United States of Secrets. Part 1 / Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.).

FRONTLINE goes behind the headlines to reveal the dramatic inside story of the U.S. government's massive and controversial secret surveillance program--and the lengths they went to trying to keep it hidden from the public. Part one goes inside Washington to piece together the secret political h...

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Online Access: Streaming video (Emerson users only)
Corporate Contributors: Films Media Group (Film distributor), Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), [2014]
Series:United States of secrets.
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Genre/Form:Internet videos
Table of Contents:
  • Verax: Truth Teller (3:35)
  • Meeting Edward Snowden (3:36)
  • The Program (1:53)
  • 9/11 Terrorist Attacks (2:33)
  • NSA: Overly Cautious and Restrictive (2:56)
  • Aggressive Data Collection (3:10)
  • President's Article II Authority (4:24)
  • Thomas Drake's ThinThread Plan (4:12)
  • Stripping Away American Privacy (2:10)
  • Violation of the Constitution? (2:58)
  • Plea to Congress (2:23)
  • House Intelligence Committee (3:10)
  • Hayden's Secret (2:12)
  • FISA Court (3:40)
  • Jack Goldsmith's Debrief (4:15)
  • Hospital Confrontation (4:29)
  • Presidential Reauthorization (2:53)
  • In Search of Justification (3:38)
  • Constitutional Guarantees (2:37)
  • Contentious Meeting (4:45)
  • Top Secret Status (3:24)
  • Pressure on the Press (3:19)
  • The Program is Revealed (2:51)
  • General Hayden's Press Conference (3:23)
  • The Story Breaks (3:26)
  • Whistle-Blower Investigation (2:45)
  • Collateral Damage (4:04)
  • The New York Times Leak (2:49)
  • FISA Amendment Act of 2008 (3:01)
  • Surveillance Bill (2:23)
  • Barack Obama's Decision (2:35)
  • Golden Age of Electronic Surveillance (3:41)
  • Enemy of the State (4:17)
  • Proof in Documents (3:08)
  • Credits: United States of Secrets: The US Surveillance Program-Part 1 (2:25)