280 their fake officer will carry. 76 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,000 - British Intelligence decides to try and convince 77 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:43,640 the Germans that the Allies will be landing 78 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:46,080 in Greece and in Sardinia. 79 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,080 [David] Deciding exactly what clues 80 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:50,640 to give the enemy isn't easy. 81 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:53,160 - If the fake intelligence is too blatant, 82 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:55,880 the Germans will see through the ruse, game over. 83 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,320 - The British have to give them just enough 84 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:00,120 to draw conclusions. 85 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:04,080 ♪ ♪ 86 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,720 - The clues to the fake invasion are planted, 87 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:09,400 and the corpse is given a history 88 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:13,640 and the name Captain William Martin. 89 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:16,000 - British Intelligence realizes that just a uniform 90 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:18,840 is not enough to make the Nazis believe this story. 91 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:21,760 ♪ ♪ 92 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:23,800 Martin needed more than that. 93 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:26,120 He needed his own backstory. 94 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:29,400 So they created one for him. 95 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:31,120 [David] They give him a silver cross, 96 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,320 a half-used book of stamps, a pencil stub, keys, 97 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:37,720 a bus ticket, and cigarettes. 98 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:39,800 [Vince] They even create letters 99 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:42,840 from Martin's father and his bank manager to try to breathe 100 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:44,600 even more life into him. 101 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:46,920 They also give him a girlfriend, a fiancée. 102 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:50,160 She's actually a desk officer for MI5, 103 00:04:50,280 --> 00:04:54,960 who they took a picture of to create this illusion. 104 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:58,240 [David] On April 19th, a Royal Navy submarine 105 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,800 sets off with its top secret cargo. 106 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:04,160 The lives of thousands of Allied soldiers 107 00:05:04,280 --> 00:05:09,520 could now rest on the shoulders of a man who died 11 weeks ago. 108 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:13,000 ♪ ♪ 109 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:16,720 - 11 days later, at 4:30 a.m. on April 30th, 110 00:05:16,840 --> 00:05:20,240 the body of Glyndwr Michael is given final rites 111 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,560 and lowered into the ocean. 112 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:26,080 The body is floating off the coast of Spain 113 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:28,680 and is found by a fishing crew. 114 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,360 They bring it on board, discover the documents, 115 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:33,480 and very quickly get them into the hands 116 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:35,680 of German Intelligence. 117 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:37,200 [David] Back in Britain, 118 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:40,600 Cholmondeley and Montagu wait with bated breath. 119 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:43,280 Will the Nazis buy their ruse? 120 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:44,840 [Mark] Finally, on May 12, 121 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:46,760 British codebreakers at Bletchley Park 122 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:51,000 decrypt a message where Hitler issues an order saying 123 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:53,400 we need to be particularly careful about defending 124 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:55,480 Sardinia and Greece. 125 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:57,360 [Paul] Now they actually can see, 126 00:05:57,480 --> 00:05:59,120 almost in real time, 127 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,440 the effects of this disinformation campaign. 128 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:05,120 - Soon thereafter, British Intelligence learns 129 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,720 that German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel has been ordered 130 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:10,280 with the entire 1st Panzer Division to Greece, 131 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:13,640 along with seven different infantry divisions. 132 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:16,840 - A telegram is sent to Winston Churchill saying, 133 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:20,760 "Mincemeat swallowed hook, line, and sinker." 134 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:22,800 [David] On July 10th, Allied troops land 135 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,600 on the shores of Sicily, 136 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,600 when they are met by just two German divisions. 137 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,680 [Paul] The entire campaign only takes 38 days 138 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:33,880 before Sicily falls, and the Germans 139 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:35,840 are forced to retreat with their remaining 140 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:37,560 forces to the mainland. 141 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:39,800 [David] This incredible subterfuge 142 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:43,680 remains a closely guarded secret until the '50s. 143 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:46,280 The UK is rocked by a series of humiliating 144 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:48,440 Soviet spy scandals. 145 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:50,480 British Intelligence desperately needs 146 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:52,560 some good PR, 147 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:55,960 and so in 1953, Montagu publishes 148 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:58,640 "The Man Who Never Was," 149 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:01,800 and the world finally learns how Operation Mincemeat 150 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:04,840 changed the course of the war. 151 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:08,240 - Imagine how many more British, American, 152 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,480 and Canadian soldiers would have died 153 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:15,520 if Mincemeat hadn't been run and hadn't been so successful. 154 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:17,800 ♪ ♪ 155 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:21,600 - In 1895, the illusionist Harry Keller 156 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:24,480 made a woman vanish into thin air. 157 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:29,280 In 1918, Harry Houdini made a five-ton elephant disappear. 158 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,880 So when the U.S. military wants to make a 26-acre 159 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,160 aircraft plant become invisible, 160 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:38,400 who better to turn to than a magician? 161 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:41,400 [airplane engines roaring] 162 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:44,720 [whistling] 163 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:46,680 [Sami] When the Japanese bomb the U.S. fleet 164 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:49,400 at Pearl Harbor, the United States 165 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:51,600 immediately declares war against Japan. 166 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:53,480 [crowd chanting] 167 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:55,920 [Paul] But the United States is not particularly 168 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:58,120 well prepared for a war with Japan. 169 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:02,000 And in February of 1942, about two months 170 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:05,040 after the Pearl Harbor attack, a Japanese submarine 171 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:06,960 surfaces off the coast of California 172 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:10,080 and shells an oil field. 173 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:13,280 And this really ramps up American fears 174 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:15,080 of the possibility of a Japanese attack 175 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:16,760 on the West Coast. 