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Declassified History

The 1953 CIA Coup That Overthrew Iran's Democracy

Operation Ajax explained: how the CIA (codename TPAJAX) and MI6 overthrew Iran's elected PM Mossadegh in 1953 over oil — the tactics, the fallout, and the.2026-07-19 02

Operation Mockingbird: The True Story

Operation Mockingbird explained: the documented 1963 wiretap, the Church Committee's ~50 journalists, and Carl Bernstein's 400 — separating record from.2026-07-19 03

Project Stargate: The CIA's $20 Million Psychic Spy Program

Project Stargate was the CIA's $20M remote-viewing program (1970s-1995) that used psychics to spy on Soviet sites — declassified after a review found no.2026-07-19 04

COINTELPRO: The FBI's Secret War on Dissent (1956-1971)

COINTELPRO was the FBI's covert program (1956-1971) to surveil and disrupt civil rights, Black Panther, and political groups — exposed in 1971 and.2026-07-19 05

Operation Paperclip: The True Story

Operation Paperclip secretly brought 1,600+ German scientists to the US (1945-1959), including former Nazis whose work later powered NASA's Moon landing.2026-07-19