Raven 23: Presumption of Guilt
How did four highly decorated American soldiers become prisoners of war in their own country? This series re-examines the US Department of Justice’s controversial prosecution following a gun battle in Baghdad between Iraqi insurgents and military contractors. Why did the DOJ hold multiple trials for over a decade? Was the DOJ seeking justice? Or playing politics?
Raven 23: Presumption of Guilt
Saving the Pentagon from Itself
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Think Again
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Season 1
On September 10, 2001, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld presents his vision for a new type of military that relies heavily on privatization. Rumsfeld claims that he is not trying to destroy the Pentagon, but “save it from itself.” At the exact time that he is giving his speech, four radical Jihadists are checking in to the Marriot Hotel in Herndon, VA.
Less than 24 hours after giving his speech, Donald Rumsfeld would no longer be talking about war in the figurative sense. He would be involved in it literally, as he bravely rushed into the embers of the West Wall of the Pentagon to save lives.