176 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,640 ♪ ♪ 177 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:21,760 - What the U.S. is really concerned with 178 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:24,600 is the vulnerability of our aircraft 179 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:27,600 and shipbuilding plants on the West Coast. 180 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:29,920 If the Japanese bombers were to strike there, 181 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,400 they could destroy this nascent industry 182 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:35,560 and just flatten it before it ever gets off the ground. 183 00:08:35,680 --> 00:08:38,120 - An attack on these factories could totally 184 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:40,760 cripple America's war effort. 185 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:42,800 [David] One location in particular keeps 186 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:44,760 U.S. generals awake at night-- 187 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:48,480 Boeing's vast Plant 2 aircraft factory. 188 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:52,200 - Boeing's Plant 2 is a state of the art, 189 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:54,720 million square foot aircraft facility 190 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:56,520 in Seattle, Washington. 191 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:59,000 It employs over 30,000 workers who churn out 192 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:03,440 over 300 B-17 bombers a month. 193 00:09:03,560 --> 00:09:05,600 [David] To protect Plant 2, 194 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:07,240 the U.S. military turns to 195 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:10,600 engineer Colonel John Ohmer Jr. 196 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:12,720 - He's the perfect guy for this job. 197 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,680 Number one, he's an expert in camouflage. 198 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:19,440 And number two, as a hobby, he is a magician. 199 00:09:19,560 --> 00:09:24,200 So who better to make an entire factory disappear? 200 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:26,440 [David] If Ohmer can make Plant 2 vanish, 201 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:29,520 it will be the greatest magic trick of his life. 202 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:31,600 But hiding a sprawling mega factory 203 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:35,160 will take far more than a few rolls of camo netting. 204 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:38,080 Ohmer must think bigger. 205 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:43,120 - Ohmer decides to build an entire fake town on the roof 206 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,720 of the factory, a whole 3D model neighborhood 207 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:49,640 perched right on top of Plant 2. 208 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:51,480 - Ohmer wants to make the entire Boeing 209 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:54,960 production plant disappear when viewed from above. 210 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:59,280 - To any Japanese pilot, this giant aircraft facility 211 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:02,640 will look like just another residential suburb. 212 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:04,800 - Ohmer's plan gets approved, 213 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:07,720 but given the possibility of a Japanese attack, 214 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:08,880 there's no time to lose. 215 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:16,000 - In 1942, Army engineer John Ohmer 216 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:17,640 is planning to build a fake town 217 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:19,720 on the roof of the Seattle Boeing factory 218 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:21,840 to hide it from enemy bombers. 219 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:25,680 For help, he turns to Hollywood. 220 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:28,600 [upbeat music] 221 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:33,080 - The film business is filled with set designers, stagehands, 222 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:36,800 carpenters, and decorators who have made their entire careers 223 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:39,960 building fake worlds on tight schedules. 224 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:44,360 Ohmer realizes that they're the perfect collaborators. 225 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:46,640 - Ohmer recruits John Stewart Detlie, 226 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:49,320 an Oscar-nominated art director in Hollywood, 227 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:52,440 who's also married to the star Veronica Lake, 228 00:10:52,560 --> 00:10:56,560 and puts him in charge of the project up in Seattle. 229 00:10:56,680 --> 00:11:00,200 - Together, they assemble a Hollywood dream team 230 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:03,160 of 13 architects, 8 commercial artists, 231 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:06,240 7 landscape architects, 5 engineers, 232 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:08,720 and 1 soil-management expert. 233 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:10,880 Nothing is overlooked. 234 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,720 [David] They get to work on construction. 235 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:16,680 First, they stretch 26 acres of netting across the roof 236 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:19,520 of the plant, 50 feet off the ground, 237 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:23,280 creating an elevated blank canvas. 238 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:28,200 On top of this, they begin to construct their fake town. 239 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:30,800 [Amy] Next, the team has a brainwave. 240 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:34,480 From the air, it's impossible to tell how tall a building is. 241 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:36,680 And since they're running a race against time, 242 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:38,280 they decide to cut some corners. 243 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:40,160 They can build them a third of the height 244 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:43,480 using plywood and canvas. 245 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:48,120 [David] Soon, a strange miniature town appears-- 246 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:52,360 53 houses, a dozen garages, greenhouses, 247 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:55,720 a service station, even a corner store. 248 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:58,960 Then it's brought to life. 249 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:01,440 - Detlie and his people put in fake trees 250 00:12:01,560 --> 00:12:03,040 made out of fiberglass, 251 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:04,880 and for the foliage on the trees, 252 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:09,520 they use chicken feathers painted in appropriate greens. 253 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:11,680 [David] Now all this Hollywood production needs 254 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:15,280 to make it sing is a cast. 255 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:17,240 - Boeing employees are encouraged 256 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:19,720 to spend their breaks on the rooftop, 257 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:21,880 moving cars, straightening laundry, 258 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,840 or just lounging on fake porches. 259 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:29,640 The total cost of the subterfuge is $3 million. 260 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:33,080 Now, at the time, that's 10 times the price 261 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:35,240 of making a major Hollywood movie. 262 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:38,840 [David] By spring 1943, it's finished. 263 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:42,000 Now Ohmer's grand illusion needs to be put to the test 264 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:45,120 by top brass back in Washington. 265 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:47,840 - They send cameras up in open-cockpit planes. 266 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:50,520 They look down, capture images, 267 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:54,560 and what they find is startling. 268 00:12:54,680 --> 00:12:56,440 The town works. 269 00:12:56,560 --> 00:12:59,000 This giant factory with thousands of workers 270 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:01,880 has completely disappeared. 271 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:03,720 [David] Japan's bombers never make it 272 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:06,160 to the U.S. mainland, 273 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:10,640 and Ohmer's illusion is never truly tested. 274 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:13,520 But the entire operation is kept secret from the public 275 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:16,160 until the end of the war. 276 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:18,120 - It's only as the Americans are closing in 277 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,880 on the Japanese homeland in late July of 1945 278 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,600 that they feel confident enough to tell the public. 