The Serpentitious Universe of International Espionage is a cloaked dagger world full of aliases,

mysterious organizations and top secret military operations.

Unseen by the public, unknown to the masses, but these covert operations shape the politics of the world around us,

sometimes affecting our very lives.

From Audioboom comes covert, a new podcast that delves into the murky world of spies,

soldiers and top secret military operations.

I'm Jamie Rannell, and together we'll discover the real stories of history's greatest classified missions,

to learn about the brave soldiers, government agents, and law enforcement personnel who risk their lives to terminate

the world's most wanted, eliminate terrorist threats and protect the lives of countless innocent people.

It was the best information they were going to have that they were going to get this has been

law and this was the opportunity to strike, the opportunity they've been looking for for years

and the risks were worth it.

The training for releasing hostages is quite intense as you can imagine because it's not a lot of room for error.

You know, you don't get second chances when you're dealing with people's lives.

You know, you have to make sure that if you're going to make mistakes, you make them in the exercises

and you make them in training because on the day of the race, if it goes wrong, you end up killing

your own or killing hostages.

This series takes you to the front line of history's greatest special forces missions told by the

operatives, soldiers, and journalists who experienced it firsthand.

Tune in every week to hear the real stories of these secret operations.

What really happened when an American helicopter went down in Somalia?

Like, hot down!

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