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Business of Disaster

Business of Disaster

Season 2016 Episode 9
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Policing the Police

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A Subprime Education

A Subprime Education

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The Choice 2016

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Confronting ISIS

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President Trump

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Divided States of America (Part 2)

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Trump's Road to the White House

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Battle for Iraq/Hunting ISIS

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FRONTLINE

The Secret History of ISIS

Season 2016 Episode 8

From veteran FRONTLINE filmmaker Michael Kirk and his team comes the inside story of the creation of ISIS, and how the United States missed the many warning signs. The film uncovers the terror group’s earliest plans, the Islamic radicals who became its leaders, and the American failures to stop ISIS’s brutal rise.

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