Dec 29 Watch Obama Sharpens Criticism of Bomb Plot’s ‘Human and Systemic Failures’ President Obama criticized "human and systemic failures" that allowed an attempted bombing of a flight bound for Detroit. Margaret Warner reports and speaks with Jeffrey Brown about the latest developments. Continue watching
Dec 28 After Unrest, Iranian Opposition Leaders Reportedly Arrested By Dave Gustafson At least seven Iranian opposition leaders were reported to have been arrested Monday including three top aides to former presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi just a day after his nephew was killed in the largest political protests in Iran… Continue reading
Dec 28 Watch A Search for Answers After Attempted Attack on U.S. Flight In the wake of an attempted Christmas Day bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight bound for Detroit, Gwen Ifill speaks with a panel of terror experts about the state of U.S. counter-terror efforts and airline security. Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch Christmas Day Bomb Scare Prompts Review of Airport Security An attempted bombing aboard a transatlantic Northwest Airlines flight bound for Detroit on Christmas Day has raised new questions about U.S. air safety. Continue watching
Dec 25 Friday’s Headlines: Taliban Releases Video of U.S. Soldier; Vatican Reviews Security for Pope On Christmas morning, the Taliban released a video that appears to show a soldier captured almost six months ago in Afghanistan. Pfc. Bowe Robert Bergdahl, 23, disappeared June 30 from his combat post in the Paktika province, near the… Continue reading
Dec 23 Gunmen in Mexico Kill Sailor’s Family in Apparent Revenge Attack By Larisa Epatko Last week, a Mexican sailor, Melquisedet Angulo, died in a raid that killed a drug kingpin. This week, hit men shot dead the sailor's mother, siblings and aunt in an apparent revenge killing. Continue reading
Dec 23 Watch Mexico’s Drug War Further Shaken by Brazen Killings Four family members of a Mexican Naval hero were gunned down this week in an apparent revenge attack by one of Mexico's top drug cartels, thrusting an already escalating drug war into a dangerous new territory. Continue watching
Dec 22 White House Taps Howard Schmidt as Cyber Security Chief Nearly seven months after announcing a new emphasis on digital security, the Obama administration has tapped a veteran of both eBay and Microsoft to lead the nation's military and civilian cybersecurity efforts. Howard Schmidt, who served as a cybersecurity… Continue reading
Dec 22 Watch How Dangerous is the Cyber Crime Threat? The White House named a new chief for the nation's cyber security efforts Tuesday, part of a new emphasis on digital threats. A digital security expert weighs in on the realities of cyber crime in the U.S. Continue watching
Dec 18 A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia By Elizabeth Summers A Google search for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia turns up phrases like "the Court's most colorful Justice," "defies simple characterization," and "brainy and flamboyant." Scalia, known as a largely conservative voice on the high court, granted USA Today… Continue reading