Summary: Is Edward Snowden a whistleblower or a criminal? In 2013, Snowden, a former CIA analyst with access to classified information, illegally downloaded an estimated 1.7 million files and released thousands of them to the public. These documents revealed extensive spying by the National Security Agency and ignited a broad debate over national security and people's right to privacy. Were Snowden's...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2014
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Summary: Should the United States, with its enormous military might, act as a global sheriff, policing the world's trouble spots? The proposition team argues that a policeman is necessary in an otherwise anarchic international system, and nobody besides the U.S. is capable. The opposition team argues that, necessary or not, the U.S. is in relative decline and has neither the power nor the legitimacy to...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: This debate took place in 2008, as America debated whether to ban waterboarding and other "enhanced interrogation techniques" the CIA used against suspected members of Al Qaeda. In this debate as in the wider public debate, participants debate whether coercive interrogation works, whether it violates American values, and how to define torture.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects freedom of the press, but how do we reconcile the conflict between national security and government accountability? Do we err on the side of secrecy or transparency? From the Pentagon Papers to WikiLeaks, how do we balance the government's need to keep some information classified and the public's right to know what the government is doing?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: The National Security Agency collects data on billions of phone calls and Internet communications every day. Are these surveillance programs legal? And are they justified? How does a nation balance liberty and safety? Should Americans sacrifice privacy for security-and if so, how much?
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2013
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Summary: Political gridlock in Washington triggered across-the-board spending cuts, known as the sequester, in March 2013. As a result, the Pentagon had to eliminate
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2013
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Summary: Americans have long debated how to balance protecting individual liberties while assuring public safety. This debate intensified after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, which prompted passage of the USA Patriot Act and other laws. These measures were designed to protect Americans from terrorism, but they also allowed increased government scrutiny of individual activities. Is it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: This edition of Frontline examines the consequences of the Bush administration's domestic war on terrorism. Reporter Hedrick Smith details how the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance program works and considers whether or not it jeopardizes Americans' civil liberties. The program looks at clashing viewpoints on whether Bush violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: In this Fred Friendly Seminar moderated by Harvard Law School's Arthur Miller, panelists such as U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer; Nadine Strossen, president of the ACLU; Jamie Gorelick, of the U.S. Department of Justice; Professor Stephen Carter, of Yale Law School; and others examine the fine balance between the power of the government and the rights of the individual in a fictional...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: On Christmas Day, 2009, Nigerian Muslim Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253 using explosives hidden in his underwear. Although passengers subdued him at the last minute, a string of missed opportunities and errors by government security agencies culminated in what President Obama declared a "systemic failure." Should airports use racial and religious...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: In 1851, word spread of California’s beautiful Yosemite Valley, attracting visitors who wished to exploit the land for commercial gain as well as those who wished to keep it pristine. This episode relates how a Scottish-born wanderer named John Muir made protecting this land a spiritual calling. In 1864, Congress passed an act that protects Yosemite from commercial development—the first time in...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Americans have grown used to being watched at ATMs, in lobbies, and even while driving. Now they are being tracked by satellite if they rent a car or make a cellular phone call and timed if they use an electronic pass to pay a toll. In this program, ABC News anchor Ted Koppel and correspondent John Donvan survey the increasing intrusion-real or perceived-of technology into Americans' privacy....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Can high-tech weapons and unmanned defense systems outsmart the world's leading terrorists-perhaps even stopping them before they attack? This program looks at innovations now being developed for battlefield use as well as surveillance and security purposes. Featured technologies include guns that shoot around corners, automated vehicles that can neutralize the enemy, robots that detect and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Protestors at HUAC hearings in San Francisco arrested (part 2)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1960
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Summary: US Government, anti-communist, propaganda film produced by the House Committee on Un-American Activities about the HUAC hearings in San Francisco May 12-14 1960 (part 5)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1960
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Summary: US Government, anti-communist, propaganda film produced by the House Committee on Un-American Activities about the HUAC hearings in San Francisco May 12-14 1960 (part 3)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1960
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Summary: US Government, anti-communist, propaganda film produced by the House Committee on Un-American Activities about the HUAC hearings in San Francisco May 12-14 1960 (part 1)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1960
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Summary: Congressman August Johansen speaks against protestors at HUAC hearings in San Francisco
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1960
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Summary: US Government, anti-communist, propaganda film produced by the House Committee on Un-American Activities about the HUAC hearings in San Francisco May 12-14 1960 (part 2)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1960
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Summary: Protestors at HUAC hearings in San Francisco (part 1)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1960
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Summary: Protestors at HUAC hearings in San Francisco arrested (part 1)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1960
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Summary: Protestors at HUAC hearings in San Francisco arrested (part 3)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1960
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Summary: US Government, anti-communist, propaganda film produced by the House Committee on Un-American Activities about the HUAC hearings in San Francisco May 12-14 1960 (part 4)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1960
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Summary: Millions of children in America are being diagnosed with learning disorders and depression. While many say medications such as Ritalin, Dexedrine, and Prozac are the answer, others recommend counseling, social skills training, or dietary changes. How does one distinguish between a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and a kid who is just being a kid? This program offers parents,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005