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Police Reports Give Inside Look at Orlando Shooting.  7 News Boston. June 27, 2016.

  • Newly-released police reports give an inside look at what officers when they responded to the mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida.

'Domestic Terrorism' Leaves Scores Dead, Injured at Orlando Nightclub.  CNBC. June 13, 2016.

  • Information that the FBI says it probed Orlando shooting suspect twice.

Escaping ISIS.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, July 14, 2015.

  • Using undercover footage, FRONTLINE presents the gripping, first-hand accounts of women who escaped the brutal reign of ISIS -- and follows an underground network that's helping them escape.
     

Obama at War.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, May 26, 2015. 

  • Veteran FRONTLINE filmmaker Martin Smith goes inside the Obama administration's struggle to deal with ISIS and the deadly civil war in Syria. With interviews from key military and diplomatic leaders, Obama at War examines the hard choices facing the president as he tries to defeat the Islamic State without dragging America into a prolonged regional conflict.
     

Secrets, Politics, and Torture.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, May 19, 2015.

  • From veteran FRONTLINE filmmaker Michael Kirk (United States of Secrets, Losing Iraq, Bush's War, The Torture Question) comes the dramatic story of the fight over the CIA's controversial interrogation methods, widely criticized as torture. Based on recently declassified documents and interviews with key political leaders and CIA insiders, the film investigates what the CIA did -- and whether it worked.
     

American Terrorist.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, April 21, 2015.

  • FRONTLINE investigates American-born terrorist David Coleman Headley, who helped plan the deadly 2008 siege on Mumbai. In collaboration with ProPublica, the film -- an updated and expanded version of A Perfect Terrorist -- reveals how secret electronic surveillance missed catching the Mumbai plotters, and how Headley planned another Charlie Hebdo-like assault against a Danish newspaper.
     

The Fight for Yemen.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, April 7, 2015.

  • As recently as September, President Obama was pointing to Yemen as a model for the U.S.'s counter-terrorism strategy. But now, the country is being torn apart in a violent conflict led by an anti-American rebel movement known as the Houthis. With the Yemeni president ousted from the capital, and Saudi Arabia leading a coalition of regional forces against the Houthis, FRONTLINE in conjunction with BBC Arabic brings this special report from inside the war zone, exposing the violent feuds tearing the country apart, the rival anti-American and Al Qaeda-aligned forces fighting for control and the dangerous consequences for the region and the world.
     

The Rise of Isis.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, October 28, 2014.

  • FRONTLINE investigates the miscalculations and mistakes behind the brutal rise of ISIS. Correspondent Martin Smith (Truth, War & Consequences; Beyond Baghdad; Private Warriors, Gangs of Iraq) reports from Iraq on how the country began coming undone after the American withdrawal and what it means for the U.S. to be fighting there again.
     

Hunting Boko Haram.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, September 9, 2014.

  • When the radical Islamist group Boko Haram kidnapped nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls in April, it sparked international outrage and worldwide pressure to #BringBackOurGirls. But now, FRONTLINE investigates evidence that in the fight against Boko Haram, members of the Nigerian military and state-sponsored militias have been committing atrocities against suspects, many of them innocent civilians.
     

Losing Iraq.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, July 29, 2014.

  • In a special developing report, FRONTLINE examines the unfolding chaos in Iraq and how the U.S. is being pulled back into the conflict. Drawing on interviews with policymakers and military leaders, the investigative team behind The Lost Year in Iraq, The Torture Question, Endgame and Bush's War traces the U.S. role from the 2003 invasion to the current violence -- exploring how Iraq itself is coming undone, how we got here, what went wrong and what happens next.
     

Syria: Arming the Rebels.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, May 27, 2014.

  • FRONTLINE finds Syrian rebel fighters who say they're being secretly armed and trained by the United States.
     

United States of Secrets.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, May 13, 2014.