279 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:28,400 [David] On July 23rd, three weeks before V-J Day, 280 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:30,880 "The Seattle Daily Times" unveils the fake town 281 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,240 to their astonished readers, 282 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:36,760 dubbing it the Boeing Wonderland. 283 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:40,320 Hiding an aircraft factory, that's ingenious. 284 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:43,720 But up next, the CIA has to disguise an entire fleet 285 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:47,000 of U.S. airplanes, taking the art of subterfuge 286 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:48,560 to whole new heights. 287 00:13:48,680 --> 00:13:55,480 ♪ ♪ 288 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:58,440 [Riskin] In the early 1950s, the French military 289 00:13:58,560 --> 00:14:01,600 is fighting Communist rebels for control of their greatest 290 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:06,000 Southeast Asian colony, Indochina. 291 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,560 But it's a battle that they're losing. 292 00:14:08,680 --> 00:14:10,280 ♪ ♪ 293 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:13,280 [Sami] By 1954, much of the French army, 294 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:15,400 just over 10,000 troops, 295 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:17,920 are holed up in this mountainous valley 296 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:21,440 named Dien Bien Phu, surrounded by enemy troops. 297 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:24,600 - The French don't have the air power to actually 298 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:27,400 resupply their troops. 299 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:29,760 [David] Outnumbered, outgunned, and out of options, 300 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:32,120 the French make a desperate appeal for aid 301 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:34,800 to the Americans. 302 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:37,680 [Sami] President Eisenhower sees the French 303 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:40,880 as a major ally in fighting Communist expansion 304 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:42,080 across the globe. 305 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:43,640 - The president realizes, though, 306 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:45,840 that the American public has no appetite 307 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:47,680 for another ground war. 308 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:50,120 [Mark] We recently had World War II 309 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:52,080 and the Korean War, and he doesn't want 310 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:54,000 to write the French a blank check. 311 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:55,440 So Eisenhower is more interested 312 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:57,800 in covert assistance to the French 313 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:00,800 than in sending the Marines. 314 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:03,400 [Hakeem] To keep the U.S. support under wraps, 315 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:06,800 he's gonna need a major smokescreen. 316 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:10,040 [David] The answer could be an extraordinary air service 317 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:13,520 with a very ordinary name, 318 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:18,600 Civil Air Transport or CAT for short. 319 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,240 [Sami] CAT was formed in 1946 320 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:23,320 by combat veteran pilots flying supplies 321 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:24,680 to anti-Communist forces 322 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:26,400 fighting in the Chinese Civil War-- 323 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:28,960 weapons, people, livestock. 324 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:32,560 No cargo is too wild and no route is too hazardous 325 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:34,440 for CAT's pilots. 326 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:36,400 [David] Their gung-ho reputation 327 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:38,400 catches the attention of the CIA, 328 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:40,400 who start using CAT to help supply 329 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:43,240 their overseas operations. 330 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:45,080 - Soon, CAT is flying 331 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:47,200 hundreds of covert missions for the U.S. 332 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:50,400 And by 1950, the CIA had bought the entire airline 333 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:55,160 using a shell company called the Airdale Corporation. 334 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:57,680 [David] And CAT has the perfect disguise. 335 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:00,400 They become an actual legitimate business, 336 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:04,080 flying regular passengers all around Asia. 337 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:06,600 - In fact, their work ends up making them 338 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:11,000 the second largest air transport company in the world. 339 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:12,960 [David] That makes using CAT 340 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:16,480 a perfect way to secretly get supplies to French troops. 341 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:18,640 But pulling that off requires 342 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:21,160 a whole new level of deception. 343 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:24,280 - The U.S. government wants to be 100% sure 344 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:27,640 that these airdrops are never traced back to them. 345 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:29,560 So they begin working with the CAT pilots 346 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:32,320 to make sure that this entire operation 347 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:34,880 looks like a French enterprise. 348 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,440 [David] Overnight, a fleet of CAT's finest planes 349 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:41,360 and pilots get a French makeover. 350 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:44,040 - All the planes are repainted in French colors 351 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:45,720 to make them appear to be 352 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:48,400 regular French military flights. 353 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:50,320 [David] Some of their aircrews 354 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:52,840 even use French language commands over the radio. 355 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:55,960 [radio chatter] 356 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:59,720 In March 1954, the supply drops begin. 357 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:01,600 ♪ ♪ 358 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:05,760 Disguised as French airmen, CAT pilots risk it all, 359 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:09,560 flying ammo and equipment through hostile skies. 360 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:12,320 [Hakeem] These are incredibly dangerous missions. 361 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:14,480 Two pilots died. 362 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:17,040 Among those who survived, they say that 363 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:18,920 the anti-aircraft fire they receive 364 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:23,680 is as intense as the worst they faced during World War II. 365 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:26,240 ♪ ♪ 366 00:17:26,360 --> 00:17:29,680 - For two months, CAT pilots run a deadly gauntlet, 367 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:35,800 flying almost 700 missions to supply besieged French troops. 368 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:39,320 [David] Despite Eisenhower's top secret aid mission, 369 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:42,720 the French forces are defeated in May 1954. 370 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:46,560 Even so, CAT's adventures in the region are far from over. 371 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,280 ♪ ♪ 372 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:51,120 [Sami] In the late 1950s, 373 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:53,640 CAT is rebranded as Air America. 374 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:55,440 And as the Vietnam War heats up, 375 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:59,640 it flies thousands of covert missions in Southeast Asia 376 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:02,440 until 1975, when the conflict ends 377 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:04,200 and its doors are closed for good. 378 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:08,000 [David] In 1979, journalist Christopher Robbins 379 00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:11,480 publishes a best-selling book called "Air America." 