# The Spymasters

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'''''The Spymasters: CIA In the Crosshairs''''' is a 2015 documentary film which covers the experience of the [Central Intelligence Agency](/source/Central_Intelligence_Agency) as seen through the eyes of the twelve living [CIA directors](/source/Director_of_the_Central_Intelligence_Agency), all of whom were interviewed for the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-showtime-cia-20151128-story.html |title=How the makers of 'The Spymasters' got former CIA directors to open up |work=LA Times |date= |accessdate=2015-12-05}}</ref>  Directed and produced by [Jules Naudet](/source/Jules_Naudet), [Gedeon Naudet](/source/Gedeon_Naudet), and [Chris Whipple](/source/Chris_Whipple), the documentary was aired on [Showtime](/source/Showtime_(TV_network)) in the United States November 28, 2015.  The project involved interviews which took more than a year and a half to conduct, beginning with former [Director of Central Intelligence](/source/Director_of_Central_Intelligence) and 41st president [George H. W. Bush](/source/George_H._W._Bush) and ending with [George Tenet](/source/George_Tenet).<ref>{{cite web|last=Snetiker |first=Marc |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/24/spymasters-cia-documentary-showtime |title=Spymasters: How Showtime's CIA terrorism documentary went from novel to necessary |website=EW.com |date=2015-11-24 |accessdate=2015-12-05}}</ref>  The film also contains interviews with numerous other government figures and addresses the September 11 attacks, [torture](/source/torture), [Iraq War](/source/Iraq_War), and [weapons of mass destruction](/source/weapons_of_mass_destruction) controversies, as well as [drone strikes](/source/drone_strikes).<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20151202/ENT/151209996 |title=Showtime documentary collects all of the former CIA chiefs |website=HeraldNet.com |date= |accessdate=2015-12-05}}</ref> The disagreements among the former directors underscore the issues confronting the Agency, political leaders, and the American people. The former directors and the current director, however, seem to agree when it comes to [war on terror](/source/war_on_terror): "You cannot kill your way out of this."

==See also==
*[List of films featuring drones](/source/List_of_films_featuring_drones)

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.sho.com/sho/reality-docs/titles/3420665/the-spymasters---cia-in-the-crosshairs#/index Showtime ''Spymasters'' page]
*[https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/28/arts/television/review-in-the-spymasters-cia-leaders-recount-tactics-of-the-post-9-11-years.html?_r=0 Review in ''The New York Times'']
*[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/nov/28/spymasters-cia-documentary-sheds-little-light-on-drones-911-or-torture Review in ''The Guardian'']
*[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-showtime-cia-20151128-story.html Review in ''The Los Angeles Times'']
*[https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-spymasters-review-as-candid-as-spooks-get-1448485378 Review in ''The Wall Street Journal'']
*[https://www.npr.org/2015/12/03/458300917/top-cia-spymasters-agree-we-cant-kill-our-way-out-of-terrorism ''Fresh Air'' Interview]

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