Special Relationships, Part 3/3: Hands Across Libya | CIA & MI6

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🗓️ 25 July 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

After a shaky start, the friendship between Britain and America has blossomed in to one of the most important alliances on the world stage. In this anthology, Vanessa Kirby relates three crucial chapters in the evolution of the Special Relationship. In Part 3, former CIA case officer Jim Lawler and intelligence writer Michael Smith lift the lid on a rare joint operation between the CIA and MI6. When AQ Khan - the father of Pakistan's nuclear program - is caught selling nuclear secrets to rogue states, the Brits and the Americans must join forces to bring him down. To do so, they need the help of an unlikely ally - Colonel Muammar Gadhafi. Could YOU play games with global consequences? From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producers: Gemma Newby, Joe Foley. Produced by Joe Foley. Music by Nick Ryan.

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0:00.0	Disclaimer, this episode features strong language throughout.
0:03.6	Incoming transmission.
0:05.6	Welcome. Welcome. Welcome. Welcome. Welcome. Welcome to True Spies.
0:12.6	Week by week, mission by mission. You'll hear the true stories behind the world's greatest espionage operations.
0:22.6	You'll meet the people who navigate this secret world.
0:26.6	What do they know? What are their skills? And what would you do in their position?
0:34.6	I'm Vanessa Kirby and this is True Spies.
0:40.2	Special relationships, part three. Hands across Libya.
0:46.8	The world of a story at hotel in Midtown Manhattan is a place where you can see the world's biggest
0:55.6	city of Manhattan is a by word for glamour and luxury.
0:59.2	For more than 90 years, its art deco lobby has echoed with famous footsteps.
1:04.4	From JFK to Jennifer Aniston, they've all stayed at the Waldorf.
1:09.2	But passed through its hallowed doors in late December 2003,
1:13.2	and you might just witness a meeting between two guests of a more secretive stripe.
1:20.2	One is Pakistani President Parvez Musharraf.
1:24.2	He's in New York for that year's meeting of the UN General Assembly.
1:28.6	The other is George Tennant, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
1:33.8	Their deep in conversation. It looks tense.
1:38.2	Director Tennant confronted President Musharraf.
1:41.8	The topic of their discussion? AQ Khan.
1:45.4	He's the father of Pakistan's nuclear program, a national hero.
1:50.4	But unbeknownst to President Musharraf, Khan has gone rogue.
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