Jul 15 Watch Iranian Scientist Claiming U.S. Abduction Returns Home to Hero’s Welcome After months saying the United States held him against his will, scientist Shahram Amiri returned home to Iran. Jim Lehrer reports. Continue watching
Feb 03 Watch Deaths in Pakistan Unmask Once Quiet U.S. Role Three U.S. soldiers were killed in Pakistan on Wednesday when a bomb hit the convoy they were riding in. The deaths raised new questions about U.S. involvement in the country. Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch Experts Ask: How Strong Is Al-Qaida? The first in a series about the evolving nature of al-Qaida, Margaret Warner speaks with a former CIA staffer about the terror group's influence. Continue watching
Jan 08 Watch Shields and Brooks Weigh Obama’s ‘Measured’ Security Review Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the top stories of the past week, including President Obama's review of U.S. intelligence systems, and the retirements of two prominent Senate Democrats. Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch News Wrap: Airline Incident in Miami Ends in Arrest In other news, another airline security incident occurred in Miami last night when an unruly passenger was arrested, and leaders in Europe remain divided over whether to use full body scanners at airports. Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch Attack on CIA in Afghanistan Blamed on Double Agent The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA officers in Afghanistan last week is reported to have been a Jordanian double agent who American officials recruited to help provide intelligence on al-Qaida leaders. Gwen Ifill speaks with two experts about who… Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch Obama: U.S. ‘Failed to Connect the Dots’ in Bomb Plot President Obama said Tuesday the U.S. had sufficient information to disrupt the Christmas Day plot to blow up a U.S. airliner, but "failed to connect the dots." Ray Suarez interviews Chief of Staff for the National Security Council Denis McDonough… Continue watching
Jan 05 What Reforms Would Help U.S. Intelligence Agencies? By Quinn Bowman As President Obama talks to advisers about the lapses that allowed an attempted airline bombing on Christmas Day, the PBS NewsHour asked intelligence experts to weigh in on what reforms they would recommend and to reflect on changes since 2001. Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch Pakistan Blast Sharpens Concerns on Taliban Following a week in which militant attacks killed seven CIA operatives in Afghanistan and at least 75 people at a volleyball match in Pakistan, Ray Suarez speaks with a pair of experts about rising instability in the region. Continue watching
Dec 31 CIA Post Chief Among Casualties in Afghanistan Blast By Larisa Epatko CIA Director Leon Panetta said Thursday that seven employees were killed and six others wounded when a suicide bomber detonated a vest of explosives at Forward Operating Base Chapman in eastern Afghanistan. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. Continue reading