  • FRONTLINE goes behind the headlines to reveal the dramatic inside story of the U.S. government's massive and controversial secret surveillance program--and the lengths they went to trying to keep it hidden from the public. Part one goes inside Washington to piece together the secret political history of "The Program," which began in the wake of Sept. 11 and continues today -- even after the revelations of its existence by Edward Snowden. Part two explores the secret relationship between Silicon Valley and the National Security Agency: How have the government and tech companies worked together to gather and warehouse your data?
     

Syria’s Second Front.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, February 11, 2014.

  • Three years in to Syria's civil war, rebel forces aren't just fighting the Assad regime. They're also vying for control against factions aligned with Al Qaeda. FRONTLINE correspondent Muhammad Ali -- a Syrian native himself, and one of only a few reporters to make it safely into, and then out of, Syria's northern front in recent months -- delivers a gripping report from inside a country in turmoil.
     

Secret State of North Korea.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, January 14, 2014.

  • FRONTLINE shines a light on the hidden world of the North Korean people, revealing how ordinary citizens are resisting one of the world's most oppressive regimes.
     

Big Brother is Watching You Drive.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, July 17, 2013.

  • In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, the threat of terrorism again confronts Americans.  More than a decade after 9/11 and hundreds of billions of dollars later, there are pressing questions about whether America’s investment in its “terrorism industrial complex” has made us safer.  In FRONTLINE’s Top Secret America—9/11 to the Boston Bombings, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Dana Priest traces the journey from 9/11 to the Marathon bombings and investigates the secret history of the 12-year battle against terrorism.
     

Outlawed in Pakistan.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, May 28, 2013.

  • In Pakistan, women and girls who allege rape are often more strongly condemned than their alleged rapists. Some are even killed by their own families. For this unforgettable documentary, filmmakers Habiba Nosheen and Hilke Schellmann spent years tracing one alleged rape victim's odyssey through Pakistan’s flawed justice system—as well as her alleged rapists’ quest to clear their names.
     

The Boston Bombers: Who Knew What When.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, April 30, 2013.

  • In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, the threat of terrorism again confronts Americans.  More than a decade after 9/11 and hundreds of billions of dollars later, there are pressing questions about whether America’s investment in its “terrorism industrial complex” has made us safer.  In FRONTLINE’s Top Secret America—9/11 to the Boston Bombings, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Dana Priest traces the journey from 9/11 to the Marathon bombings and investigates the secret history of the 12-year battle against terrorism.
     

“Top Secret America” After the Boston Bombings.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, April 26, 2013.

  • In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, the threat of terrorism again confronts Americans.  More than a decade after 9/11 and hundreds of billions of dollars later, there are pressing questions about whether America’s investment in its “terrorism industrial complex” has made us safer.  In FRONTLINE’s Top Secret America—9/11 to the Boston Bombings, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Dana Priest traces the journey from 9/11 to the Marathon bombings and investigates the secret history of the 12-year battle against terrorism.
     

Six Reasons the “Dark Side” Still Exists Under Obama.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, April 22, 2013.

  • In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, the threat of terrorism again confronts Americans.  More than a decade after 9/11 and hundreds of billions of dollars later, there are pressing questions about whether America’s investment in its “terrorism industrial complex” has made us safer.  In FRONTLINE’s Top Secret America—9/11 to the Boston Bombings, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Dana Priest traces the journey from 9/11 to the Marathon bombings and investigates the secret history of the 12-year battle against terrorism.
     

Examining Cyber Security with Secretary Janet Napolitano.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  PBS Newshour, February 2, 2013.

  • Among the initiatives launched by President Obama in his State of the Union address was a comphrensive cyber security plan. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano talks with Ray Suarez about combating the growing threat of cyber attacks and the top three countries poised to launch cyber attacks against the U.S.
     

Senate Report: Massive Post-9/11 Surveillance Apparatus a “Waste.”  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, October 3, 2012.

  • In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, the threat of terrorism again confronts Americans.  More than a decade after 9/11 and hundreds of billions of dollars later, there are pressing questions about whether America’s investment in its “terrorism industrial complex” has made us safer.  In FRONTLINE’s Top Secret America—9/11 to the Boston Bombings, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Dana Priest traces the journey from 9/11 to the Marathon bombings and investigates the secret history of the 12-year battle against terrorism.
     

