How Can the NSA Get Onto Your computer?
Security expert Ashkan Soltani explains the NSA's QUANTUM program, which allows the agency to access computers through web browsers. FRONTLINE animates illustrations on top of the interview.
How Can the NSA Get Onto Your iPhone?
Security expert Ashkan Soltani explains the NSA's DROPOUT JEEP program, which allows the agency to remotely download data from iPhones, as well as turn on the devices microphone and camera. FRONTLINE animates illustrations on top of the interview.
Google and the Robot Defense
What’s the view from inside Google when it comes to your privacy? Consider the hypothetical scenario that Liz Figueroa, a former California state senator, was offered in a meeting with the company’s founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
Room 641a
When an NSA agent showed up at AT&T headquarters, technician Mark Klein didn't think much of it. But later, he noticed a secret room — and uncovered an infrastructure suggesting that the government was copying all traffic going through AT&T's Internet backbone. FRONTLINE's "United States of Secrets: Privacy Lost" premieres Tuesday, May 20 at 10 p.m. on PBS.
The Smiley Face
When Google found out that the NSA was secretly tapping into their private data streams — and that NSA operatives had seemingly bragged about their accomplishment — they were furious. FRONTLINE's "United States of Secrets: Privacy Lost" premieres Tuesday, May 20 at 10 p.m. on PBS and at pbs.org/frontline.
"Sick Around the World" - Preview
In the debate over health care, what might the U.S. learn from the successes and failures of five other capitalist democracies?
"Bush's War" - Preview
On the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, FRONTLINE unfolds the full saga of the war in a two-part, definitive broadcast.
"That Was Close By": A Tank Shell Scares Farah
What is life like for children living in Syria’s war zone? For 8-year-old Farah, artillery fire has become the soundtrack of daily life. FRONTLINE’s “Children of Aleppo” premieres Tues., Feb, 11 as part of a new hour on Syria, “Syria’s Second Front.”
"Growing Up Online" - Preview
What does it mean to be part of the first generation coming of age in the Internet era? This report received a 2009 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Informational Program.
"The Medicated Child" - Preview
Millions of U.S. children are taking psychiatric drugs, most never tested on kids. Good medicine - or an uncontrolled experiment?
"On Our Watch" - Preview
The world vowed “never again” after the genocide in Rwanda and the atrocities in Srebrenica, Bosnia. Then came Darfur. In On Our Watch, FRONTLINE asks why the United Nations and its members once again failed to stop the slaughter.
The Undertaking - Preview
In this moving and powerful film, FRONTLINE enters the world of Thomas Lynch, a poet and undertaker whose family has cared for the dead in a small Michigan town for three generations. 12/11/2012
"Showdown With Iran" - Preview
As the U.S. and Iran compete for influence across the Middle East, FRONTLINE examines how U.S. efforts to install democracy in Iraq have served to strengthen Iran’s position as an emerging global power.
"Cheney's Law" - Preview
Inside the bruising closed door battles within the Bush administration over the power of the presidency and the rule of law.
"Endgame" - Preview
From the day we got in, the plan was to get out as soon as possible. Four years later, we’re still looking for an exit strategy. As the United States begins one final effort to secure victory thought a “surge” of troops, FRONTLINE investigates how strategic and tactual mistakes brought Iraq to civil war.
The NSA's Eavesdropping at AT&T
The agency gets access to an estimated 15-20 AT&T sites across the U.S., data mining phone and Internet communications to find potential terrorists.
"Spying on the Home Front" - Preview
Is the Bush administration’s domestic war on terrorism jeopardizing our civil liberties? A look at how the NSA’s domestic surveillance program works – and how even former government intelligence officials worry that the combination of new security threats, advances in communications technologies, and radical interpretations of presidential authority may be threatening the privacy of Americans.
"When Kids Get Life" - Preview
It’s often said that kids have their whole lives ahead of them. What happens when, early on, that life becomes a life in prison? FRONTLINE examines the convictions of the children who committed murder, and how they’re viewed in the eyes of the law.
"Hot Politics" - Preview
How bipartisan political and economic forces prevented three U.S. administrations from taking bold action on global warming.
"Gangs of Iraq" - Preview
Can America build a truly national Iraqi army and police force to staunch the violence? A hard, on-the-ground look at the multibillion dollar training effort that is a centerpiece of the U.S. exit strategy.
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