Sep. 08, 2014 5:34 p.m. EDT
Web Video: Senate concludes State Dept. ignored security warnings ahead of Benghazi attack
A bipartisan Senate report has concluded that the State Department could have prevented the deadly 2012 attack at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. The Senate Intelligence Committee found officials ignored warnings of growing terrorist activity…
Sep. 08, 2014 5:32 p.m. EDT
Web Video: How the NSA used special devices, radio waves to spy on offline computers
The newest revelations from documents leaked by Edward Snowden show that since at least 2008, the National Security Agency has implanted hardware to tap into as many as 100,000 offline computers overseas. Gwen Ifill talks to David Sanger of The New …
Sep. 08, 2014 5:29 p.m. EDT
Web Video: Is Air Force cheating scandal symptomatic of a bigger problem?
Thirty-four Air Force officers who conduct nuclear operations have thus far been implicated in a proficiency test cheating scandal. Gwen Ifill talks to Robert Burns of the Associated Press and Bruce Blair of Princeton University about the larger imp…
Sep. 08, 2014 5:26 p.m. EDT
Web Video: Brooks and Marcus on Obama's surveillance reforms, Benghazi
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus join Gwen Ifill to discuss the week's top political news, including whether or not President Obama went far enough with his recommended surveillance reforms, who's blame…
Sep. 08, 2014 5:21 p.m. EDT
Web Video: Can the tech industry help strike the balance between privacy, safety?
Even before President Obama outlined his proposed changes in how the NSA should collect data for surveillance, many tech giants were vocal in their criticism. Gwen Ifill discusses what's at stake with Christian Dawson of the Internet Infrastructure …
Sep. 08, 2014 5:18 p.m. EDT
Web Video: How does political uncertainty affect Afghanistan's security?
An American soldier died in a Taliban attack at a military base, which came on the heels of a suicide bombing at a Kabul restaurant that killed 21 civilians. Gwen Ifill talks to Pamela Constable of The Washington Post and Omar Samad, a former Afghan…
Sep. 08, 2014 5:15 p.m. EDT
Web Video: Documents reveal Chicago archdiocese protected priests accused of sex abuse
The revelation that the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago hid decades of child sex abuse was revealed through documents as part of a settlement with victims. The papers describe how church leadership reassigned priests accused of abuse to different pa…
Sep. 08, 2014 5:13 p.m. EDT
Web Video: Supreme Court considers cases on 'Raging Bull' authorship, labor union limits
Gwen Ifill talks to Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal about two cases heard at the Supreme Court. In one, non-unionized health care workers argue they shouldn't have to pay for contract negotiations. Then, can an author's heir claim copyright…
Sep. 08, 2014 5:10 p.m. EDT
Web Video: Will talks yield any progress for ending the Syrian war?
Chief foreign correspondent Margaret Warner joins Gwen Ifill from Switzerland to further discuss the positions held by the opposing sides. Then Gwen Ifill gets reaction from Joshua Landis of the University of Oklahoma and Andrew Tabler of the Washin…
Sep. 08, 2014 5:05 p.m. EDT
Web Video: Commission finds voting process needs to catch up with how Americans live today
Operating on the principle that Americans should not find it difficult to vote, a bipartisan committee came to a unanimous conclusion about how to improve the election process. Robert Bauer and Benjamin Ginsberg, co-chairs of the Presidential Commis…
