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Video: Spies like us

Tue, 3 Feb 2009 00:01:08 GMT

Feb. 2: NBC's Senior Investigative Correspondent Lisa Myers takes a look inside the program that allowed Americans to spy on other Americans without warrants. (Nightly News)

Video: New rules prohibit credit card fraud

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:59:59 GMT

Dec. 18: The Fed approved landmark rules to crack down on some of the worst abuses by the credit card industry Thursday, changes that are certain to have an impact on virtually every consumer. NBC's Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

Video: Financial meltdown puts SEC in hot seat

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:55:06 GMT

Oct. 21: In the wake of the market crisis, critics are accusing the SEC of failing to adequately monitor banks' increasingly risky practices. NBC's Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

Video: Palin’s record in Alaska

Tue, 9 Sep 2008 11:40:10 GMT

Sept. 9: NBC News investigative correspondent Lisa Myers looks at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s record in her home state. (Today Show)

Video: U.S. soldier electrocutions in Iraq under scrutiny

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:19:32 GMT

July 30: Several U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq have been electrocuted due to shoddy electrical work, which families of the victims blame on the lack of construction oversight. NBC's Senior Investigative Correspondent Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

Video: Report: Not all big rig and bus drivers fit to drive

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:20:34 GMT

July 21: A government investigation discovered that as many as 500,000 licensed truck and bus drivers have siginificant ailments that may make them unfit to be behind the wheel. NBC's Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

Video: Offshore banks accused of aiding tax evasion

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:11:08 GMT

July 17: A Senate investigation explored how more than 19,000 Americans are hiding at least $18 billion in just two foreign banks, estimating a loss of up to $100 billion in taxes. NBC's Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

Video: Feds prohibit predatory lending practices

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:13:16 GMT

July 14: The Federal Reserve cracks down on bad mortgage lending, but is it too little to late?NBC's Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

Countrywide whistleblower reports 'liar loans'

Tue, 1 Jul 2008 19:05:37 GMT

Mark Zachary, who'd been in the mortgage business for 12 years when he took a job at Countrywide as a regional vice president in Houston, says he found a corporate culture of shady, possibly illegal practices.

Video: Countrywide's 'shady' corporate culture

Tue, 1 Jul 2008 00:03:37 GMT

June 30: A regional manager from inside the nation's largest mortgage lender speaks out about possible wrongdoings by the company which cost families their homes. NBC's Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

Video: Military arms dealers had checkered past

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:12:26 GMT

June 24: A Congressional investigation of a botched $300 million federal arms contract with a pair of twenty-something dealers has brought the military munitions contracting process under scrutiny. NBC's Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

Video: U.S. tries to smoke out accused terrorist

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:57:36 GMT

June 17: Exclusive new details on the aggressive FBI and State Department campaign to capture Adam Gahdan, an American turned Al Qaeda. NBC's Jim Popkin reports. (Nightly News)

Video: Aid falling short for people facing foreclosures

Mon, 9 Jun 2008 23:18:23 GMT

June 9: While the mortgage industry has voluntarily helped some borrowers renegotiate unaffordable home loans, at least two-thirds of those needing support are not getting it. NBC's Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

Video: Can this home be saved?

Mon, 9 Jun 2008 19:21:19 GMT

June 9: Iowa homeowner Janice Beavers on being in foreclosure and her call last week to the Iowa Mediation Service. (NBC News Web Extra)

Video: Asking for help to save a family home

Mon, 9 Jun 2008 19:23:37 GMT

June 9: Iowa couple Melissa and Travis Simon and their loan counselor describe how mediation got the mortgage company to modify their loan and saved them from foreclosure. (NBC News Web Extra)

Video: Lessons learned from an earlier foreclosure crisis

Mon, 9 Jun 2008 19:24:17 GMT

June 9: Iowa's Attorney General, Tom Miller, talks about how lessons from the farm foreclosure crisis of the 1980s might help reduce the number of foreclosures in the rest of the country now. (NBC News Web Extra)

Video: Veteran public servants discuss the current foreclosure crisis

Mon, 9 Jun 2008 19:24:36 GMT

June 9: Two veteran public servants at the Iowa Mediation Service discuss the current foreclosure crisis -- who's to blame and how to fix it. (NBC News Web Extra)

Video: Hunger in America has a new face

Thu, 29 May 2008 21:05:23 GMT

May 28: Soaring gas and food costs have brought one Ohio mother to a food bank — not to donate, like she used to, but to receive. NBC's Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

Video: Road hazard: Truck drivers and drugs

Wed, 21 May 2008 23:05:05 GMT

May 21: Federal investigators have found the drug testing system for truck drivers to be flawed, and even trucking companies have urged the government to toughen up on testing. NBC's Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

Video: Teen boot camps under scrutiny

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:08:14 GMT

April 24: Boot camps for troubled teens are coming under the spotlight of a Congressional panel after safety and abuse allegations. NBC's Lisa Myers reports. (Today Show)

Video: Feds giving suspect 'green' rewards

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:04:50 GMT

April 20: The EPA has been rewarding chemical and industrial plants for supposedly going "green," but questions are being raised about whether the plants really are environmentally friendly. NBC Senior Investigative Correspondent Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