Docs Reveal FBI Used Muslim Outreach as a Guise to Collect Intel. Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, March 28, 2012.

  • FRONTLINE launches its new monthly magazine program with three reports, led by Are We Safer? In this first story, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Dana Priest investigates the terrorism-industrial complex that grew up in the wake of 9/11. Against a backdrop of recent mail bomb threats from Al Qaeda in Yemen and growing concerns about homegrown terrorists, Priest explores the growing reach of homeland security, fusion centers, battlefield technologies, and data collecting into the lives of ordinary Americans. Visit the legacy site for Are We Safer here.
     

New Counterterrorism Guidelines Allow U.S. to Hold Americans’ Data Longer.  March 23, 2012.

  • FRONTLINE launches its new monthly magazine program with three reports, led by Are We Safer? In this first story, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Dana Priest investigates the terrorism-industrial complex that grew up in the wake of 9/11. Against a backdrop of recent mail bomb threats from Al Qaeda in Yemen and growing concerns about homegrown terrorists, Priest explores the growing reach of homeland security, fusion centers, battlefield technologies, and data collecting into the lives of ordinary Americans. Visit the legacy site for Are We Safer here.
     

NYPD Eyed Shia Muslims Based on Religion.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, February 3, 2012.

  • FRONTLINE launches its new monthly magazine program with three reports, led by Are We Safer? In this first story, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Dana Priest investigates the terrorism-industrial complex that grew up in the wake of 9/11. Against a backdrop of recent mail bomb threats from Al Qaeda in Yemen and growing concerns about homegrown terrorists, Priest explores the growing reach of homeland security, fusion centers, battlefield technologies, and data collecting into the lives of ordinary Americans. Visit the legacy site for Are We Safer here.
     

A Perfect Terrorist.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, November 22, 2011.

  • It has been called the most spectacular terror attack since 9/11. On the night of Nov. 26, 2008, 10 men armed with guns and grenades launched an assault on Mumbai with a military precision that left 166 dead. India quickly learned the attackers belonged to Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistani militant group associated with Pakistan's secretive intelligence agency, the ISI. But what wasn't known then was that a Lashkar/ISI operative had been casing the city for two years, developing a blueprint for terror. His name was David Coleman Headley, and he'd been chosen for the job because he had the perfect cover: he was an American citizen. FRONTLINE and ProPublica reporter Sebastian Rotella team up to investigate the mysterious circumstances behind Headley's rise from heroin dealer and U.S. government informant to master plotter of the 2008 attack on Mumbai.
     

Lost in Detention.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, October 20, 2011.

  • More than one million immigrants have been deported since President Obama took office. Under his administration, deportations and detentions have reached record levels. The get-tough policy has brought complaints of abuse and harsh treatment, including charges that families have been unfairly separated after being caught in the nationwide dragnet. The administration has promised to make the detention system more humane, and more selectively target the most serious criminals. But it faces Republican critics urging stricter measures -- and a growing backlash among Latino voters, a key 2012 electoral force. In a co-production with the Investigative Reporting Workshop, correspondent Maria Hinojosa investigates Obama's enforcement strategies and journeys into the secretive world of immigrant detention, with a penetrating look at who is being detained and what is happening to them.
     

Where Has National Security Come Since 9/11?  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  PBS Newshour, September 9, 2011.

  • In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, the threat of terrorism again confronts Americans.  More than a decade after 9/11 and hundreds of billions of dollars later, there are pressing questions about whether America’s investment in its “terrorism industrial complex” has made us safer.  In FRONTLINE’s Top Secret America—9/11 to the Boston Bombings, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Dana Priest traces the journey from 9/11 to the Marathon bombings and investigates the secret history of the 12-year battle against terrorism.
     

Drastic Changes in Airport Security Since 9/11 Stir Controversy.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  PBS Newshour, September 8, 2011.

