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CNN Special Investigations Unit

CNN Special Investigations Unit Season 2008: Episode Guide & Ratings

Season 2008 Episodes

1. On Deadly Ground: The Women of Iraq

March 15th, 20081 hr

Arwa Damon reports on how the Iraq War has impacted Iraqi women. Included: inside al-Kadhimiya, a women's prison.

2. Busted: Mortgage Meltdown

March 28th, 20081 hr

The reasons for the housing crisis are investigated in this collaborative effort with "Fortune" magazine, which features "Fortune" managing editor Andy Serwer, CNN's Gerri Willis, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, securities expert Janet Tavakoli, investment strategist Peter Dunay and Lenox Financial CEO Jon Shibley. Included: insights from former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers.

3. Campus Rage

April 11th, 20081 hr

The safety measures colleges have implemented to prevent further campus rampages are examined. Included: whether students should be permitted to have guns on campus; the Northern Illinois University tragedy; a young man whose planned assault on his high school was stopped by his mother. Abbie Boudreau reports.

4. Amanpour Reports: Notes From North Korea

May 10th, 20081 hr

Christiane Amanpour travels to North Korea with the New York Philharmonic for its February 2008 performance in Pyongyang. Included: a tour of a nuclear facility; a visit with a North Korean family; and interviews with Christopher Hill, the lead U.S. negotiator with North Korea; North Korean deputy foreign minister Kim Gye Gwan; Madeleine Albright; former defense secretary William Perry; and the Philharmonic's Lorin Maazel and South Korean-born violinist Lisa Kim.

5. Amanpour Reports: Buddha's Warriors

August 2nd, 20081 hr

Expanding upon her award-winning investigative series God’s Warriors, CNN chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour reports in a new documentary that examines the nexus of politics and faith. For Buddha’s Warriors, Amanpour explores a new generation of Buddhists who are actively engaged in political struggle. These believers of love, kindness and nonviolence struggle to remain true to their beliefs while at the same time confronting severe political and cultural oppression. In Buddha’s Warriors, Amanpour investigates the roots of the conflict between Chinese authority and ethnic Tibetans. Nearly 50 years ago, the Dalai Lama fled Tibet after a failed uprising against communist rule. Tibetans say that all but 13 of 6,000 Buddhist monasteries were destroyed under Chairman Mao’s Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. Those that have been rebuilt are now under the close, watchful eye of the Chinese government. Monks there say that they are forced to denounce the Dalai Lama and swear allegiance to China.

6. Fit to Lead

October 11th, 20081 hr

Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports on the toll that serving as president has taken on the health of past commanders in chief. Also: what the medical records of John McCain and Barack Obama reveal about their readiness to serve as president. Included: interviews with former White House press secretaries Ari Fleischer, Joe Lockhart, Jody Powell and Ron Nessen; former Reagan White House chief of staff Kenneth Duberstein; and former White House physicians Rob Darling, Burton Lee and Connie Mariano.

7. Fall of the Fat Cats

October 18th, 20081 hr

The opulent lifestyles led by some Wall Street insiders, including Lehman Brothers chairman and CEO Richard S. Fuld Jr., are explored. Also: an interview with one-time stockbroker Jordan Belfort ("The Wolf of Wall Street"); who racked up millions---and served time for securities fraud and stock manipulation; a Wall Street cigar party; the reactions of middle-class Americans.

All Seasons

Season 2010

Season 2010

Apr 17, 2010
Season 2009

Season 2009

May 9, 2009
Season 2008

Season 2008

Mar 15, 2008
Season 2007

Season 2007

Jan 20, 2007
Season 2006

Season 2006

Jan 7, 2006
Season 2005

Season 2005

Apr 10, 2005
Season 2004

Season 2004

Feb 22, 2004