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With or Without the Patriot Act, Here's How the NSA Can Still Spy on Americans
The provisions of the Patriot Act that were allowed to lapse today represent only part of the vast NSA surveillance apparatus exposed by Edward Snowden.
June 1, 2015
Cleveland's Second Chance at Police Reform
This week marks the second time the DOJ has struck an agreement with Cleveland. Will these reforms last?
May 27, 2015
Syria Got Rid of Its Chemical Weapons -- But Reports of Attacks Continue
Since mid-March, rescue workers and doctors have documented 35 barrel bomb attacks inside Syria that allegedly involved the use of weaponized chlorine.
May 26, 2015
WATCH: Pentagon Had No Plan for When ISIS Took Mosul, Dempsey Says
The Pentagon had no contingency plan in place when ISIS seized control of Iraq's second largest city in 2014, says Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, in an interview for the new FRONTLINE documentary "Obama at War."
May 26, 2015
"The President Blinked": Why Obama Changed Course on the "Red Line" in Syria
When a chemical weapons attack struck near Damascus in 2013, "our finger was on the trigger" to start airstrikes, Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, tells FRONTLINE. But then, the president had second thoughts.
May 25, 2015
FDA Plan Would Offer Clearer Picture of Antibiotic Use in Food Animals
The FDA currently publishes information on how many antibiotics are sold to farms. It now wants more information on which species they're going to.
May 20, 2015
John Rizzo: The Legal Case for "Enhanced Interrogation"
"I did consider the implications of the U.S. government in any way, shape or form going down this road," says the former CIA attorney. "But my major concern as the chief lawyer was: Were these techniques legal?"
May 19, 2015
Dianne Feinstein: The CIA "Cannot Shove the Laws Aside"
It's crucial for the United States to confront its use of torture in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks and vow, "never again," says the veteran California Democrat.
May 19, 2015
John McLaughlin: CIA Interrogations Were Legal, Moral and Effective
It's too simplistic to write off the CIA's "enhanced interrogation" program as torture, says the agency's former deputy director. "Wouldn’t it be equally immoral if we failed to get this information," he asks.
May 19, 2015
Mark Udall: The U.S. "Treated People in Inhumane, Terrible Ways"
The former Colorado senator says that when he learned the details of the CIA's covert interrogation program, he “physically felt sick.”
May 19, 2015
What the CIA Did to Its Detainees
Here's what we know about the 39 men who were subjected to the CIA's "enhanced interrogation techniques."
May 19, 2015