Video: Sensitive U.S. military items for sale

Wed, 9 Apr 2008 23:10:20 GMT

April 9: Thermal patches that indicate to Americans who their fellow soldiers are in the dark through night-vision goggles can be purchased very easily, raising the risk that enemy combatants could disguise themselves as U.S. troops. NBC's Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

Video: Wal-Mart demands money from disabled employee

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:10:31 GMT

March 29: After a car accident left her permanently disabled, Deborah Shank sued and won the money needed to pay for her long-term care. But then her former employer, Wal-Mart, claimed its health plan was entitled to a big chunk of the money. NBC’s Lisa Myers report. (Nightly News)

Video: Con artists target desperate homeowners

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:13:57 GMT

March 22: As foreclosures rise, so have the number of con men eager to prey on desperate homeowners. NBC’s Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

Video: Ahmad Chalabi, back in Iraq

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:12:12 GMT

March 14: Ahmad Chalabi, once the darling of the Bush administration, is back in power in Iraq, and top U.S. officials say they need his help again. NBC's Senior Investigative Correspondent Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

Video: FBI privacy abuses?

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:26:34 GMT

March 13: A government report says FBI abuses of Americans’ privacy increased again in 2006. NBC’s Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

Video: Fleecing the flock?

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:07:25 GMT

March 12: Former insiders of the Without Walls International Church in Tampa, Florida have raised questions about how millions of dollars in church offerings have been spent. NBC's Senior Investigative Correspondent Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

Video: Virtual border not yet a reality

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:41:59 GMT

Feb. 28: The Bush administration confirmed that the $20 million Secure Border Initiative network did not work as planned. NBC's Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

Video: How presidential politics and special interests mix

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:12:18 GMT

Feb. 22: Despite anti-special interest rhetoric, John McCain has defended the fact that lobbyists play a very large role in his campaign. NBC's Senior Investigative Correspondent Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

Video: Obama's political power play

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:09:08 GMT

Feb. 15: Senior Investigative Correspondent Lisa Myers looks at what happened when Democrat Barack Obama had to balance the concerns of citizens near a nuclear plant with the interests of one of his biggest campaign contributors. (Nightly News)

Video: Obama's Rezco deal under scrutiny

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:14:03 GMT

Jan. 29: Chicago real estate 'slumlord' Tony Rezko's criminal troubles are now bringing renewed scrutiny to Barack Obama's 2005 real estate deal with him. NBC's Senior Investigative Correspondent Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

Video: Is Obama a change agent?

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:56:17 GMT

Jan. 17: Barack Obama talks a lot about change, but can he deliver? NBC's Lisa Myers reports. (Today Show)

Video: Saudis export 'ideology of terror'

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:06:33 GMT

Jan. 14: According to recent studies, 41 percent of foreign fighters who went to Iraq last year to kill Americans were from Saudi Arabia. NBC's Senior Investigative Correspondent Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

Video: Government Web sites make ID theft easy

Mon, 7 Jan 2008 18:49:23 GMT

Jan. 3: On some state Web sites, Social Security numbers can be easily accessed by anyone. NBC's Senior Investigative Correspondent Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

Video: Hospitals called 911 for help

Fri, 4 Jan 2008 04:20:12 GMT

Dec. 23: When several hospitals called 911 to deal with gravely ill patients, critics questioned whether some doctor-owned hospitals are as safe as they should be. (Nightly News)

Video: Set free by Huckabee

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:19:20 GMT

Dec. 17: In 10 years as governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee commuted more prison sentences than three predecessors combined -- a redemption rate that rivals say is suspiciously high. (Nightly News)

Video: Huckabee's gift rap

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:10:24 GMT

Dec. 11: As former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is surging in the polls, his unusual pattern of accepting gifts is getting increased scrutiny. NBC's Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

Homeowners sue mortgage company, allege fraud

Mon, 3 Dec 2007 19:31:15 GMT

Investigators claim that Joy Jackson’s Metropolitan Money Store was running a sophisticated scheme that bilked hundreds of homeowners out of tens of millions of dollars. NBC's Lisa Myers reports that similar mortgage schemes are happening all over the country.

Prevent foreclosure schemes

Mon, 3 Dec 2007 20:03:43 GMT

Proceed with care if a company calls itself a 'mortgage consultant' or 'foreclosure service.' The following advice for homeowners facing foreclosure or having trouble paying their mortgage, from the federal Department of Justice’s U.S. Trustee Program.

Video: Saudi justice unveiled

Sun, 2 Dec 2007 00:27:18 GMT

Dec. 1 video: The case of a Saudi woman who was gang raped, then punished by a court has caused alarm inside and outside that country. NBC's Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

Saudi court to review rape victim case

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:42:21 GMT

A Saudi court will review the case of a teenage gang rape victim sentenced to jail and flogging after she was convicted of violating the country's strict sex segregation laws, the foreign minister said Tuesday.

