Defense lawyers for five men accused of plotting the September 11, 2001 attacks, publicly challenged the fairness of the military court at Guantanamo Bay. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with reporter Arun Rath who was in the military court.
There’s a powerful image of anti-Vietnam war protesters spitting on returning soldiers. But one author says it’s largely a myth. Still, that image has played a part in stigmatizing the anti-war movement for the next generation of returning vets. Arun Rath of PBS FRONTLINE takes a look.
Vladimir Putin blamed the wind for the tears that streamed down his face during his victory rally Sunday, but the emotion in his speech was undeniable.
Private Bradley Manning, the former US Army intelligence analyst accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of secret US government documents, declined to enter a plea today in a military court.
The most infamous war crime to come out of the Iraq war ended with a whimper. None of the marines charged ended up facing serious punishment. FRONTLINE’s and The World’s Arun Rath looks at what the legal rulings mean for the soldiers on the ground and the civilians who have to live among them.
The pre-trial hearing of alleged Wikileaks source Bradley Manning has concluded after lawyers made their closing statements. An investigating officer must now advise if he should face court-martial.
Private Manning faces 22 charges of obtaining and distributing government secrets – which he allegedly leaked to anti-secrecy site Wikileaks. Reporter Arun Rath is following the hearing for PBS Frontline and The World.
US Army private Bradley Manning is the suspected source of the biggest intelligence leak in US history. When WikiLeaks published much of that information, many said it would change everything for journalism and government secrecy. But as Arun Rath of our partner program Frontline reports, it’s not clear how much it has.
Three years ago a Pakistani-American named David Headley orchestrated a major attack on Mumbai. Headley worked for the Pakistani militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba. But Headley was just one part of Lashkar’s growing global reach, as Sebastian Rotella reports for PBS Frontline and The World.
Richard Holbrooke was the Obama administration’s pointman for the civilian side of the Afghanistan war. He died suddenly in December 2010, leaving some successes that are sometimes overlooked, and they have to do with Pakistan.
What’s become of the neoconservative movement that was in ascendancy during the first term of the George W. Bush administration.
A look at a few historical instances when countries prosecuted their own toppled presidents.
New commander of international forces in Afghanistan issues warning as violence flares.
