60 Minutes S43E24 · Curve Ball/Counterfeit Drugs/The $125,000 Question

Overview

Curve Ball - Bob Simon interviews the Iraqi defector code-named "Curve Ball" - first identified by 60 MINUTES three years ago - whose false tale of a mobile, biological weapons program was the chief justification for invading Iraq. Draggan Mihailovich is the producer. Counterfeit Drugs - 60 MINUTES' nine-month investigation of counterfeit prescription drugs reveals how the dangerous and sometimes deadly fakes get into the nation's drug pipeline. Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports. Kyra Darnton, Sam Hornblower and Michael Radutzky are the producers. The $125,000 Question - Katie Couric reports on an experimental New York City charter school founded on the idea of hiring the best teachers by paying them $125,000, while denying them tenure. Jenny Dubin is the producer.

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1. 1 1. A Relentless Enemy; People Behind the Mosque; Cool Brees2010-09-26 · 44mTonight's first story features Lara Logan back to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Last time she was there, she and her crew were fired on - by fighters in a Pakistani sanctuary. I
2. 2 2. Unfinished Business; The Go-To-Guy; Giving Away A Fortune2010-10-03 · 44mLesley Stahl goes to Iraq to report on the sources of conflict that could erupt once the U.S. withdraws; Also Kenneth Feinberg. Just in case you don't know who this is, Feinberg is
3. 3 3. High Frequency Trading; Nelson Mandela; Eminem2010-10-10 · 44mTHE SPEED TRADERS - Steve Kroft gets a rare look inside the secretive world of "high-frequency trading," a controversial technique the SEC is scrutinizing in which computers can ma
4. 4 4. City of David/Stand Down/Market Street2010-10-17 · 44mCITY OF DAVID - Lesley Stahl reports from under the city of Jerusalem from a controversial archeological dig that has become a flashpoint in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Shach
5. 5 5. The 99ers/Jane Goodall/Top Gear2010-10-24 · 44mTHE 99ERS - Even after an extension of unemployment benefits to 99 weeks, many of those without work are still jobless and in a quandary. Scott Pelley talks to some of them in Cali
6. 6 6. Anger in the Land/Tax the Rich/Zenyatta2010-10-31 · 44mANGER IN THE LAND - Scott Pelley reports from Newton, Iowa, where the closing of an appliance factory is causing a negative effect on the community's economy. Robert Anderson, Dani
7. 7 7. President Obama/Pacman2010-11-07 · 44mPRESIDENT OBAMA - President Obama takes questions from Steve Kroft in his first one-on-one interview since his party's midterm election defeat in the House. Michael Radutzky and L.
8. 8 8. Shaleionaires/Haiti/Medal of Honor2010-11-14 · 44mSHALEIONAIRES - While some complain that extracting natural gas from shale rock formations is tainting their water supply, others who have allowed drilling on their property are ge
9. 9 9. The Merchant of Death/Designing Life/Mark Wahlberg2010-11-21 · 44mTHE MERCHANT OF DEATH - The Drug Enforcement Administration agents who caught the alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout explain how they lured and then captured the suspect one of them c
10. 10 10. Good Cop, Bad Cop/Spider-Man/John Paul Stevens2010-11-28 · 44mGOOD COP, BAD COP - The Afghan National Police force is more important to the security of the country than the army, but despite improvements, there are still drug abuse and corrup
11. 11 11. The Chairman/Facebook2010-12-05 · 44mTHE CHAIRMAN - The chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke gives a rare interview to Scott Pelley in which he discusses pressing economic issues, including the unemployment ra
12. 12 12. The Next Speaker/Brazil/Jerry Jones2010-12-12 · 44mTHE NEXT SPEAKER - Rep. John Boehner will become the speaker of the House next month, but few know this Ohio Republican beyond his life in Washington. Lesley Stahl profiles the man
13. 13 13. The Day of Reckoning/Endless Memory2010-12-19 · 44mTHE DAY OF RECKONING - Steve Kroft reports on the growing financial difficulties states across the country are facing. James Jacoby is the producer. ENDLESS MEMORY - Lesley Stahl
14. 14 14. Into The Wild2010-12-26 · 44mA SPECIAL HOUR DEVOTED TO THE NATURAL WORLD THE GREAT MIGRATION - Scott Pelley visits Kenya, the site of the great wildebeest migration, and looks at the threats to this natural s