380 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:13,480 ♪ ♪ 381 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:16,080 And the truth about this amazing airline... 382 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:19,000 ♪ ♪ 383 00:18:19,120 --> 00:18:20,640 Is finally revealed. 384 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:26,600 - The ultimate con requires the ultimate con artist. 385 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:30,240 So when one FBI agent sets out to catch grifters and scammers, 386 00:18:30,360 --> 00:18:33,880 he wants the best on his team, even if the best 387 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:35,880 is a notorious swindler himself. 388 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:39,320 [dramatic music] 389 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:42,200 [Sasha] It's the 1970s in New York. 390 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:47,160 John F. Good is an FBI agent working fraud and corruption, 391 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:50,680 and he's hungry for bigger cases. 392 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:53,480 [Sami] Agent Good is an "out of the box" thinker, 393 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:55,360 and he believes the best way to ensnare 394 00:18:55,480 --> 00:19:00,200 high-level criminals is to go undercover in sting operations. 395 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:02,880 [David] The problem is, John Good doesn't know 396 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:04,960 the first thing about running a con. 397 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:08,760 He needs to find someone who does. 398 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:11,720 - In the spring of 1977, Agent Good hears 399 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:13,240 about the arrest of a small-time 400 00:19:13,360 --> 00:19:15,880 con artist named Mel Weinberg. 401 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:19,760 He's this cigar-chewing, snappy dressing grifter. 402 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:22,280 He's got the gift of gab and a sharp mind, 403 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:25,080 but not sharp enough to avoid being picked up by the Feds 404 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:27,840 for a phony investment scam. 405 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:30,920 [David] Mel is looking at some serious prison time, 406 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:34,560 so Agent Good thinks he'll be willing to play ball. 407 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:37,840 - John Good offers Mel Weinberg a deal. 408 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:40,720 He agrees to work with Good and the FBI, 409 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:44,560 running stings in the art world. 410 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:46,280 [David] Mel joins the team 411 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:49,640 and immediately hatches the perfect sting. 412 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:52,680 - Mel tells Good that before he was arrested, 413 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:54,360 he ran this con. 414 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:56,360 He would pose as a representative 415 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:58,640 of these supremely wealthy 416 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:01,880 and totally invented Arab investors, 417 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:05,440 and the crooks lined up to sell him stolen goods. 418 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:09,040 - Mel suggests that they revive his very effective con, 419 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:12,280 and they start to represent "Arab wealthy sheikhs" 420 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:14,200 looking for stolen artwork. 421 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:18,280 [David] Agent Good agrees to use Mel's con as bait, 422 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:22,440 and it doesn't take long to hook their first big catch. 423 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:26,440 - Mel knows a New York hustler with some shady underworld 424 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:29,320 connections named Ron Sablosky. 425 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:32,800 He wants to meet Mel's fake "Arab investors" 426 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:34,680 to discuss a deal. 427 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:36,680 [Andrew] Agent Good creates a fake company 428 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:39,120 called Abdul Enterprises. 429 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:40,680 This is what gives the sting operation 430 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:45,560 its name, Abscam, a combination of Abdul and scam. 431 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:48,960 [Sami] Mel then rents a suite in the super fancy 432 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:51,760 Plaza Hotel to meet Sablosky. 433 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:54,880 And the FBI wire it up to record the evidence. 434 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:56,840 [David] Now all they need 435 00:20:56,960 --> 00:21:00,040 is to find a perfect person to play the sheikh. 436 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:02,880 - Mel agrees to let the Feds allow one of their agents 437 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:04,440 to pose as the sheikh, 438 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:08,440 but that turns out to be a big mistake. 439 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:10,920 - On the day of the meeting with Sablosky, 440 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:14,720 an FBI agent arrives dressed as a sheikh. 441 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:16,320 [Hakeem] But there's a few problems here. 442 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:19,080 First off, the agent is a white dude. 443 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:23,000 Second, he's wearing a cheap Arabic costume 444 00:21:23,120 --> 00:21:24,640 from a thrift store. 445 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:29,200 And third, he doesn't speak a word of Arabic. 446 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:31,400 - Sablosky should have seen through this façade, 447 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:34,760 but maybe it was the prospect of money that blinded him. 448 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:36,480 ♪ ♪ 449 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:39,520 - As the meeting progresses, things go from bad to worse 450 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:41,440 as a tape recorder that's fixed 451 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:43,520 under the table where the meeting is taking place 452 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:45,440 breaks free and drops to the ground 453 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:47,600 at Sablosky's feet. 454 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:50,880 - Somehow, Mel manages to smooth talk his way 455 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,160 through these blunders, and eventually 456 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:57,600 Sablosky offers to sell them a number of stolen artworks. 457 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:00,720 - The first sting is a success, but if Good wants 458 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:03,600 the next phase to work, he needs to scale things up 459 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:05,280 with some serious money. 460 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:07,200 ♪ ♪ 461 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,840 [Sami] Good persuades his bosses to deposit 462 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:12,080 a million dollars into a bank account. 463 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:14,400 Then Mel can provide their marks 464 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,080 with a direct telephone number for the Chase Manhattan Bank, 465 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:20,920 who can truthfully confirm Abdul Enterprises are indeed 466 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:22,920 a multi-million dollar client. 467 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:25,040 - With bigger financial bait in the water, 468 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:26,600 you catch bigger fish. 469 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:28,920 And that's exactly what happens. 470 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:32,320 In 1978, Mel is approached by an associate 471 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:37,640 of Angelo Errichetti, who's the mayor of Camden, New Jersey. 472 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:40,200 [Sami] The mayor is open to doing business. 473 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:42,960 Mel and Good are able to win Errichetti's trust 474 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:45,320 with a shady casino-licensing deal. 475 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:47,280 Errichetti then starts to introduce him 476 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:51,280 to more powerful people from his corrupt political circles. 477 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:53,680 [David] Next, Mel and Good supersize their scam 478 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:55,640 to keep up the charade. 479 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,080 Meeting places get more extravagant. 