the cia s history and its operations right from its foundation soon after world war ii through the cold war and right up to the present day. among the 600 artefacts on display are a dead rat in which messages were hidden, a pigeon with a spy camera attached, and even an exploding martini glass. welcome to the cia. but as the museum s director showed me on a tour, there are also details of more high profile operations. and how was this model then used by the agency? this model is used to. brief top policymakers, including the president. on display is a scale model of the compound where it was suspected al qaeda leader osama bin laden was hiding in 2011. the level of detail gave president obama the confidence to approve the mission to go after bin laden, who was killed in the raid. so over here we have our newest artefact in the collection. - the most recent exhibit
a british man freed after being held by russian backed forces in ukraine describes how he was stabbed by a russian officer and thought he was going to die in captivity. and from a dead rat to an exploding martini glass. the bbc gets rare access into the cia s secret museum where thousands of exhibits and artefacts mark the agency s 75 year history. hello and welcome to bbc news. voting is under way in italy s general election. polling stations opened two hours ago. opinion polls taken during the campain suggest the country will get its first ever female prime minister, and its first far right leader since mussolini, in giorgia meloni.
the cia s history and its operations right from its foundation soon after world war ii through the cold war and right up to the present day. among the 600 artefacts on display are a dead rat in which messages were hidden, a pigeon with a spy camera attached, and even an exploding martini glass. welcome to the cia. but as the museum s director showed me on a tour, there are also details of more high profile operations. and how was this model then used by the agency? this model is used to. brief top policymakers, including the president. on display is a scale model of the compound where it was suspected al qaeda leader 0sama bin laden was hiding in 2011. the level of detail gave president 0bama the confidence to approve the mission to go after bin laden, who was killed in the raid. so over here we have our newest artefact in the collection. -
of a young woman in police custody. thousands queue at the georgian border to leave russia as president zelensky accuses vladimir putin of sending russian conscripts to their death in ukraine by forcing them to fight in the war. a british man freed after being held by russian backed forces in ukraine describes how he was stabbed by a russian officer and thought he was going to die in captivity. and.from a dead rat to an exploding martini glass. the bbc gets rare access into the cia s secret museum where thousands of exhibits and artefacts mark the agency s 75 year history. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. voting is under way in italy s general election. polling stations
but to mark its 75th anniversary, it s opening up, just a little, about its past. america s spy agency is inviting a select few to visit its normally undercover museum. our security correspondent gordon corera was the only international broadcaster to be let in. one of the most secret organisations in the world offers a rare glimpse inside its operations. to mark its 75th anniversary, the cia opened the doors to its in house museum. closed to the public, we were among a select few given access. inside this most unusual of museums are exhibits and artifacts marking the cia s history and its operations right from its foundation soon after world war ii through the cold war and right up to the present day. among the 600 artefacts on display are a dead rat in which messages were hidden, a pigeon with a spy camera attached, and even an exploding martini glass.