February 21, 2010 - Blackwater 61, Bloom Box, Ground Zero

Season 42, Episode 20, Aired

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Steve Kroft examines the story behind "Blackwater 61", a plane carrying soldiers and supplies that crashed into a mountain in Afghanistan.

Lesley Stahl reports on an alternative energy source that large corporations in California have been secretly testing.

Scott Pelley returns to Ground Zero to look at why, despite billions spent, none of the buildings and memorial has been completed.

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  • CBS explores the billions of dollars wasted trying to rebuild ground zero.

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    Informative episode. The program has been doing a couple of lackluster, and lazily reported episode but this one was on target.

    I think would like to know what's happened on ground zero and not surprisingly despite the big boasts and promises about rebuilding Ground Zero after September 11 nothing has happened.

    The program shows you all the problems and politicians that have prevented the rebuilding of Ground Zero. This wouldn't be a big deal until you learn all the buildings of dollars that have either been wasted or lost trying to rebuild new towers.

    After watching this, you wonder why people would bother rebuilding it, as it's milking the city dry of financial resources that could easily be built elsewhere.

    The Blackwater case is a common case of bad military planning and maybe a bit of ego. A group of Army pilots are on a "routine mission". There is a dramatic moment where one of the wife's dead soldiers the cockpit audio found from the wreckage. The pilot seem a bit smug then when they notice a mountain clearing that will seem tough to navigate through, their attitudes change dramatically.

    The wife's soldier is suing for negligence of which she won. There though seem to be enough evidence to show that the military could have done more in regards to the flight, but also I think that the pilots didn't do much planning on their part for their mission.

    The other segment about the technology of the Black box was interesting.moreless
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