The documentary Secrets of the CIA claims to reveal the truth about the CIA and alleges that the organization has been behind numerous terrorist attacks throughout history. Several former CIA agents speak openly about their experiences as operatives and the actions they say they were required to carry out.
According to the documentary, some of these missions even involved the killing of children. Most of the former agents now seek to raise awareness of what they describe as crimes committed by the CIA and argue that the organization must either be reformed or shut down entirely.
Ralph McGehee, a former CIA agent, appears in this documentary. He is best known for publishing Deadly Deceits.
This documentary explains when and how the CIA was created and the crimes it claims have been committed by the CIA in the name of the United States. Among other things, it explains the concept of ”black sites.” In military terminology, a black site is a location where unacknowledged, covert (”black”) operations are carried out. More recently, the term has become notorious for describing secret prisons operated by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), generally outside the territory and jurisdiction of the United States. It may refer to facilities controlled by the CIA and used by the U.S. government during the ”War on Terror” to detain alleged enemies classified as terrorists.
U.S. President George W. Bush acknowledged the existence of CIA-operated secret prisons during a speech on September 6, 2006. Allegations that black sites existed had previously been reported by The Washington Post in November 2005.
Many European countries have officially denied hosting black sites for the detention of suspects or cooperating with the United States in its extraordinary rendition program. No country has officially confirmed hosting black sites. However, a European Union (EU) report adopted by a majority of the European Parliament on February 14, 2007 (382 votes in favor, 256 against, and 74 abstentions) stated that the CIA had conducted 1,245 flights and that it was not possible to refute or confirm the existence of secret prisons in Poland and Romania.
In January 2012, Poland’s Prosecutor General initiated criminal proceedings against Zbigniew Siemiątkowski. The allegations concern a CIA detention operation in Poland, where foreign suspects may have been subjected to torture in connection with the War on Terror. The possible involvement of Leszek Miller, Poland’s Prime Minister from 2001 to 2004, is also under investigation.
