THE RUNDOWN BLOG | May 7, 2013

Watch Live: Hearing on Benghazi Attack on Wednesday

  • Watch Live: Hearing on Benghazi Attack on Wednesday
  • Gregory Hicks, deputy chief of mission in Tripoli, Libya, reportedly told House investigators that U.S. officials in Libya knew the assault on the Benghazi compound was a premeditated terrorist attack. He testifies at a House hearing Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. ET.

REPORT | May 1, 2013

Documentary Focuses on Analysts Behind 'Manhunt' for Osama Bin Laden

  • Documentary Focuses on Analysts Behind 'Manhunt' for Osama Bin Laden
  • Two years after the hunt for Osama bin Laden came to an end, a new HBO documentary called "Manhunt" traces the origins of that search to far earlier than the 9/11 attacks, and profiles a group of analysts, mostly women, who helped spearhead the effort. Margaret Warner reports.

ANALYSIS | May 1, 2013

Three College Friends of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Arrested for Roles After the Bombing

  • Three College Friends of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Arrested for Roles After the Bombing
  • Three men who attended college with Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were arrested and charged with disposing of evidence and lying to authorities. Gwen Ifill talks with Dina Temple-Raston, NPR's counterterrorism correspondent, about the charges and the men's friendship.

THE RUNDOWN BLOG | May 1, 2013

Live Chat: Is 'Top Secret America' Making Us Safer?

  • Live Chat: Is 'Top Secret America' Making Us Safer?
  • Join FRONTLINE for a live chat Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET to discuss the PBS show's recent follow-up to their documentary "Top Secret America."

UPDATE | April 30, 2013

In Hindsight of Boston Marathon Bombing, Trying to Figure Out What Went Wrong

  • In Hindsight of Boston Marathon Bombing, Trying to Figure Out What Went Wrong
  • Two weeks after the Boston Marathon bombings, investigators are pursuing several inquiries, both stateside and abroad, into what motivated the Tsarnaev brothers and whether they acted alone. Ray Suarez discusses the latest developments in the investigation with Evan Perez, who is covering the case for The Wall Street Journal.

REPORT | April 26, 2013

News Wrap: Boston Suspect Transferred From Hospital to Prison Medical Center

  • News Wrap: Boston Suspect Transferred From Hospital to Prison Medical Center
  • In other news Friday, surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was transferred to a federal prison medical center. Tsarnaev is facing federal terror charges for the April 15 attack. Also, police in New York think they found a part of one of the airliners destroyed in the 9/11 attacks.

DEBATE | April 26, 2013

Weighing Options for U.S. Response if Syria Chemical Weapon Use Is Confirmed

  • Weighing Options for U.S. Response if Syria Chemical Weapon Use Is Confirmed
  • How should the U.S. act if it confirms that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons? Jeffrey Brown moderates a debate on different approaches between Kori Schake, research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, and David Cortright, director of policy studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.

UPDATE | April 25, 2013

Tsarnaev Brothers Planned Times Square Attack After Boston Bombing

  • Tsarnaev Brothers Planned Times Square Attack After Boston Bombing
  • Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, suspect in the Boston bombings, told the FBI that he and his brother had planned to set off additional explosives in Times Square. Judy Woodruff talks to Dina Temple-Raston, NPR's counterterrorism correspondent, about what U.S. intelligence knew about Tamerlan Tsarnaev in the years before the attack on Boston.

THE RUNDOWN BLOG | April 25, 2013

Judy's Notebook: Witnessing the Events in Boston From 5,000 Miles Away

  • Judy's Notebook: Witnessing the Events in Boston From 5,000 Miles Away
  • When bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon last week, senior correspondent Judy Woodruff was on the other side of the world in Hawaii. But even thousands of miles away, Americans mourned for the victims of Boston.

ANALYSIS | April 24, 2013

Mining Online History for What May Have Radicalized, Informed Tsarnaev Brothers

  • Mining Online History for What May Have Radicalized, Informed Tsarnaev Brothers
  • In Boston, a memorial service honored a police officer killed during the manhunt for the Tsarnaev brothers, while new information was released about the bombing suspects. Judy Woodruff talks with Jerrold M. Post of the George Washington University and Jessica Stern of Harvard University about how people turn to radical violence.

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