America's Book Of Secrets Season 1 Episode 9 - Black Ops

Airdate: 2012-Mar-24

Episode summary:

They are top-secret missions manned by specially trained intelligence and military elite. Covert operations using unconventional tactics outside the standard protocol. This episode uncovers the clandestine activities and state-of-the-art training of the U.S. Special Forces that undertake the most dangerous surveillance, reconnaissance, and intelligence collecting missions on Earth. What makes a mission a Black Operation or Black Op? Who approves a mission--and how much does the President know? What secret training prepares a soldier for these life and death assignments? How is the CIA involved in Black Ops? From cloak and dagger spy games to hand-to-hand combat, Black Ops are shrouded in secrecy...until now.

About America's Book Of Secrets series:

Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of the most legendary monuments and powerful organizations in the United States? America