Secret, secret, I've got a secret

CIA
The hundreds of declassified documents tell of plots to assassinate world leaders, agents spying on war protesters, and experiments where mind-altering drugs were given to unwitting citizens.
Central Intelligence Agency

Responding to a 15-year-old request for information, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has released hundreds of secret documents.

The collection, dubbed the "family jewels," confirms illegal operations committed by the CIA from the 1950s to the early 1970s.

Reporter Nikki Tundel and Current host Mary Lucia discuss some of the skeletons to come out of the CIA's closet.

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