15. 15 15. Bad Medicine/Wynton2011-01-02 · 44mBAD MEDICINE - Drug company whistle-blower Cheryl Eckard tells Scott Pelley about her experience trying to fix problems at a pharmaceutical factory that made her a key figure in a
16. 16 16. The Big Gamble/Silver or Lead/A Living for the Dead2011-01-09 · 44mTHE BIG GAMBLE - Lesley Stahl reports on the proliferation of gambling to 38 states and its main attraction, the slot machine, newer versions of which some scientists believe may a
17. 17 17. Descent Into Madness/Yemen/The Gambler2011-01-16 · 44mDESCENT INTO MADNESS - 60 MINUTES talks to Jared Loughner's friends and classmates and to ex-Secret Service, to reconstruct the pathway to mass murder he allegedly took in Tucson -
18. 18 18. Wikileaks/In Search of the Jaguar2011-01-30 · 44mWIKILEAKS - Julian Assange, the controversial founder of WikiLeaks, speaks to Steve Kroft about the U.S. attempt to indict him on criminal charges and the torrent of criticism aime
19. 19 19. Gotti2011-02-06 · 44mA SPECIAL HOUR WITH THE FIRST EXTENDED INTERVIEW OF JOHN GOTTI, JR. John Gotti, Jr. talks to Steve Kroft in his first extended television interview about growing up with the infam
20. 20 20. New Age Revolution/The 33/Lady Gaga2011-02-13 · 44mNEW AGE REVOLUTION – Harry Smith reports on the latest events from Egypt, including an in-depth interview with Wael Ghonim. Tom Anderson, Andy Court, Harry A. Radliffe II, Jeff New
21. 21 21. The Spark/Scott Brown: Against All Odds/The King's Speech2011-02-20 · 44mTHE SPARK - Bob Simon reports from Tunisia, where protests against the repressive government not only toppled its autocratic ruler, but sparked the uprising in Egypt that forced Pr
22. 22 22. 21st Century Cons2011-02-27 · 44m60 MINUTES presents a special hour with two stories featuring hidden cameras that capture conmen at work. 21st CENTURY SNAKE OIL - 60 MINUTES hidden cameras expose medical conmen
23. 24 24. Curve Ball/Counterfeit Drugs/The $125,000 Question2011-03-13 · 44mCurve Ball - Bob Simon interviews the Iraqi defector code-named "Curve Ball" - first identified by 60 MINUTES three years ago - whose false tale of a mobile, biological weapons pro
24. 25 25. Japan/The N-word/The Archbishop2011-03-20 · 44mJapan - Scott Pelley reports on the American team working to avert nuclear disaster in Japan after the tsunami crippled a power plant. Robert Anderson and Henry Schuster are the pr
25. 26 26. The New Tax Havens/One Child At A Time/Coach Hurley2011-03-27 · 44mThe New Tax Havens - American companies are finding new overseas tax havens to legally protect some of their profits from the U.S. tax rate of 35 percent, among the highest in the
26. 27 27. The Next Housing Shock/Gospel for Teens2011-04-03 · 44mThe Next Housing Shock - As more and more Americans face mortgage foreclosure, banks' crucial ownership documents for the properties are often unclear and are sometimes even bogus
27. 28 28. The Murder of Louis Allen/The Library/Albert Pujols2011-04-10 · 44mThe Murder of Louis Allen - Steve Kroft's 18-month investigation into a 47-yr.old murder in a Mississippi town sheds light on an unsolved civil rights killing near the top of the F
28. 29 29. Greg Mortenson/The Case of Beckett Brennan/The Co-Founder2011-04-17 · 44mGreg Mortenson - He's written inspiring best sellers, including "Three Cups of Tea," but are the stories all true? Steve Kroft investigates. Andy Court and Kevin Livelli are the pr
29. 30 30. Mount Athos/The Billionaire2011-04-24 · 44mMount Athos - Bob Simon steps back in time when he gets rare access to monks in ancient monasteries on a remote Greek peninsula who have lived a Spartan life of prayer in a traditi
30. 31 31. Lara Logan/Mitch Landrieu/Zenyatta2011-05-01 · 44mLara Logan - In her first television interview since being sexually assaulted two months ago, the CBS News chief foreign correspondent and 60 MINUTES reporter reveals what happened
31. 32 32. Killing Bin Laden: The President's Story2011-05-08 · 44mPresident Obama gives his first and only interview since the killing of Osama bin Laden to "60 Minutes." The president will reveal to Steve Kroft for the first time his thoughts as
32. 33 33. The Soldiers' Secretary/Afghanistan's Top Spy/Sovereign Citizens2011-05-15 · 44mSecretary of Defense Robert Gates on a five-day mission to the Middle East.
