Account 703
The story of the 5.5 billion dollar bank account behind Bernard L. Madoff’s ponzi scheme.
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FILMS
Read about our films and watch the trailers here. Each documentary we've made for FRONTLINE also has its own website. Link to these sites below where you can watch the films, read interview transcripts, join in the discussion and much more.
DIRECTORY
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The Interrogator
The Interrogator is the story of a former FBI Agent who has decided to blow the whistle on “the war on terror.” Ali Soufan interrogated some of the most high-ranking Al Qaeda operatives around the world. He gives FRONTLINE an insider’s view of why the attacks on the World Trade Center could have been prevented and how the use of coercive interrogations failed to produce actionable intelligence.
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Educating Sgt. Pantzke.
As troops return from Iraq and Afghanistan, spending on veterans’ education will more than double to $9.5 billion this year. In a follow-up to College, Inc., correspondent Martin Smith investigates how for-profit schools are recruiting the largest number of our newest veterans and making big money in the process.
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WikiSecrets
In the spring of 2010, Army intelligence analyst Private First Class Bradley E. Manning purportedly handed over the largest cache ever of classified documents to the internet activist and hacker, Julian Assange. Private Manning allegedly leaked a video and the trove of restricted cables with the hope to incite “worldwide discussion, debates, and reforms.”
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The Private Life of Bradley Manning
A profile of the early years of the young soldier now accused of leaking more than half a million classified U.S. government documents.
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The Spy Who Quit
There are a lot of closely guarded secrets in Afghanistan. Amrullah Saleh knows most of them. Until six months ago he was Afghanistan’s chief of intelligence. Then suddenly he was out.
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College Inc.
FRONTLINE follows the money to uncover how Wall Street and a new breed of for-profit universities are transforming the way we think about college in America.
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Obama's War
Correspondent Martin Smith travels across Afghanistan and Pakistan to see first-hand how the president’s new strategy is taking shape.
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The Madoff Affair
Unraveling the story behind the world’s first global Ponzi scheme. Read More
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The War Briefing
FRONTLINE takes viewers to the deadliest front in Afghanistan and across the border to the insurgent safe havens deep inside Pakistan’s tribal areas. This is where the next battles will be fought – and may be lost.
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Living on the Edge
Reporter Martin Smith shares some devastating field notes from the melting Himalayas, drought-stricken Africa and the warming waters of the South East Atlantic. Read More
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Telling the Truth
Telling the Truth: The Best in Broadcast Journalism, a one-hour documentary hosted by CNN’s chief international correspondent, Christiane Amanpour, will feature this year’s 13 duPont-Columbia baton winners.
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The Medicated Child
Over the last fifteen years, there’s been a 4000% increase in the number of kids diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Read More
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Indonesia: After the Wave
On December 26, 2004, the Indonesian province of Aceh was hit by the massive Indian Ocean tsunami that killed 170,000 people and devastated villages and towns. Read More
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Gangs of Iraq
Day after day scores of bodies litter the streets of Baghdad. To staunch the violence, the US has poured billions into standing up Iraq’s security forces. Read More
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Telling the Truth (2007)
Telling the Truth: The Best in Broadcast Journalism, a one-hour documentary hosted by CNN’s chief international corresponden. Read More
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Return of the Taliban
Long suspected of harboring bin Laden, the lawless tribal areas of Pakistan are now under the control of a resurgent Taliban. FRONTLINE investigates a secret front in America’s war on terror. Read More
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State of the Union
This is a story about Americans growing fiercer in their political views and less tolerant of dissent. Read More
Inside Hamas
They have pledged to raise the banner of Islam over every inch of Palestine. They reject Israel’s right to exist. And now the Palestinians have voted them into power. Read More
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Telling the Truth (2006)
Telling the Truth: The Best in Broadcast Journalism, a one-hour documentary hosted by Michel Martin. Read More
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Private Warriors
Over the last two years America has poured billions of dollars into Iraq. Much of it goes to private contractors. And business is booming. FRONTLINE reporter Martin Smith travels to Iraq to see the private side of the war. Read More
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House of Saud
A hundred years ago, the Arabian peninsula was a place of warring tribes. Nomads, sheikhs, emirs. Among them was the family of Al Saud. Read More
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Iraq: Reporting the War
Nick Hughes visits the chaotic streets of Baghdad for FRONTLINE/World to find out how journalists survive in a war in which they have become targets. Read More
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The Choice
In 2004, America faced its first wartime election since Vietnam. Like Vietnam, the war in Iraq has exposed deep divisions in how Americans see this country… Read More
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Beyond Baghdad
FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith travels through a fractured land to reveal just what it will take to stabilize the volatile nation and accelerate the transfer of power to Iraqis.
