Covert
Expanded Perspectives
Expanded Perspectives
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🗓️ 31 May 2018
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Covert takes listeners on a heart-pounding journey through the most dangerous military operations of all time. From the assassination of Osama Bin Laden, to how two Israeli snipers foiled Syria’s plan to develop a nuclear bomb, to the real story that inspired the movie Black Hawk Down and the harrowing tale of a British Major’s escape from 2,000 heavily armed militants, you'll be brought to the front line of history’s greatest special forces missions.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, Cam and I hope you are all having a good week and not working too hard. |
| 0:07.6 | For some of you, your school is out for the summer, and for others, and the other hemisphere, |
| 0:12.6 | you're about to start your winter. |
| 0:14.2 | But anyways, whether you're out of school on summer break or just looking for something |
| 0:18.1 | new and interesting to listen to, you need to check out this new podcast that we started |
| 0:23.4 | listening to called, Covert, that's COV-E-R-T. |
| 0:28.3 | Now Covert takes listeners on a heart pounding journey through the most dangerous military |
| 0:33.1 | operations of all time, from the assassination of Osama Bin Laden to how two Israeli snipers |
| 0:39.3 | foiled Syria's plan to develop a nuclear bomb to the real story that inspired the movie |
| 0:44.8 | Black Hawk Down and the harrowing tale of a British major's escape from 2000 heavily |
| 0:51.3 | armed militants. |
| 0:52.8 | It'll be brought to the front line of history's greatest special forces missions, and right |
| 0:58.0 | now we've got a sneak peek for you to listen to. |
| 1:02.7 | September 11, 2001. |
| 1:05.6 | 6am Portland, Maine. |
| 1:08.4 | Five men secretly armed with knives prepared a board of plane to Los Angeles via Boston. |
| 1:14.7 | Their flight attendant that day Betty Ann Ong is especially excited about the trip. |
| 1:19.6 | After she lands in LA, she'll be meeting with her sister to plan a Hawaiian vacation. |
| 1:24.8 | 8.13am. |
| 1:26.7 | An air traffic controller at the FAA's Boston Center directs the flight to turn 20 degrees right. |
| 1:32.8 | The pilot acknowledges the order. |
| 1:35.6 | But as the controller sends more instructions, there is nothing but radio silence. |
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