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The FRONTLINE Interview: Andrew Card
Andrew Card served as chief of staff to President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2006. As a top adviser to the president, Card played a central role in developing the administration's post-9/11 intelligence strategies.
May 13, 2014
The FRONTLINE Interview: Barton Gellman
Reporter Barton Gellman broke the story of the NSA's work to mine the communications data of millions of Americans by tapping directly into the central servers of U.S. Internet companies. His story, which drew on leaked documents provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, was honored with the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for public service.
May 13, 2014
The FRONTLINE Interview: Alberto Gonzales
Alberto Gonzales served as U.S. Attorney General from 2005 to 2007. Prior to joining the Justice Department, he was White House Counsel to President George W. Bush. As the president's top legal aide, Gonzales helped form the administration's legal rationale for turning the NSA's surveillance capabilities on the communications of U.S. citizens.
May 13, 2014
The FRONTLINE Interview: Michael Hayden
A retired U.S. Air Force general, Michael Hayden served as director of the CIA from 2006 to 2008 and the director of the NSA from 1999 to 2005. As head of the NSA under President George W. Bush, Hayden developed the administration's highly controversial warrantless wiretapping program.
May 13, 2014
The FRONTLINE Interview: Thomas Tamm
Former Department of Justice attorney Thomas Tamm uncovered evidence of the government's secret electronic surveillance of U.S. citizens, a discovery he later leaked to The New York Times.
May 13, 2014
The FRONTLINE Interview: Edward Loomis
Edward Loomis worked as an NSA cryptologist from 1964 to 2001. Prior to the 9/11 attacks, Loomis unsuccessfully lobbied the agency to adopt a sophisticated data-collection program -- nicknamed "ThinThread" -- to monitor foreign Internet traffic going through the United States. Loomis told FRONTLINE that had ThinThread been in place before 9/11, the attacks may have been averted.
May 13, 2014
The FRONTLINE Interview: J. Kirk Wiebe
J. Kirk Wiebe worked as a senior analyst at the NSA from 1975 to 2001. In the aftermath of 9/11, he was among a handful of NSA employees who stumbled upon a secret program at the agency to monitor the communications of millions of U.S. citizens. Wiebe and his colleagues decided to approach inspector generals at the Defense Department and Justice Department with what they found.
May 13, 2014
How Edward Snowden Leaked "Thousands" of NSA Documents
"I've got some stuff you might be interested in." With that simple message, the biggest leak of government secrets in history was set in motion.
May 13, 2014
New Voter ID Laws Hit Setbacks
Courts are pushing back against laws in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Shelby decision. Several legal battles are still ahead.
May 12, 2014
Inside the NSA the Day After 9/11
Spying on the home front was the one rule that NSA analysts were constantly warned against before 9/11, but that all changed the morning after the attacks.
May 12, 2014
Coming in May on FRONTLINE
This month, FRONTLINE investigates the government’s massive secret surveillance program, travels to the raging conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, and examines the alarming rise of drug-resistant bacteria.
May 5, 2014
New Report Slams "Unprecedented" Growth in US Prisons
Despite a dramatic boom in incarceration rates, a new report finds that the deterrent effect of tough-on-crime policies remain "highly uncertain."
May 1, 2014