Coming up this week on PBS' Frontline:
Coming April 20th - On the sixth anniversary of the tragedy at Waco, Texas,
FRONTLINE combs the behind-the-scenes record of the April 1993 FBI siege of the
Branch Davidian compound. With access to secret government documents, audio and
videotapes, correspondent Peter Boyer probes the untold story of the fierce political
infighting inside the FBI's Waco command center and in the corridors of power at the
Justice Department in Washington.
On April 27th FRONTLINE's "Spying on Saddam" investigates why the UN effort to
find and destroy Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction has collapsed. This
report examines charges by Scott Ritter, inspector for the UN Special Commission in
Iraq (UNSCOM), that the CIA infiltrated and undermined UNSCOM's mission. It
also lays out behind-the-scenes stories of UNSCOM's eight-year-long battle with
Iraqi deception and intransigence, as well as UNSCOM's entanglements in the politics
of the UN Security Council and Washington.
And, on May 11th, in "Give War A Chance," FRONTLINE correspondent Peter J.
Boyer explores the bitter divide between military and civilian attitudes on where, when,
and why America employs military force. Boyer examines the gulf between what
American diplomats want and what the military is prepared to deliver,following the
inevitable collisions from Vietnam to the Balkans between diplomat Richard
Holbrooke and Admiral Leighton Smith. Their careers, and ultimate clash, represent
the most vivid example of this critical foreign policy dilemma. |
