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"Ghosts of Beirut," a Reflective Counterterrorism Masterpiece
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"Ghosts of Beirut," a Reflective Counterterrorism Masterpiece

The four-part Showtime thriller traces the CIA's decades-long pursuit and assassination of terrorist Imad Mughniyah, "the father of smoke."

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Jeff Stein
May 15, 2023
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In October 2013, I placed a call to the Central Intelligence Agency. I told the CIA’s public affairs office I wanted to talk to them about a story I’d unearthed, about the agency’s assassination of Imad Mughniyah, the world’s top terrorist for decade until he was taken out in 2008. I wasn’t looking for a simple comment, I told them, but some help fleshi…

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