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Spying on the Home Front

Is the Bush administration’s domestic war on terrorism jeopardizing our civil liberties? A look at how the NSA’s domestic surveillance program works – and how even former government intelligence officials worry that the combination of new security threats, advances in communications technologies, and radical interpretations of presidential authority may be threatening the privacy of Americans.

Spying on the Home Front

54m 57s

Is the Bush administration’s domestic war on terrorism jeopardizing our civil liberties? A look at how the NSA’s domestic surveillance program works – and how even former government intelligence officials worry that the combination of new security threats, advances in communications technologies, and radical interpretations of presidential authority may be threatening the privacy of Americans.

Previews + Extras

  • "Spying on the Home Front" - Preview: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    "Spying on the Home Front" - Preview

    S2007 E5 - 33s

    Is the Bush administration’s domestic war on terrorism jeopardizing our civil liberties? A look at how the NSA’s domestic surveillance program works – and how even former government intelligence officials worry that the combination of new security threats, advances in communications technologies, and radical interpretations of presidential authority may be threatening the privacy of Americans.

  • The NSA's Eavesdropping at AT&T: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The NSA's Eavesdropping at AT&T

    S2007 E5 - 8m 54s

    The agency gets access to an estimated 15-20 AT&T sites across the U.S., data mining phone and Internet communications to find potential terrorists.

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