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FRONTLINE; Election Held Hostage, The
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- Series
- FRONTLINE
- Program
- Election Held Hostage, The
- Program Number
916
- Series Description
FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world. Since 1983, FRONTLINE has served as PBS's flagship public affairs series. Hailed upon its television broadcast debut as "the last best hope for broadcast documentaries," FRONTLINE's stature is reaffirmed each week through incisive documentaries covering the scope and complexity of the human experience.
- Program Description
On January 20, 1981, just as Ronald Reagan was sworn in as the 40th president of the US, Iran finally released the 52 American hostages it had held for 444 days. FRONTLINE investigates startling new evidence about how both the Carter and Reagan camps may have tried to forge secret deals for those hostages during the 1980 presidential campaign. The 1990 federal perjury trail of Richard Brenneke brought out claims that he had attended a meeting with Reagan's campaign manager William Casey at which the Iranians were promised arms in exchange for the delayed release of the hostages. Further investigations also revealed other witnesses to Casey negotiations; details on the Israeli military shipments to Iran; Carter's failed attempts at CIA covert activities against Iran; American arms deals with Iran after Reagan's inauguration.
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Genres
- Documentary
- Citation
- Chicago: “FRONTLINE; Election Held Hostage, The,” GBH Archives, accessed April 19, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B469AE730ABD46DEB5465F05B7EBCA94.
- MLA: “FRONTLINE; Election Held Hostage, The.” GBH Archives. Web. April 19, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B469AE730ABD46DEB5465F05B7EBCA94>.
- APA: FRONTLINE; Election Held Hostage, The. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B469AE730ABD46DEB5465F05B7EBCA94