480 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:00,560 And now when the sheikh appears, 481 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:04,000 he's played by an FBI agent who can actually speak Arabic 482 00:23:04,120 --> 00:23:08,000 and who's wearing more convincing clothes. 483 00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:12,560 - The FBI even signs off on private jets and swanky parties 484 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:15,560 to continue to fool investors of the sheikhs' wealth. 485 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:18,000 [David] Good hears that New Jersey Senator 486 00:23:18,120 --> 00:23:20,920 Harrison Williams Jr. wants to meet. 487 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:23,440 This could be the biggest catch of them all. 488 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:27,400 - The senator secretly asks for a $100-million loan. 489 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:29,760 But if the sheikh sorts out the loan, 490 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:31,640 Williams promises to use his position 491 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:34,360 to secure lucrative government contracts 492 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:35,960 for Abdul Enterprises. 493 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:37,840 [Sasha] It's a bombshell. 494 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:42,320 Now the FBI has a senator on camera clearly demanding 495 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,200 a bribe for political favors. 496 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:47,360 [David] Senator Williams would be arrested 497 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:49,800 and sentenced to three years, 498 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:54,040 the first U.S. senator to be sent to prison in 80 years. 499 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:56,920 - Now, up to this point, Good hadn't made 500 00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:58,760 a single arrest because he didn't wanna blow 501 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:00,200 the fake sheikh's cover. 502 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:02,840 But now Abscam makes its move 503 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:05,920 and makes an additional 19 arrests, 504 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:07,800 including several congressmen. 505 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:10,360 And it goes all the way down the food chain 506 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:13,560 back to Mayor Errichetti. 507 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:16,200 [David] The case is a media sensation, 508 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:21,320 and the story is discovered all over again in 2013, 509 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:24,200 when it becomes the basis for the Hollywood movie 510 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:25,560 "American Hustle." 511 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:32,320 - In World War II, Britain, the most dangerous person 512 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:36,600 in the country isn't wearing a uniform or carrying a weapon. 513 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:40,800 She's wearing an apron, baking scones for her neighbors 514 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:45,880 and radioing the secrets of the atomic bomb directly to Stalin. 515 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:50,240 [cows mooing] 516 00:24:50,360 --> 00:24:51,840 [Vince] The Beurton family live 517 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:53,600 in a picture-perfect village in Oxfordshire, 518 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:55,720 about 80 miles from London. 519 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:57,080 They go to church. 520 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:58,680 They have young kids. 521 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:01,480 They are exactly who you would want to live next to 522 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:03,160 as your neighbor. 523 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:05,760 [Sami] Mrs. Beurton is a striking woman 524 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:07,760 with a foreign accent. 525 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:09,760 Neighbors know her as someone who bakes 526 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:12,280 the most excellent scones. 527 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:14,080 [David] What the neighbors don't know 528 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:18,440 is Mrs. Beurton is actually Colonel Ursula Kuczynski 529 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:21,120 of the Soviet Union's Red Army. 530 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:23,360 She's on a mission to steal the secrets 531 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:25,920 of the Anglo-American atomic bomb project 532 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:28,800 and send them back to Stalin. 533 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:31,440 And she's one of his best spies. 534 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:34,200 - Ursula is a German Jew by birth 535 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:37,200 and a longtime Communist sympathizer. 536 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:40,920 In the 1930s, she's living in Shanghai 537 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:43,600 with her first husband and her son. 538 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:46,160 - Ursula starts a lurid love affair 539 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:49,520 with a man named Richard Sorge, who is not everything he seems. 540 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:52,760 He's actually a headhunter for Soviet Intelligence. 541 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:54,560 [Andrew] Sorge recruits her into the Soviet 542 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,520 intelligence service, recognizing that her lifestyle 543 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:00,240 as a domestic housewife is the perfect cover 544 00:26:00,360 --> 00:26:03,120 and that nobody would suspect a domestic housewife 545 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:05,880 is actually a Soviet agent. 546 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,720 - Throughout the next decade, 547 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:10,600 Ursula spies across the world for Russia, 548 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:12,440 using the routine of family life 549 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:14,440 to disguise her activities. 550 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:16,280 [suspenseful music] 551 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:21,120 In 1940, Ursula marries a British-born Communist spy 552 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:23,640 and becomes Mrs. Beurton. 553 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:26,080 Now, Mr. Beurton knows all about her espionage, 554 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:27,400 and they settle down to a quiet life 555 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:29,800 in a rural British village. 556 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:32,000 [David] For Ursula's Soviet spy masters, 557 00:26:32,120 --> 00:26:34,600 the timing couldn't be better. 558 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:37,000 - In the 1940s, the Soviets have a number 559 00:26:37,120 --> 00:26:41,920 of assets inside the American and British-led A-bomb project. 560 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:44,840 - Chief among them is a man named Klaus Fuchs, 561 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:46,520 who works at a university not far 562 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:48,360 from where Ursula lives. 563 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,440 [David] Ursula is tasked with being Fuchs' handler. 564 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:54,240 But receiving nuclear secrets from a scientist working 565 00:26:54,360 --> 00:26:56,480 for the most classified military venture 566 00:26:56,600 --> 00:27:00,320 on the planet, that's no easy task. 567 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:01,760 [Riskin] The atomic bomb project 568 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:03,960 is under huge scrutiny, 569 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:07,040 as are the movements of the scientists who work on it. 570 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:09,040 Ursula needs to get close to Fuchs 571 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:12,840 to establish a relationship, but without alerting suspicion 572 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:16,400 of either British or U.S. Intelligence forces. 573 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:21,000 [David] Luckily, Ursula is a master of becoming invisible. 574 00:27:21,120 --> 00:27:22,600 [Riskin] She arranges to meet Fuchs for walks 575 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:24,320 in the Oxfordshire countryside. 576 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:26,680 Her plan is that anyone watching will make 577 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:28,920 the obvious assumption that they're just lovers 578 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:30,560 having an illicit affair. 579 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,480 It's the perfect cover because it totally explains 580 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:35,040 why they would make all these attempts 581 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:37,600 to be as discreet as possible. 