Release Date
Original Release
June 10, 1977
1h 43m
CBS Reports: The CIA's Secret Army (1977)
Overview
This program examines Cuban exile terrorists living in Miami. These terrorists were secretly trained and employed by the U.S. government in the early 1960s to fight Fidel Castro. Now, without U.S. support, terrorist activities continue in Miami and Latin America. The program reviews secret U.S. policies toward Cuba in the 1960s and includes interviews with Castro and former top CIA officials. Members of this group, formerly secretly trained and employed by U.S. Government until 1967, have been active in Watergate crimes and anti-Castro terrorism including bomb explosion on Cuban Airline killing seventy-three. Includes interviews with Castro, E. Howard Hunt, Bernard Barker, and Rolando Martinez.' - The Paley Center For Media
Director
Judy Crichton
Department: Production
Cast
Bill Moyers
Self
Fidel Castro
Self
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
E. Howard Hunt
Self
Richard M. Bissell Jr.
Self
Grayston Lynch
Self - Former CIA Case Officer
Ray S. Cline
Self - Former Head, CIA Intelligence Directorate
Anastasio Somoza Debayle
Self