  • Correspondent Tom Bearden reports on the profound changes in aviation security and air travel after the 9/11 attacks. Critics say some of the new measures are excessive and infringe on the rights of travelers, pointing to more invasive searches and examples of passengers being detained.
     

WikiSecrets.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, May 24, 2011.

  • It's the biggest intelligence breach in U.S. history -- the leaking of more than a half million classified documents on the WikiLeaks website throughout 2010. At the center of the controversy stands Bradley E. Manning, the Army intelligence analyst who's charged with handing them over.
     

Kill/Capture.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, May 10, 2011.

  • FRONTLINE producers Dan Edge (The Wounded Platoon), and Stephen Grey (Extraordinary Rendition) carry out an in-depth investigation into the United States' unprecedented campaign of targeted killing. FRONTLINE also enters the lawless border regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan -- making contact with defiant Taliban militia leaders and meeting with the U.S. Special Forces who are targeting them. After almost 10 years of war, this film asks: Can the U.S. get out of Afghanistan?
     

Fighting for Bin Laden.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, May 3, 2011.

  • Inside two fronts of the fight against Al Qaeda and the Taliban
     

Revolution in Cairo.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, February 22, 2011.

  • As the protest movement in Egypt sent shock waves throughout the country -- and the world -- FRONTLINE dispatched teams to Cairo for this special report.
     

Are We Safer?  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, January 18, 2011.

  • FRONTLINE's new monthly magazine series launches with the latest from Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Dana Priest, who investigates the sprawling terrorism-industrial complex that has grown up in the wake of 9/11. Her report, Are We Safer? -- produced and directed by FRONTLINE veteran Michael Kirk (The Warning, Obama's Deal) -- explores the growing reach of homeland security into the lives of ordinary Americans.
     

The Wounded Platoon.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, May 18, 2010.

  • How a platoon of soldiers, changed by war. is battling mental health disorders that many blame for their violent, self-destructive behavior.
     

Behind Taliban Lines.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, February 23, 2010.

  • An Afghan journalist's extraordinary 10 days living and filming with an insurgent cell allied with Al Qaeda to sabotage a key U.S./NATO supply route.
     

A Death in Tehran.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, November 17, 2009.

  • Investigating the life and death of the woman whose image remains a potent symbol for those who want to keep Iran's reform movement alive.
     

Obama’s War.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, October 13, 2009.

  • Tens of thousands of fresh American troops are now on the move in Afghanistan, led by a new commander and armed with a counterinsurgency plan that builds on the lessons of Iraq. But can U.S. forces succeed in a land long known as the "graveyard of empires"? And can the U.S. stop the Taliban in neighboring Pakistan, where U.S. troops are not allowed and the government is weak?
     

The War Briefing.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, October 28, 2008.

  • The next president of the United States will inherit a foreign policy nightmare: wars on two fronts, an overstretched military, a resurgent Taliban and a reconstituted Al Qaeda based far from America's reach.
     

Bad Voodoo’s War.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, April 1, 2008.

  • FRONTLINE goes to war with a platoon of National Guard soldiers to see the war through their eyes, filmed with their own video cameras.
     

Bush’s War.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, March 24, 2008.

Rules of Engagement.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, February 19, 2008.

  • The untold story of what happened in Haditha, Iraq and how it forced the U.S. military to confront the rules of war in a way it never had to before.
     

Endgame.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, June 19, 2007.

  • On Dec. 19, 2006, President George W. Bush said for the first time that the United States is not winning the war in Iraq. It was a dramatic admission from a president who had insisted since the war began that things were under control.
     

Spying on the Home Front.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, May 15, 2007.

  • In a permanent war against a hidden enemy, how far has the government gone in hunting terrorists by watching us?
     

Gangs of Iraq.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, April 17, 2007.

  • Two years ago, President Bush announced his exit strategy for the U.S. military in Iraq. It was a plan critically dependent upon training Iraqi security forces. "Our strategy can be summed up this way," said the president. "As Iraqis stand up, we will stand down." But despite a four-year training effort -- costing $15 billion and producing more than 300,000 Iraqi soldiers and national police -- the violence in Iraq has only intensified.
     