582 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:40,720 - Ursula then relays information back to Moscow 583 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:44,760 from a radio transmitter she's built herself. 584 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,200 - When Ursula has more information to pass 585 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:50,760 than can be done by radio, she travels to London 586 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:54,440 and leaves a chalk mark at a preordained location 587 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:56,280 to signal to her Soviet handler 588 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,360 that she has documents to pass along. 589 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,920 Ursula then has a rendezvous with her Soviet handler 590 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:05,080 just outside of London on the roadside, 591 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,920 and there she passes along whatever pictures and documents 592 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:10,840 she needs to deliver. 593 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:14,280 [David] For 15 months, Ursula tends her vegetable patch 594 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:16,360 and hosts the local church bell ringers 595 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:18,200 for tea and cakes, 596 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:20,320 all the while slipping the USSR 597 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,600 top secret plans for the A-bomb. 598 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:26,000 - What she manages to deliver Stalin from Fuchs 599 00:28:26,120 --> 00:28:29,240 is essentially a guide to building an atomic bomb. 600 00:28:29,360 --> 00:28:32,200 And her mission is such a success that by the time 601 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:35,240 Truman meets Stalin at the Potsdam Conference 602 00:28:35,360 --> 00:28:37,200 and informs him that they are working on 603 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:38,960 an atomic bomb project, 604 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:40,560 the Soviet leader doesn't flinch 605 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:43,960 because he already knows everything. 606 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:46,560 - After the war, Ursula's cover 607 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:49,320 gets its ultimate life or death test. 608 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:52,000 In 1947, one of her previous assets 609 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:55,520 defects and points the finger right at her. 610 00:28:55,640 --> 00:29:00,280 A few weeks later, she gets a knock on the door. 611 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:02,760 - Ursula is now in MI5's crosshairs, 612 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:05,480 and they send Jim Skardon, one of their most 613 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:09,760 feared spy catchers, to pay her a little visit. 614 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:12,080 [David] Ursula welcomes Skardon in 615 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:13,480 and puts the kettle on. 616 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:15,120 And she serves tea while politely 617 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:17,240 answering his questions and says that 618 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,240 she's a loyal British subject. 619 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:21,800 [Hakeem] Ursula does not deny that she does have 620 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:24,320 a socialist background, but she claims that 621 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:26,880 she turned away from the Soviets. 622 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,560 [Sami] Once again, the innocent housewife routine 623 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:31,320 works its magic. 624 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:34,120 Afterwards, in his files, Skardon writes that, quote, 625 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:37,160 "Mrs. Beurton is a somewhat unimpressive type, 626 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:40,520 "with frowsy unkempt hair and a rather untidy appearance. 627 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,960 The British agents have been totally outmaneuvered." 628 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:46,000 ♪ ♪ 629 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:47,400 [David] Two years later, 630 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:51,720 Klaus Fuchs is arrested for espionage. 631 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:55,040 Fuchs confirms Ursula as his handler, 632 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:58,320 and the game is finally up. 633 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:04,640 But this time, when MI5 comes for her, Ursula is gone. 634 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:08,800 - Ursula moves to East Germany, where she lives out her life 635 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:13,360 not as a spy but as a author of children's books 636 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:17,600 under a new name, Ruth Werner. 637 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:21,400 [David] In 1977, the story of her life of espionage 638 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:25,600 is revealed when she publishes a tell-all autobiography. 639 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:27,520 ♪ ♪ 640 00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:34,400 - Cover stories can fool the enemy. 641 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:36,240 They can also ensnare the innocent. 642 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:38,440 In the hunt for Osama bin Laden, 643 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:41,640 the CIA tricks thousands of ordinary people 644 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:43,240 to catch one man. 645 00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:46,520 [dramatic music] 646 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:48,400 [Sami] The United States has been hunting 647 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:50,880 for Osama bin Laden for well over a decade, 648 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:52,840 but he's been like a ghost. 649 00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:55,080 But then in August of 2010, 650 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,480 an operation tracking an Al-Qaeda courier 651 00:30:57,600 --> 00:30:59,520 leads the CIA to a compound 652 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:02,480 in Abbottabad, Pakistan. 653 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:04,640 - Satellite imagery shows a man taking 654 00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:08,640 regular walks through the courtyard of this compound. 655 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:12,400 And visually, it looks like a match to Osama bin Laden. 656 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,520 But it's not a certain match. 657 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:17,760 And if you're going to undertake a mission like this 658 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:19,840 in a foreign country, then you need to be 659 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:24,280 100% certain or at least as close as possible to that. 660 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:26,600 [Jack] Pakistan is a nuclear power, 661 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:29,840 and a raid like this risks destabilizing the government. 662 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:33,040 We have to be absolutely sure that bin Laden is there 663 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:34,640 before we decide to launch. 664 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:37,520 We can't just rely on some grainy satellite photos. 665 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:38,840 ♪ ♪ 666 00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:40,480 [David] The race is on to verify 667 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:43,920 bin Laden is inside the compound, 668 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:46,320 then the surveillance team spots something, 669 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:49,800 which leads to a brilliantly devious bit of deception. 670 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:52,160 - Teams watching the compound have observed 671 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:55,240 that very few people are allowed in, 672 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,040 but one group that is allowed in 673 00:31:57,160 --> 00:32:01,720 is health workers administering polio vaccines. 674 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:05,080 So the thinking is, one way the CIA can get inside 675 00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:08,360 is to set up a fake inoculation program. 676 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:11,720 - If they can get medical professionals into the compound 677 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:14,160 and collect blood samples, they're probably not going 678 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:16,080 to get his blood, but they might be able to get 679 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,520 blood of his relatives. 