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From the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 through Watergate, the Iran contra scandals and the build up to war in Iraq, this collection of Moyers programming exposes the truth behind the deception.</p> </div> </header> <section id="primary"> <div id="content" role="main"> <div id="topicpage" class="spot"> <div id="spotlight"> <ul id='postlist' class='cf' data-max='2' data-taxonomy='tag' data-term='secrets-and-lies'><li class='item cf'><div class='thumb'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/episode/the-deep-state-hiding-in-plain-sight/'><img src='//billmoyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/lofgren_guest-480x270.jpg' class='imgmax'><span class='videooverlay'><i class='fa fa-play'></i></span></a></div><div class='text'> <div class='posttitle'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/episode/the-deep-state-hiding-in-plain-sight/'>The Deep State Hiding in Plain Sight</a></div> <div class='date'>February 21, 2014 | <span class='seriestitle'>Moyers & Company</span></div><div class='entry-content'>In this week's show, Mike Lofgren joins Bill to talk about the Deep State, a hybrid of corporate America and the national security state, which is "out of control" and "unconstrained."</div></div></li><li class='item cf'><div class='thumb'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/segment/heidi-boghosian-on-spying-on-democracy/'><img src='//billmoyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/20131105_1931_Boghosian_SG2VIM-480x270.jpg' class='imgmax'><span class='videooverlay'><i class='fa fa-play'></i></span></a></div><div class='text'> <div class='posttitle'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/segment/heidi-boghosian-on-spying-on-democracy/'>Heidi Boghosian on Spying and Civil Liberties</a></div> <div class='date'>November 8, 2013 | <span class='seriestitle'>Moyers & Company</span></div><div class='entry-content'>A surveillance expert says the government and corporations are routinely watching our activities, making a mockery of our civil liberties. </div></div></li><li class='item cf'><div class='thumb'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/segment/yves-smith-and-dean-baker-on-secrets-in-trade/'><img src='//billmoyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/20131029_1402_Baker-Smith_SG2-480x270.jpg' class='imgmax'><span class='videooverlay'><i class='fa fa-play'></i></span></a></div><div class='text'> <div class='posttitle'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/segment/yves-smith-and-dean-baker-on-secrets-in-trade/'>Yves Smith and Dean Baker on Secrets in Trade</a></div> <div class='date'>November 1, 2013 | <span class='seriestitle'>Moyers & Company</span></div><div class='entry-content'>Why are the contents of a major US-led trade deal being deliberately kept from the American people?</div></div></li><li class='item cf'><div class='thumb'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/episode/big-brothers-prying-eyes/'><img src='//billmoyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/LAWRENCE-LESSIG_20130611_9503_SG1-480x270.jpg' class='imgmax'><span class='videooverlay'><i class='fa fa-play'></i></span></a></div><div class='text'> <div class='posttitle'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/episode/big-brothers-prying-eyes/'>Big Brother鈥檚 Prying Eyes</a></div> <div class='date'>June 14, 2013 | <span class='seriestitle'>Moyers & Company</span></div><div class='entry-content'>Lawrence Lessig and Bill explore how we can protect our privacy when Big Government and Big Business morph into Big Brother.</div></div></li><li class='item cf'><div class='thumb'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/episode/elections-for-sale/'><img src='//billmoyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Trevor-Potter_6799_FS-480x270.jpg' class='imgmax'><span class='videooverlay'><i class='fa fa-play'></i></span></a></div><div class='text'> <div class='posttitle'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/episode/elections-for-sale/'>Elections for Sale</a></div> <div class='date'>September 21, 2012 | <span class='seriestitle'>Moyers & Company</span></div><div class='entry-content'>Bill Moyers and Trevor Potter discuss how American elections are bought and sold, who covers the cost, and how the rest of us pay the price.</div></div></li><li class='item cf'><div class='thumb'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/content/jeremy-scahill-on-our-wrong-headed-foreign-policy/'><img src='//billmoyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/BMJ308SG1_JeremyScahillOnly_r-480x270.jpg' class='imgmax'><span class='videooverlay'><i class='fa fa-play'></i></span></a></div><div class='text'> <div class='posttitle'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/content/jeremy-scahill-on-our-wrong-headed-foreign-policy/'>Jeremy Scahill on Our Wrong-Headed Foreign Policy</a></div> <div class='date'>June 5, 2009 <div class='post-author'> | <a href="https://billmoyers.com/author/staff/" title="Posts by BillMoyers.com Staff" class="author url fn" rel="author">BillMoyers.com Staff</a></div></div><div class='entry-content'>The investigative journalist says President Obama has gone from inheriting Bush-era foreign policies to adopting them, with terrible costs.</div></div></li><li class='item cf'><div class='thumb'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/content/harpers-magazines-ken-silverstein/'><img src='//billmoyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/BMJ111SG1_KenSilversteinOnly_r-480x270.jpg' class='imgmax'><span class='videooverlay'><i class='fa fa-play'></i></span></a></div><div class='text'> <div class='posttitle'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/content/harpers-magazines-ken-silverstein/'>Ken Silverstein on Going Undercover on K Street</a></div> <div class='date'>June 22, 2007 <div class='post-author'> | <a href="https://billmoyers.com/author/staff/" title="Posts by BillMoyers.com Staff" class="author url fn" rel="author">BillMoyers.com Staff</a></div></div><div class='entry-content'>Bill talks with writer Ken Silverstein of <em>Harper'</em>s Magazine about going undercover in the Washington lobbying world.</div></div></li><li class='item cf'><div class='thumb'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/content/moyers-on-america-capitol-crimes/'><img src='//billmoyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/09/Jack_Abramoff-480x270.jpg' class='imgmax'><span class='videooverlay'><i class='fa fa-play'></i></span></a></div><div class='text'> <div class='posttitle'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/content/moyers-on-america-capitol-crimes/'>Capitol Crimes</a></div> <div class='date'>September 29, 2006 <div class='post-author'> | <a href="https://billmoyers.com/author/staff/" title="Posts by BillMoyers.com Staff" class="author url fn" rel="author">BillMoyers.com Staff</a></div></div><div class='entry-content'>In this program, Bill Moyers untangles the web of relationships, secret deals and political manipulation -- including thousands of e-mails, reports and facts on the record -- to open a disturbing window on the dark side of American politics.</div></div></li><li class='item cf'><div class='thumb'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/content/john-dean-on-george-w-bush/'><img 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Bush and Presidential Accountability</a></div> <div class='date'>April 2, 2004 <div class='post-author'> | <a href="https://billmoyers.com/author/staff/" title="Posts by BillMoyers.com Staff" class="author url fn" rel="author">BillMoyers.com Staff</a></div></div><div class='entry-content'>Bill talks to former Nixon Administration counsel John Dean about White House secrecy and presidential accountability during the Bush administration.</div></div></li><li class='item cf'><div class='thumb'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/content/justice-for-sale-2/'><img src='//billmoyers.com/wp-content/uploads/1999/06/justice_for_sale-480x270.jpg' class='imgmax'><span class='videooverlay'><i class='fa fa-play'></i></span></a></div><div class='text'> <div class='posttitle'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/content/justice-for-sale-2/'>Justice for Sale</a></div> <div class='date'>November 23, 1999 <div class='post-author'> | <a href="https://billmoyers.com/author/staff/" title="Posts by BillMoyers.com 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