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New evidence in Jehovah's Witness allegations

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:43:14 GMT

There is new evidence in the case of the Jehovah's Witnesses who have settled nine lawsuits alleging church policies protected men who sexually abused children for many years.

$229,000 FEMA trailers

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:16:10 GMT

The agency spent more on trailers as temporary housing for hurricane victims than it would have cost to buy new houses. NCB's Lisa Myers reports.

Video: Ex-FBI agent pleads guilty

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:03:08 GMT

Nov. 13: After getting her American citizenship illegally, a Lebanese national obtained access to FBI and CIA secrets. Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

Did Blackwater sneak silencers into Iraq?

Thu, 1 Nov 2007 15:56:34 GMT

Federal agents are investigating allegations that the Blackwater USA security firm illegally exported dozens of firearms silencers to Iraq and other countries.

GAO: Easy to cheat on trucker drug tests

Fri, 2 Nov 2007 00:17:27 GMT

Undercover federal investigators discovered that it was surprisingly easy to cheat on random drug tests designed to catch truck drivers who use drugs, NBC News has learned.

Did West blow chance to halt Iran's nuke plans?

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:20:18 GMT

Amid escalating tensions over Iran’s nuclear program, a former British Customs investigator is asserting that the West missed a golden opportunity to disrupt Tehran’s nuclear effort seven years ago, NBC News investigative producers Richard Greenberg and Robert Windrem report.

Video: Iraq, U.S. debate private contractors' responsibility

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:18:06 GMT

Oct. 30: The Iraqi parliament moved towards holding private security contractors legally accountable. Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

‘Disarray’ on $1.2 billion Iraq contract

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:49:41 GMT

A scathing federal audit released Tuesday exposes a glaring lapse in oversight of a federal contractor that was hired to train and equip Iraqi police. The report says the State Department doesn’t know how most of the money in the billion-plus-dollar program was spent. NBC’s Aram Roston reports.

Ex-top envoy calls Iraqi government a failure

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:46:34 GMT

A principal architect of Iraq’s interim constitution has laid out a devastating critique of the Iraqi government, telling NBC News that Iraq is “falling apart” because of the U.S. insistence on early elections.

Insurgent groups condemn al-Qaida tactics

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:31:37 GMT

In a development experts call a significant shift, Iraqi insurgent groups are speaking out against al-Qaida and its brutally violent tactics. NBC analyst Evan Kohlmann, who closely monitors jihadi Web sites, says the statements are causing an online ruckus in jihadi chat forums, dividing nationalist Islamists who are increasingly critical of al-Qaida and al-Qaida believers who defend it.

Bin Laden may have just escaped U.S. forces

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:07:31 GMT

August mission in Tora Bora, Afghanistan almost snared 'high value target'

Video: Inside a Taliban bomb factory

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:06:04 GMT

Sept. 11: NBC's Lisa Myers reports on an Italian journalist's unprecedented visit to Taliban bomb factory in Afghanistan. (Today Show)

Iraq official: ‘Corruption has crippled Iraq’

Sat, 8 Sep 2007 00:55:00 GMT

Judge Radhi Al Radhi, a top watchdog against corruption in Iraq, resigns, accusing the al-Maliki Cabinet of corruption. NBC's Lisa Myers and Aram Roston report.

Video: Sen. Craig's second thoughts

Wed, 5 Sep 2007 22:26:20 GMT

Sept. 5: Larry Craig now says he may not resign after all. Did a voicemail show he deliberately left himself wiggle room? (Nightly News)

Video: Disgraced senator resigns

Sun, 2 Sep 2007 01:30:33 GMT

Sept. 1: Sen. Larry Craig announced he would resign over his arrest in a Minn. men’s room, but he vowed to continue his legal fight. NBC's Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

Video: Clinton’s donor problem

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:14:45 GMT

Aug. 30: Senator Hillary Clinton has turned away a big donor with problems in his past. NBC’s Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

Iraqi's suit against Jordan dismissed

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:25:38 GMT

A U.S. federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit that Ahmad Chalabi, an Iraqi politician and businessman, filed against the government of Jordan more than a decade after his criminal conviction on bank fraud charges. NBC Investigative Unit's Aram Rostom reports.

Video: Senator denies he’s gay

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:33:53 GMT

Aug. 28: Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, said he did nothing wrong despite his airport arrest. NBC’s Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

Producer: More on missing weapons investigation

Video: Wounded civilian finds rough road

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 23:05:48 GMT

Aug. 10: Some 7,500 civilian Pentagon personnel have served in Afghanistan, Iraq and other war zones since 2001. 118 have been injured. But do they get the same medical care? NBC's Lisa Myers investigates. (Nightly News)

‘Untouchable’ corruption in Iraq ministries

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:56:03 GMT

A report written by U.S. advisers to Iraq's anti-corruption agency analyzes corruption in 12 ministries and finds devastating and grim problems: "Corruption protected by senior members of the Iraqi government," the report said, "remains untouchable."

Federal audit rips Iraqi reconstruction work

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:05:38 GMT

A new federal audit released Wednesday found that a U.S. construction giant that contracted for Iraq failed to complete a huge chunk of its work.