33. 34 34. Armstrong/The FBI and the Grim Reaper2011-05-22 · 44m"Armstrong" examines the allegations that world famous cyclist Lance Armstrong is using performance enhancing drugs. "The FBI and the Grim Reaper" looks at FBI agent Lin Vecchio wh
34. 35 35. U.S. v. Drake/Children in the Fields/Al Sharpton2011-05-22 · 44m"U.S. v. Drake" looks at former NSA executive Thomas Drake who claims 9/11 could have been stopped though he now faces espionage charges. "Children in the Fields" examines how some
35. 36 36. Medal of Honor/A Relentless Enemy2011-05-29 · 44mMedal of Honor - The first living soldier to win the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War tells Lara Logan in an emotional interview just what he did to earn the nation's highest c
36. 37 37. The Speed Traders/City of David/Lady Gaga2011-06-05 · 44mThe Speed Traders - Steve Kroft gets a rare look inside the secretive world of "high-frequency trading," a controversial technique the SEC is scrutinizing in which computers can ma
37. 38 38. Designing Life/The N-Word/The King's Speech2011-06-12 · 44mDesigning Life - Steve Kroft profiles famous microbiologist Craig Venter, whose scientists have already mapped the human genome and created what he calls "the first synthetic speci
38. 39 39. The Spark/Endless Memory2011-06-19 · 44mThe Spark - Bob Simon reports from Tunisia, where protests against the repressive government not only toppled its autocratic ruler, but sparked the uprising in Egypt that forced Pr
39. 40 40. Hard Times Generation/Wynton Marsalis2011-06-26 · 44mHard Times Generation - For some children, socializing and learning in school are being cruelly complicated by homelessness, as Scott Pelley reports from Florida, where school buse
40. 41 41. The Murder of Louis Allen/One Child at a Time/The Library2011-07-03 · 44mThe Murder of Louis Allen - Steve Kroft's 18-month investigation into a 47-yr.old murder in a Mississippi town sheds light on an unsolved civil rights killing near the top of the F
41. 42 42. Shaleionaires/Stand Down/Market Street2011-07-10 · 44mShaleionaires - While some complain that extracting natural gas from shale rock formations is tainting their water supply, others who have allowed drilling on their property are ge
42. 43 43. Silver or Lead/The Gambler/In Search of Jaguars2011-07-17 · 44mSilver or Lead - Byron Pitts reports on the murder of the mayor of a Mexican city, where powerful drug gangs seem to be giving authorities a choice of "silver or lead" - join us an
43. 44 44. Resurrecting Eden/Mitch Landrieu/The ?Sharkman?2011-07-24 · 44mResurrecting Eden - In Southern Iraq where many biblical scholars place the Garden of Eden, Scott Pelley finds a water world where the "Marsh Arabs" are making a comeback after Sad
44. 45 45. The Big Gamble/Brazil/Mark Wahlberg2011-07-31 · 44mThe Big Gamble - Lesley Stahl reports on the proliferation of gambling to 38 states and its main attraction, the slot machine, newer versions of which some scientists believe may a
45. 46 46. The next housing shock/The co-founder/Eminem2011-08-07 · 44mThe next housing shock - As more and more Americans face mortgage foreclosure, banks' crucial ownership documents for the properties are often unclear and are sometimes even bogus
46. 47 47. The new tax havens/Top Gear/Albert Pujols2011-08-14 · 44mThe new tax havens - American companies are finding new overseas tax havens to legally protect some of their profits from the U.S. tax rate of 35 percent - among the highest in the
47. 48 48. U.S. vs. DRAKE/The 33/The Archbishop2011-08-21 · 44mU.S. vs. DRAKE - Tom Drake, a former National Security Agency senior executive, was indicted last year for espionage after leaking allegations to the media that the nation's larges
48. 49 49. Greg Mortenson/Gospel for Teens2011-08-28 · 44mGreg Mortenson - He's written inspiring best sellers, including "Three Cups of Tea," but are the stories all true? Gospel for Teens - Lesley Stahl spends a year following the insp
49. 50 50. WikiLeaks/Resurrecting the extinct2011-09-04 · 44mWikiLeaks - Julian Assange, the controversial founder of WikiLeaks, speaks to Steve Kroft about the U.S. attempt to indict him on criminal charges and the torrent of criticism aime
50. 51 51. The interrogator/Remembering 9/112011-09-11 · 44mThe interrogator - Few know more about the 9/11 investigation than Ali Soufan, who questioned members of al Qaeda after the attack. The former FBI agent reveals himself for the fir
51. 52 52. ?I've never seen the like?/Spy on the ice/Jerry Jones2011-09-18 · 44m"I've never seen the like" - After many requests for help from his ambushed unit were denied, Dakota Meyer took matters into his own hands, going through a gauntlet of Taliban fire