Mission Implausible: Ex-CIA Officers on Conspiracy Theories
Mission Implausible: Ex-CIA Officers on Conspiracy Theories
Do you want to know the truth behind the world’s wildest conspiracy theories? Former CIA officers John Sipher & Jerry O’Shea try to determine where misinformation is coming from, when we’re being lied to and when a conspiracy theory is an actual real conspiracy. In the world of espionage, they were part of creating conspiracies. Now they and their circle of experts probe what’s true and when we’re…Social links:
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