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Previous Reports: 2006


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Nov. 21, 2006

Living Old
(60 minutes) With 35 million elderly people in America, "the old, old" -- those over 85 -- are now considered the fastest growing segment of the U.S. ... (more)

Nov. 14, 2006

A Hidden Life
(60 minutes) On May 5, 2005, the residents of Spokane, Washington, awoke to one of the strangest headlines in the town's history: "West Tied to Sex Abuse ... (more)

Oct. 17, 2006

The Lost Year in Iraq
(60 minutes) In the aftermath of the fall of Saddam Hussein, a group of Americans led by Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III set off to Baghdad to ... (more)

Oct. 10, 2006

The Enemy Within
(60 minutes) Five years after the attacks on 9/11 and the massive, multibillion-dollar reorganization of government agencies which followed, FRONTLINE and New York Times reporter Lowell Bergman ... (more)

Oct. 03, 2006

Return of the Taliban
(60 minutes) FRONTLINE reports from the lawless Pakistani tribal areas along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and reveals how the area has fallen under the control of a resurgent ... (more)

Jun. 20, 2006

The Dark Side
(90 minutes) On September 11, 2001, deep inside a White House bunker, Vice President Dick Cheney was ordering U.S. fighter planes to shoot down any commercial airliner ... (more)

May. 30, 2006

The Age of AIDS
(240 minutes) On the 25th anniversary of the first diagnosed cases of AIDS, FRONTLINE examines one of the worst pandemics the world has ever known ... (more)

May. 16, 2006

Can You Afford to Retire?
(60 minutes) The baby boomer generation is headed for a shock as it hits retirement: boomers will be long on life expectancy but short on income. In ... (more)

Apr. 11, 2006

The Tank Man
(90 minutes) 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 ... (more)

Feb. 21, 2006

The Insurgency
(60 minutes) Kidnappings. Suicide bombers. Beheadings. Roadside bombs. The Iraqi insurgency continues to challenge the most highly trained and best-equipped military in the world. FRONTLINE peels back ... (more)

Feb. 14, 2006

The Meth Epidemic
(60 minutes) Speed. Meth. Glass. On the street, methamphetamine has many names. What started as a fad among motorcycle gangs in the 1970s ... (more)

Feb. 07, 2006

Sex Slaves
(60 minutes) An estimated half-million women are trafficked annually for the purpose of sexual slavery. The women are kidnapped -- or lured by traffickers who prey ... (more)

Jan. 09, 2006

Country Boys
(360 minutes) On January 9, 10, and 11, David Sutherland, acclaimed producer of The Farmer's Wife, returns to rural America with Country Boys, an epic tale of ... (more)