Sun, Jan 10, 2010
Dateline investigates the thwarted Christmas terrorist attack on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 in which Nigerian-born Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to blow up the plane using explosives hidden in his underwear. It takes to passengers on the plane who describe what they witnessed and counter-terrorism experts who offer analysis of the attack.
Sat, May 1, 2010
California, 2000: Michelle O'Keefe is found dead in her car in a parking lot. Raymond Lee Jennings, a security guard patrolling the parking lot, says he saw her after she was shot. He seems to know things only the killer would know. But, due to lack of any forensic evidence (and even blood evidence that seems to rule him out), he isn't arrested until nearly six years later.
Sun, Apr 18, 2010
An examination of the decades of urban decay that have reduced Detroit to a shadow of its former vibrancy, now standing as a crime-ridden city with a near-absent economy, a lack of public amenities and a long tradition of political corruption, leading officials to propose such drastic measures as shrinking the city boundaries and razing entire communities.
Sun, Jun 27, 2010
Dateline goes to Afganistan to report one one of the deadliest battles of the war: the Battle of Wanat. It looks at the impact of the battle on the father of a fallen soldier who enlisted the help the help other parents to find out who was responsible for the battle going horribly wrong.