680 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:19,960 [David] The plan is hatched, 681 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:23,280 but then they discover a critical flaw. 682 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:26,520 - There is no historical sample of bin Laden's blood, 683 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:28,800 so we don't actually know what his DNA 684 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:31,000 specifically looks like. 685 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,840 - The CIA does some digging and learns that bin Laden 686 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:36,640 has a sister who died in Boston of brain cancer, 687 00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:38,680 and there is some of her genetic material 688 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:40,640 still in the United States. 689 00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:42,320 Because she's a close blood relative, 690 00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:45,880 they can use this sample to make a DNA match. 691 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:47,480 [David] With the DNA secured, 692 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:49,560 now they need to find a local accomplice 693 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:51,720 to run the scheme. 694 00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:55,160 [Riskin] The CIA identifies Dr. Shakil Afridi 695 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:57,320 as a man who might be able to help them set up 696 00:32:57,440 --> 00:32:59,880 this healthcare scheme without arousing suspicion. 697 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:03,920 He's a leading physician in the Khyber tribal district 698 00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:05,960 who's already overseen a number 699 00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:10,120 of U.S.-funded vaccination programs in Pakistan. 700 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:15,280 [David] Even better for the CIA, Afridi needs cash. 701 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:16,920 [Sasha] Afridi was recently kidnapped 702 00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:19,080 by a local Islamic warlord. 703 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:23,160 His family paid $10,000 for his release, 704 00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:25,000 and that was money that they didn't have. 705 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:29,280 So the agency offers him about $60,000 706 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:32,400 to set up this covert vaccination scheme. 707 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:34,560 [Amy] Afridi accepts the CIA's offer, 708 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:37,440 and to maintain total secrecy over the operation, 709 00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:41,360 he's not even told who the prime target is. 710 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:43,000 [David] With their doctor signed up, 711 00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,120 the CIA starts devising a program 712 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:47,640 to get health workers into the compound. 713 00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:50,440 - They pick a hepatitis B vaccination program 714 00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:53,880 for their cover because it requires a drop of blood 715 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:58,240 be taken from the subject and blotted on rapid test strips. 716 00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:02,680 And then the blood can be later tested for DNA. 717 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:06,840 - But ethically, it's quite dubious because the vaccine 718 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:08,480 needs three rounds to work. 719 00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:12,040 And here they're only planning to do one. 720 00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:14,040 - They're leaving an entire community 721 00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:15,960 thinking they're immune to hepatitis B 722 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:18,440 when really they're not protected. 723 00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:20,720 [David] Ultimately, bin Laden is considered 724 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:22,320 such a high-value target 725 00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:25,120 that the CIA decides mass subterfuge 726 00:34:25,240 --> 00:34:26,880 is a price worth paying. 727 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:28,960 [indistinct chatter] 728 00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:33,200 In March 2011, the CIA rolls out the scheme. 729 00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:37,160 After administering 1,000 jabs, the time comes 730 00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:39,560 to enter bin Laden's suspected compound. 731 00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:41,160 ♪ ♪ 732 00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:43,680 [Riskin] In late April, one of Afridi's nurses 733 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:46,000 is sent to the compound. 734 00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:49,720 If she's denied entry at the door, the entire scheme, 735 00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:53,840 months of work could come crashing down. 736 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:55,640 [Jack] The stakes are incredibly high. 737 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,320 This might be their one shot to confirm that bin Laden 738 00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:00,560 is actually on the compound. 739 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:04,920 And then the door opens, and she's allowed in. 740 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:08,040 - Exactly what happens next within the compound 741 00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:09,800 is fiercely debated. 742 00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,320 A nurse tells a local journalist 743 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:15,440 that she was able to enter and take a sample 744 00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:18,840 from a young woman whose description matched 745 00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:21,600 bin Laden's daughter, Mariam, 746 00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:23,800 but she later retracted that statement. 747 00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:26,240 But according to Pakistani Intelligence, 748 00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:30,480 the nurse hands over the hep B blood test to Afridi. 749 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:32,760 - As far as the results from those blood samples, 750 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:34,640 it's still a bit of a mystery today 751 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:38,440 as all the bin Laden files haven't been declassified. 752 00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:41,240 - Tonight, I can report to the American people 753 00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:43,080 and to the world. 754 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:45,600 - What we do know is that just a few days after those 755 00:35:45,720 --> 00:35:48,680 blood samples were reportedly taken, President Obama 756 00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:52,840 gave the okay to a mission to go into the compound 757 00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:56,200 and either capture or kill Osama bin Laden. 758 00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:59,360 [David] That's not quite the end of the story. 759 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:01,000 - Three weeks after bin Laden's death, 760 00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:03,440 Afridi is arrested by Pakistani authorities 761 00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:06,680 for colluding with U.S. Intelligence. 762 00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:09,440 [David] A British newspaper investigates the arrest, 763 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:12,640 revealing the CIA's clandestine operation 764 00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:14,400 to the world. 765 00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:20,720 - Tales of grand military deception 766 00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:22,720 go all the way back to the Siege of Troy. 767 00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:28,280 So in 2014, when Vladimir Putin sends 280 trucks to Ukraine 768 00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:31,360 that he claims are carrying aid supplies, 769 00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:34,720 the world is sure it's a modern-day Trojan horse. 770 00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:38,480 The truth turns out to be even more shocking. 771 00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:41,400 [dramatic music] 772 00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:44,880 [Sasha] It's 2014, and Vladimir Putin has a problem. 773 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:48,120 A revolution has swept through the streets of Kyiv, 774 00:36:48,240 --> 00:36:50,480 toppling the pro-Russian government, 775 00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:53,760 and the country is turning decisively toward the West. 776 00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:55,640 [crowd shouting] 777 00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:58,120 - For Putin, who sees Ukraine as part 778 00:36:58,240 --> 00:37:00,240 of a great Russian Empire, 779 00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:04,360 this is an intolerable betrayal. 