The Lost Year in Iraq.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, October 17, 2006.

  • They came to rebuild and bring democracy, but soon were hardened by the postwar realities. When it came time to leave, they left behind lawlessness, insurgency and economic collapse.
     

Return of the Taliban.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, October 3, 2006.

  • After the fall of the Taliban five years ago, some experts warned of a nightmare scenario in which the Taliban and Al Qaeda would escape from Afghanistan into neighboring Pakistan and set up new command centers far out of America's reach.
     

The Tank Man.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, April 11, 2006.

  • On June 5, 1989, one day after Chinese troops expelled thousands of demonstrators from Tiananmen Square in Beijing, a solitary, unarmed protester stood his ground before a column of tanks advancing down the Avenue of Eternal Peace. Captured by Western photographers watching nearby, this extraordinary confrontation became an icon of the fight for freedom around the world. FRONTLINE investigates the mystery of the tank man -- his identity, his fate, and his significance for the Chinese leadership. [Explore more stories on the original website for The Tank Man.]
     

The Insurgency.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, February 21, 2006.

  • An investigation into the people who are fighting against U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq
     

Sex Slaves.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, February 7, 2006.

  • An undercover journey deep into the world of sex trafficking, following one man determined to rescue his wife -- kidnapped and sold into the global sex trade.
     

The Torture Question.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, October 18, 2005.

  • In fighting the war on terror, how far should the United States be willing to go to protect itself?
     

Private Warriors.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, June 21, 2005.

  • As the Army struggles to meet recruitment numbers, FRONTLINE takes a hard look at private contractors servicing U.S. military supply lines, running U.S. military bases, and protecting U.S. diplomats and generals.
     

House of Saud.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, February 8, 2005.

  • A special history on Saudi Arabia, its troubled relationship with America, and the challenges confronting a nation where tradition and modernity are in violent collision.
     

Al Qaeda’s New Front.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, January 25, 2005.

  • An investigation into the threat radical jihadists pose to Western Europe and its allies—including the United States
     

Rumsfeld’s War.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, October 26, 2004.

  • The inside story of the war within the Pentagon: Donald Rumsfield’s battle to assert civilian control and remake the way America fights. A join report by FRONTLINE and The Washington Post.
     

Son of Al Qaeda.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, April 22, 2004.

  • The inside story of a young Canadian who grew up with bin Laden’s children and was groomed to be a terrorist—but became instead a CIA informant.
     

Ghosts of Rwanda.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, April 1, 2004.

  • On the 10th anniversary of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the story of those who participated in the world’s failure to act, those few who stood up and tried to save lives, and all who are still deeply haunted by what they did.
     

The Invasion of Iraq.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, February 26, 2004.

  • From battlefield commanders on the ground to top decision makers in Washington, the behind-the-scenes story—one year later—of the allied invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.
     

Truth, War, and Consequences.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, October 9, 2003.

  • It’s the closest thing to a quagmire that Americans have seen in thirty years. Why did the U. S. go to war in Iraq? What went wrong? And at what cost?
     

Cyber War!  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, April 24, 2003.

  • How vulnerable is the United States to attack from cyberspace? How imminent is the threat? Many experts believe the clock is already ticking, and that America is already fighting a cyberwar.
     

In Search of Al Qaeda.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, November 21, 2002.

  • What happened to the hundreds of Al Qaeda fighters who survived U.S. airstrikes in the mountains of Afghanistan? FRONTLINE follows their trail—from the borderlands of Pakistan, across the Gulf of Oman, to Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
     

Campaign Against Terror.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, September 8, 2002.

  • One year later, the behind-the-scenes story of how the U.S. and world responded to the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks.
     

Muslims.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, May 9, 2002.

  • FRONTLINE examines Islam’s worldwide resurgence through the stories of diverse Muslims struggling to define the role of Islam in their lives and societies.
     

Terror and Tehran.  Prod. Public Broadcasting Service.  Frontline, May 2, 2002.

  • Does America’s war on terror hold democracy hostage in Iran?