A look inside our National Security Agency, the security organization which intercepts our communications, including its supposed failures before 9/11 and its new eavesdropping system since. It also examines whether their practices are too broad and its load of unusable information just may drown out the critical information. Also featured are interviews with former FBI, CIA and NSA officials.

NOVA Season 36 Episodes...

• s36e01 - Arctic Dinosaurs
• s36e02 - Space Shuttle Disaster
• s36e03 - Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives
• s36e04 - Fractals: Hunting The Hidden Dimension
• s36e05 - Alien From Earth
• s36e06 - The Bible's Buried Secrets
• s36e07 - Ocean Animal Emergency
• s36e08 - Is There Life On Mars?
• s36e09 - The Big Energy Gamble
• s36e10 - The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
• s36e11 - The Spy Factory
• s36e12 - Rat Attack
• s36e13 - Extreme Ice
• s36e14 - Last Extinction (Megabeasts' Sudden Death)
• s36e15 - Doctors' Diaries Pt.1
• s36e16 - Doctors' Diaries Pt.2
• s36e17 - Musical Minds

NOVA Show Summary

Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science based television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won many major television awards, most of them many times over.