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Truth War and Consequences
FRONTLINE examines why the US went to war in Iraq, what went wrong in the planning for the postwar occupation, and what is at stake for both the US and for Iraqis.
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Islands Under Siege
FRONTLINE/World sent PRI World, correspondent Orlando de Guzman, a Filipino reporter, on a journey to Mindanao… Read More
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Kim's Nuclear Gamble
This film traces the delicate maneuvers and clumsy turns that have brought the world to the brink of a nuclear showdown in Asia.
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In Search of Al Qaeda
“In Search of Al Qaeda” follows the trail of the terrorist organization from the Afghanistan-Pakistan border to Pakistan’s cities into Saudi Arabia and Yemen to find… Read More
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The Great Divide
This hour long documentary for Peter Jennings Reporting follows the rise and fall of the first major American city to elect an African American mayor. Read More
Saudi Time Bomb
An in depth look at U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia through interviews with U.S. and Saudi officials, political analysts, religious experts, and observers. Read More
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Looking For Answers
Looking for Answers examines the U.S. failure to understand fully the hatred for America among Muslim fundamentalists, and its roots in the U.S. government’s support for Israel… Read More
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Hunting Bin Laden
The world’s eyes are on Osama bin Laden. He is charged with masterminding 1998s bombing of two US embassies in Africa, the October 2000 attack on the USS Cole in Yemen… Read More
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Medicating Kids
Following four families with children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, this documentary investigates the rise in the use of medications to treat children with behavioral problems.
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The Terrorist and the Superpower
On Friday August 7, 1998 two car bombs exploded simultaneously at US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing 268 people. Read More
Beyond Baghdad
FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith travels through a fractured land to reveal just what it will take to stabilize the volatile nation and accelerate the transfer of power to Iraqis.
Read More
MORE
BUY
The Choice
In 2004, America faced its first wartime election since Vietnam. Like Vietnam, the war in Iraq has exposed deep divisions in how Americans see this country… Read More
WATCH
BUY
College Inc.
FRONTLINE follows the money to uncover how Wall Street and a new breed of for-profit universities are transforming the way we think about college in America.
Read More
MORE
WATCH
BUY
Educating Sgt. Pantzke.
As troops return from Iraq and Afghanistan, spending on veterans’ education will more than double to $9.5 billion this year. In a follow-up to College, Inc., correspondent Martin Smith investigates how for-profit schools are recruiting the largest number of our newest veterans and making big money in the process.
Read More
Gangs of Iraq
Day after day scores of bodies litter the streets of Baghdad. To staunch the violence, the US has poured billions into standing up Iraq’s security forces. Read More
WATCH
BUY
The Great Divide
This hour long documentary for Peter Jennings Reporting follows the rise and fall of the first major American city to elect an African American mayor. Read More
House of Saud
A hundred years ago, the Arabian peninsula was a place of warring tribes. Nomads, sheikhs, emirs. Among them was the family of Al Saud. Read More
WATCH
BUY
Hunting Bin Laden
The world’s eyes are on Osama bin Laden. He is charged with masterminding 1998s bombing of two US embassies in Africa, the October 2000 attack on the USS Cole in Yemen… Read More
MORE
BUY
In Search of Al Qaeda
“In Search of Al Qaeda” follows the trail of the terrorist organization from the Afghanistan-Pakistan border to Pakistan’s cities into Saudi Arabia and Yemen to find… Read More
MORE
BUY
Indonesia: After the Wave
On December 26, 2004, the Indonesian province of Aceh was hit by the massive Indian Ocean tsunami that killed 170,000 people and devastated villages and towns. Read More
WATCH
Inside Hamas
They have pledged to raise the banner of Islam over every inch of Palestine. They reject Israel’s right to exist. And now the Palestinians have voted them into power. Read More
WATCH
Iraq: Reporting the War
Nick Hughes visits the chaotic streets of Baghdad for FRONTLINE/World to find out how journalists survive in a war in which they have become targets. Read More
WATCH
Islands Under Siege
FRONTLINE/World sent PRI World, correspondent Orlando de Guzman, a Filipino reporter, on a journey to Mindanao… Read More
MORE
Kim's Nuclear Gamble
This film traces the delicate maneuvers and clumsy turns that have brought the world to the brink of a nuclear showdown in Asia.
