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12 Episodes 2006 - 2006
Episode 1
Fri, Sep 1, 2006 27 mins
An investigation of FEMA by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. The newspaper reported that some $530 million was awarded to people who suffered little or no hardship, starting with the 2004 hurricane season.
Episode 2
Fri, Sep 8, 2006 27 mins
"A Bitter Pill" recalls an investigation by Bloomberg Markets magazine on human drug trials run by pharmaceutical companies. The probe focused on studies overseen by SFBC International Inc., a company with a Miami facility that had building-code violations, and instances in which, medical ethicists said, participants were not made fully aware of the dangers of the drug tests. Included are comments from Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), who led an investigation into the company's practices.
Episode 3
Fri, Sep 15, 2006 27 mins
An examination of NPR journalist Daniel Zwerdling's 18-month investigation into the abuse of immigration detainees within the U.S., including at the Passaic, N.J., county jail; and a Louisiana prison where an inmate died of a heart attack.
Episode 4
Fri, Sep 22, 2006 27 mins
A Seattle Post-Intelligencer investigation of oil transportation in the Pacific Northwest is recalled. The newspaper reported on an oil spill in the Pacific and an alleged cover-up by those responsible. The reports led to a federal-grand-jury investigation into conduct by an oil-tanker company.
Episode 5
Fri, Sep 29, 2006 27 mins
A Chicago Tribune investigation of human trafficking in Iraq to aid U.S. military operations in the country is recalled. Tribune journalist Cam Simpson reported on the activities of agents who brought laborers from poor nations into Iraq to work on U.S. bases for contractors and subcontractors hired by the military. The newspaper's report led to an investigation by the State Department's Trafficking in Persons office.
Episode 6
Fri, Oct 6, 2006 27 mins
The work of photojournalists Kael Alford, who chronicled the Iraq War and insurgency in her work, and Paul Fusco, who photographed the funerals of America's servicemen and women killed in Iraq, is presented.
Episode 7
Fri, Oct 13, 2006 27 mins
The efforts of L.A. Times reporters Scott Glover and Matt Lait to examine shootings by LAPD officers is detailed, including the fact that fewer than one percent of the officers were responsible for 20 percent of the shootings between 1985 and 2004.
Episode 8
Fri, Oct 20, 2006 27 mins
An investigation into the U.S. military's mental-health-care practices by Hartford Courant reporters Matthew Kauffman and Lisa Chedekel is featured. The journalists discovered that recruits were given an eight-question survey on their personal lives as part of their predeployment screening process, yet only one question dealt with mental-health issues.
Episode 9
Fri, Oct 27, 2006 27 mins
Cases of misused funds targeted by the U.S. government for security purposes after 9/11 are uncovered in an investigation by Washington Post reporters Scott Higham and Robert O'Harrow Jr. The journalists obtained a copy of a Transportation and Security Administration audit on contracts that included information on funds paid to companies for services that could not be verified.
Episode 10
Fri, Nov 3, 2006 27 mins
An investigation by San Francisco Chronicle reporters Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada into the use of performance-enhancing drugs by Major League Baseball players is recalled. Williams and Fainaru-Wada face contempt-of-court charges for not revealing the identity of an informant who told them about grand-jury testimony that revealed alleged use by Barry Bonds and other athletes.
Episode 11
Fri, Nov 10, 2006 27 mins
Links between politicians and special-interest groups are the focus of reports by Environmental Science and Technology writer Paul Thacker.
Episode 12
Fri, Nov 17, 2006 27 mins
A report on irregularities related to the Javits-Wagner-O'Day program, which provides federal funding for nonprofit companies that employ workers with severe disabilities. An investigation by Oregonian reporters Jeff Kosseff, Bryan Denson and Les Zaitz found that some companies receiving funds violated the rule that three-quarters of the work be performed by severely disabled workers.