NOVA | NOVA Investigates the NSA

In The Spy Factory, an eye-opening documentary on the National Security Agency (NSA) by best-selling author James Bamford and Emmy Award-winning producer Scott Willis, NOVA exposes the ultra-secret intelligence agency's role in the failure to stop the 9/11 attacks and the subsequent eavesdropping program that listens in without warrant on millions of American citizens. The Spy Factory premieres Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 8 pm ET/PT on PBS (check local listings)

Please check us out online at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/spyfactory/


Here's what you'll find on the companion website:

Ask the Expert
James Bamford answers viewer questions about the NSA, the movements of 9/11 terrorists before the attacks, the latest surveillance technologies, and more.

Inside Your Head
In this excerpt from The Shadow Factory, Bamford describes how the NSA plans to use two highly sophisticated new systems to monitor people's very thoughts.

Investigating 9/11
In this interview, Eleanor Hill, who lead the Joint Congressional Inquiry on the 9/11 attacks, talks about what the U.S. intelligence community knew, or should have known, about the threat prior to the attacks.

Say Again?
If you think computers can easily recognize and transcribe spoken language, think again. In this audio feature, hear an expert describe the enormous challenges of designing effective speech-recognition software.

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[mclovin729]

that looks like a good show

[Icix1]

Yeah me too. I'm curious to see how people in the NSA view the legality and ethical issues of warrantless wiretapping, and what sort of legal grounds they have for monitoring and intercepting internet traffic. It's kinda a scary thought that there's this giant agency that no one knows anything about. How do we know they aren't undermining our freedoms?

[mrffoeg]

Legality, ethics, legal grounds?

Hahahahahahahahaa!!!!11!

This is the US government we're talking about here.

[caisback18]

You know you are in 2009 when your screen name is a reference to Superbad. :)

[Confucious2012]

So basically htis is a comercial?

[grapesofwraith1066]

I wonder if they are going to talk about the legal issues of warrantless wiretapping, etc. Really looking forward to it.

[FeinArtFilms]

This seems like an excellent episode of NOVA

[nhojmabon]

I laughed out loud when I got to number 9.

[VVi11]

Yeah, it does. I'm going to record it.

BTW like your blurb on your channel -- funny.