Read More
MORE
BUY
Living on the Edge
Reporter Martin Smith shares some devastating field notes from the melting Himalayas, drought-stricken Africa and the warming waters of the South East Atlantic. Read More
MORE
WATCH
Looking For Answers
Looking for Answers examines the U.S. failure to understand fully the hatred for America among Muslim fundamentalists, and its roots in the U.S. government’s support for Israel… Read More
MORE
BUY
The Madoff Affair
Unraveling the story behind the world’s first global Ponzi scheme. Read More
MORE
WATCH
BUY
The Medicated Child
Over the last fifteen years, there’s been a 4000% increase in the number of kids diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Read More
MORE
WATCH
BUY
Medicating Kids
Following four families with children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, this documentary investigates the rise in the use of medications to treat children with behavioral problems.
Read More
MORE
BUY
Obama's War
Correspondent Martin Smith travels across Afghanistan and Pakistan to see first-hand how the president’s new strategy is taking shape.
Read More
MORE
WATCH
BUY
The Private Life of Bradley Manning
A profile of the early years of the young soldier now accused of leaking more than half a million classified U.S. government documents.
Read More
MORE
WATCH
BUY
Private Warriors
Over the last two years America has poured billions of dollars into Iraq. Much of it goes to private contractors. And business is booming. FRONTLINE reporter Martin Smith travels to Iraq to see the private side of the war. Read More
WATCH
BUY
Return of the Taliban
Long suspected of harboring bin Laden, the lawless tribal areas of Pakistan are now under the control of a resurgent Taliban. FRONTLINE investigates a secret front in America’s war on terror. Read More
WATCH
BUY
Saudi Time Bomb
An in depth look at U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia through interviews with U.S. and Saudi officials, political analysts, religious experts, and observers. Read More
MORE
BUY
The Spy Who Quit
There are a lot of closely guarded secrets in Afghanistan. Amrullah Saleh knows most of them. Until six months ago he was Afghanistan’s chief of intelligence. Then suddenly he was out.
Read More
MORE
WATCH
BUY
State of the Union
This is a story about Americans growing fiercer in their political views and less tolerant of dissent. Read More
Telling the Truth (2006)
Telling the Truth: The Best in Broadcast Journalism, a one-hour documentary hosted by Michel Martin. Read More
MORE
Telling the Truth (2007)
Telling the Truth: The Best in Broadcast Journalism, a one-hour documentary hosted by CNN’s chief international corresponden. Read More
MORE
WATCH
Telling the Truth
Telling the Truth: The Best in Broadcast Journalism, a one-hour documentary hosted by CNN’s chief international correspondent, Christiane Amanpour, will feature this year’s 13 duPont-Columbia baton winners.
MORE
WATCH
The Terrorist and the Superpower
On Friday August 7, 1998 two car bombs exploded simultaneously at US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing 268 people. Read More
The Interrogator
The Interrogator is the story of a former FBI Agent who has decided to blow the whistle on “the war on terror.” Ali Soufan interrogated some of the most high-ranking Al Qaeda operatives around the world. He gives FRONTLINE an insider’s view of why the attacks on the World Trade Center could have been prevented and how the use of coercive interrogations failed to produce actionable intelligence.
Read More
MORE
WATCH
Truth War and Consequences
FRONTLINE examines why the US went to war in Iraq, what went wrong in the planning for the postwar occupation, and what is at stake for both the US and for Iraqis.
Read More
MORE
BUY
The War Briefing
FRONTLINE takes viewers to the deadliest front in Afghanistan and across the border to the insurgent safe havens deep inside Pakistan’s tribal areas. This is where the next battles will be fought – and may be lost.
Read More
MORE
WATCH
BUY
WikiSecrets
In the spring of 2010, Army intelligence analyst Private First Class Bradley E. Manning purportedly handed over the largest cache ever of classified documents to the internet activist and hacker, Julian Assange. Private Manning allegedly leaked a video and the trove of restricted cables with the hope to incite “worldwide discussion, debates, and reforms.”
Read More
IN PRODUCTION
The Economy Project
A four-hour series exploring the state of the American economy since 2008.
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