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EPISODE · Aug 14, 2026 · 37 MIN

Operation 40: The CIA Program They Won't Admit Exists

from America’s Strangest History

In 1960, the CIA created a covert program called Operation 40 to overthrow Fidel Castro and its members kept surfacing for decades, from the Bay of Pigs to the Watergate break-in. When researcher John Greenewald filed a FOIA request for the program's files, the agency released just seven pages and declared the very existence of anything more classified. This is the story of the program the CIA still won't admit exists.

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