780 00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:05,920 [David] Putin wants to bring Ukraine 781 00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:09,480 back under Moscow's thumb. 782 00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:11,760 But with the world watching, he doesn't wanna risk 783 00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:14,280 a full military confrontation. 784 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:17,840 So he turns to what many believe the Russians do best-- 785 00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:19,800 deception. 786 00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:23,040 - The idea of smoke and mirrors is deeply embedded 787 00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:24,840 into the Russian military. 788 00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:27,520 The term the Russians use is maskirovka. 789 00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:30,840 It means masking or masquerading. 790 00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:34,160 [David] Putin is about to give the world a masterclass. 791 00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:36,400 His first move comes in February 792 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:39,880 on the Crimean Peninsula in Southern Ukraine. 793 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:41,880 [Sasha] On February 27th, hundreds 794 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:45,840 of highly trained soldiers in unmarked green uniforms 795 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:47,640 appear out of nowhere. 796 00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:50,360 They go on to take Crimea's parliament, 797 00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:53,280 the airports, and strategic choke points 798 00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:55,120 with chilling efficiency. 799 00:37:55,240 --> 00:37:57,880 - With their lack of official insignia, 800 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:02,200 they're dubbed the little green men by the world's media. 801 00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:04,040 [Sasha] The West immediately suspects 802 00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:07,320 that the little green men are elite Russian forces. 803 00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:09,120 But they have no evidence. 804 00:38:09,240 --> 00:38:10,840 [Jack] Vladimir Putin denies it, 805 00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:13,480 says that these are just local defense forces 806 00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:16,200 or local guerrillas that are rising up. 807 00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:17,720 [Hakeem] Before the West can prove 808 00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:19,400 that these are Russian commandos, 809 00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:22,280 it's already too late, and the Russian flag 810 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:25,920 is already flying over Crimea. 811 00:38:26,040 --> 00:38:28,840 Putin has essentially created his own ghost army. 812 00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:31,320 They give him plausible deniability 813 00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:34,880 but still performing his dirty work. 814 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,040 [David] The first act of Maskirovka 815 00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:39,440 is a stunning success. 816 00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:42,840 - Next, Putin sets his sights on Eastern Ukraine's 817 00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:46,160 industrial heartland, the Donbas. 818 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:50,200 - Putin needs to send in more men and heavy weapons. 819 00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:52,600 But now the Russian-Ukraine border 820 00:38:52,720 --> 00:38:56,200 is more closely watched than ever. 821 00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:58,840 [Sami] On August 12th, Russian state television 822 00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:01,800 broadcasts images of a vast fleet 823 00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:06,200 of 280 white trucks rolling towards the Ukrainian border. 824 00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:09,720 Moscow announces that this is a humanitarian convoy 825 00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:12,400 filled with water, food, and medicine 826 00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:14,920 for the suffering people of Donbas. 827 00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:18,000 - The arrival of these trucks raises alarm bells 828 00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:20,280 in Western capitals because 829 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:22,240 they have already been deceived once. 830 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:24,000 - The convoy looks like its made up 831 00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:25,760 of military vehicles that have just been 832 00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:27,880 very hastily painted white. 833 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:31,480 It looks suspect as hell. 834 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:34,120 [David] It seems like a classic Trojan horse maneuver 835 00:39:34,240 --> 00:39:35,680 where instead of aid, the trucks 836 00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:38,080 contain weapons and fighters. 837 00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:39,880 - When the trucks reach the border, 838 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:41,680 their passage is barred. 839 00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:46,320 And the unfolding standoff becomes a global media event. 840 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:48,880 [Sami] The Ukrainians won't let the trucks through 841 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:50,760 without opening them up for inspection. 842 00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:53,480 The Russians steadfastly refuse, 843 00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:56,880 which only fuels suspicion that they contain weapons 844 00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:58,320 and military equipment. 845 00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:00,600 ♪ ♪ 846 00:40:00,720 --> 00:40:04,080 [David] The tension grows. 847 00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:05,920 Finally, after several days, 848 00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:07,760 the Russians open the trucks up. 849 00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:10,280 [Sasha] Inside, they're half empty. 850 00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:14,520 What cargo they do contain, they really are aid items-- 851 00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:16,560 crates of water, pillows. 852 00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:18,600 No weapons for rebels. 853 00:40:18,720 --> 00:40:21,040 It's all a bit anticlimactic. 854 00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:25,960 And eventually, the trucks are allowed entry into Ukraine. 855 00:40:26,080 --> 00:40:27,920 [David] What the West don't realize 856 00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:31,960 is that the convoy is only half of Russia's plan. 857 00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:35,600 - While the world is fixated on this standoff, 858 00:40:35,720 --> 00:40:38,920 a darker plan is unfolding elsewhere. 859 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:42,000 Many miles away on a quiet part of the border, 860 00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:45,040 the Russians are secretly sneaking in 861 00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:50,440 troops, tanks, and artillery over the border into Ukraine. 862 00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:52,080 [David] The whole convoy 863 00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:54,280 is a devious traveling road show 864 00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:58,280 designed to mask the real movement of Putin's forces. 865 00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:01,280 [Sami] By 2015, the Russians have taken over 866 00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:03,640 a vast swath of Eastern Ukraine, 867 00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:06,560 all while denying that they have any military forces 868 00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:08,080 there at all. 869 00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:09,960 [David] Later, at a press conference, 870 00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:13,560 Vladimir Putin finally comes clean and admits his military 871 00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:16,280 was in Ukraine after all. 872 00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:22,320 ♪ ♪ 873 00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:24,600 From hiding an aircraft factory 874 00:41:24,720 --> 00:41:28,320 to faking entire invasions, smoke and mirrors 875 00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:31,000 is far more than just stage trickery. 876 00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:35,840 Often the most powerful weapon isn't a bomb or a bullet; 877 00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:39,400 it's a perfectly crafted lie. 878 00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:42,040 But sooner or later, the secret behind 879 00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:45,160 every illusion is revealed.