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  • 2006-01-07T05:00:00Z on CNN
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  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
CNN Special Investigations Unit is an American investigative documentary program on CNN weekends. Expanding upon CNN Presents, SIU focuses on each episode being an in depth investigative report about news stories being covered, commonly featuring a number of interviews with experts on the issue and people who have witnessed the story taking place. The reports are commonly long-form, allowing for the network to cover more information and perspectives than would be available during a 5-minute report on another CNN program, such as CNN Newsroom. Compared to Presents, the show has taken a slightly larger point of the reporting being done by CNN reporters, the first commercials promoting the program largely showing pictures of anchors and reporters on locations, asking questions to people on the locations. In addition, the look and feel of the show has changed somewhat drastically, adding more emphasis on the graphics used to present the program itself, in addition to the stories being covered. In addition, presentations on SIU are shorter in length than on Presents, which is now used as a special event for larger special reports that take place on a long-term basis. Since the program's introduction, the network has slowly shifted towards relabeling past Presents presentations into SIU formatted ones, changing the graphics to reflect the new general label given to long-form reporting done by the network.

10 episodes

Season Premiere

2006x01 Hope & Heartbreak---Inside the Sago Mine Tragedy

  • 2006-01-07T05:00:00Z1h

Anderson Cooper anchors this look at the Jan. 2, 2006, Sago Mine disaster in West Virginia. Included: the rescue effort; how miners are trained.

2006-03-11T05:00:00Z

2006x02 26 Hours of Terror

2006x02 26 Hours of Terror

  • 2006-03-11T05:00:00Z1h

Kyra Phillips examines the March 11, 2005, shooting rampage in the Atlanta courthouse that resulted in four deaths; and how Ashley Smith, who was taken hostage by the alleged perpetrator, Brian Nichols, talked him into surrendering to the authorities. Included: comments from Claudia Barnes, the widow of slain Judge Rowland Barnes; Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Don Briant.

2006x03 We Were Warned: Out of Gas

  • 2006-03-18T05:00:00Z1h

Frank Sesno examines what might happen if a major hurricane hit Houston, the center of U.S. energy production, and the disaster was followed by terror strikes at oil installations in Saudi Arabia. Included: how much oil the earth has left; alternative fuels; and insights from Richard Branson and automobile designer Bob Lutz.

Delia Gallagher reports on the final days of Pope John Paul II. Included: interviews with those closest to the pontiff, including Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, John Paul II's personal secretary; Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls; Mother Tekla Famiglietti, who prayed over the pope's body the night he died. Also: Cardinal Edmund Casimir Szoka, governor of Vatican City; Cardinal Francis George, archbishop of Chicago.

The paparazzi's pursuit of a pregnant Angelina Jolie is the prime example in this look at the world of celebrity media. Included: insights from gossip reporter Ted Casablanca; People's Larry Hackett and Peter Castro; Mariah Carey; Ashlee Simpson; photographer Kevin Mazur, who only works the red carpet; P.R. consultants Cindi Berger and Ken Sunshine; American Media Inc. editorial director Bonnie Fuller; and Frank Griffin, who heads the paparazzi agency Bauer-Griffin.

2006-05-20T04:00:00Z

2006x06 How to Rob a Bank

2006x06 How to Rob a Bank

  • 2006-05-20T04:00:00Z1h

Drew Griffin reports on modern methods of looting bank accounts, such as identity theft. Included: a thief who had more than 100 credit cards under other people's names; an identity-theft ring; a scheme that affected AOL subscribers.

2006-05-27T04:00:00Z

2006x07 Wounded Warriors

2006x07 Wounded Warriors

  • 2006-05-27T04:00:00Z1h

Alex Quade reports on the care wounded soldiers receive, from Iraq to Landstuhl Medical Center in Germany to the U.S.

An examination of the July 17, 1996, tragedy involving the Paris-bound TWA Flight 800, which exploded 12 minutes after taking off from New York's JFK International Airport. Included: animation that shows how a fuel-tank explosion caused the plane to break apart; a look at initial concerns that terrorism may have been to blame, and how the National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause---an electrical short circuit. David Mattingly reports.

2006x09 The Town That Fought Back

  • 2006-09-30T04:00:00Z1h

Kathleen Koch reports on how the people in Bay St. Louis, Miss. (her hometown) are faring a year after Hurricane Katrina leveled their homes.

2006-11-11T05:00:00Z

2006x10 Combat Hospital

2006x10 Combat Hospital

  • 2006-11-11T05:00:00Z1h

An examination of the 10th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad, where five doctors, 14 nurses and 22 medics treat U.S. and coalition casualties, as well as civilians and insurgents. Included: a calm Memorial Day 2006 turns hectic when 12 casualties, including CBS News correspondent Kimberly Dozier, arrive at the hospital. Also: comments from medical personnel; the difficulty adjusting to work in a combat setting; and how the staff tries to maintain a semblance of normalcy.

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