
Shock and anger at Jeffrey Epstein's apparent death by suicide
The formerly high-flying finance figure and accused pedophile apparently took his own life Saturday morning inside a Manhattan jail. Mola Lenghi reports.
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The formerly high-flying finance figure and accused pedophile apparently took his own life Saturday morning inside a Manhattan jail. Mola Lenghi reports.
"You set a crook to catch a crook," said Mel Weinberg, a confessed swindler who conceived of the controversial FBI operation Abscam. The sting enterprise led to the convictions of corrupt public figures-- but landed the FBI in hot water for employing a conman.
"If you want to get something done in Massachusetts, you need him." That's how Morley Safer describes Boston's Billy Bulger, the powerful longtime president of the Massachusetts Senate -- and brother of the infamous mobster James "Whitey" Bulger. (Original air date: Sept. 27, 1992)
From Harvard graduate to eccentric loner, accused Unabomber Ted Kaczynski is also a sibling and a son. Kaczynski's brother David discusses the difficult decision to turn him in to the FBI. Mike Wallace and Lesley Stahl report.
In Scott Pelley's debut on 60 Minutes in 1999, he reports from the burial grounds of Kosovo, where the FBI is investigating the biggest murder investigation in the agency's history.
Once the FBI's most wanted cyber criminal, Kevin Mitnick hacked into the computer systems of dozens of major corporations, causing an estimated $300 million in damage. Mitnick tells Ed Bradley he was never a thief, just an "electronic joyrider" out for a challenge.
Before and after 9/11, the FBI failed to translate hundreds of foreign language documents with information gleaned from wiretaps and interrogations. Sibel Edmonds, a former FBI translator, tells Ed Bradley her department was riddled with incompetence and corruption.
In 2005, TJX, the parent company of T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, suffered the worst high-tech heist in shopping history, with nearly a hundred million customer credit card numbers stolen by hackers. Lesley Stahl finds it could happen almost anywhere you shop.
FBI agents tell Steve Kroft about their 16-year search and eventual capture of Boston mobster Whitey Bulger, once No. 1 on the Most Wanted list.
Federal investigators tell Scott Pelley the inside story of the Boston Marathon bombing manhunt a year after the infamous act of terror. (Original air date: March 23, 2014)
Steve Kroft continues his report on former KGB spy Jack Barsky -- including how Barksy duped the KGB and how the FBI changed his life.
A terrorist attack in Texas by two U.S. citizens shows how hard it is to prevent such an attack -- even when one of the terrorists is well-known to the FBI.
A terrorist attack in Texas by two U.S. citizens shows how hard it is to prevent such an attack -- even when one of the terrorists is well-known to the FBI. Anderson Cooper reports on Sunday, Aug. 20 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
In his first interview, an FBI undercover operative tells Scott Pelley how he infiltrated al Qaeda and thwarted potential terror attacks planned for New York and Toronto.
An FBI undercover operative tells 60 Minutes how he infiltrated al Qaeda and thwarted terror attacks planned for New York and Toronto
How an undercover FBI operative built trust between himself and an al Qaeda terrorist using some acting skills and the real pain of his mother's death
"My knee-jerk reaction, Scott, was: 'I'm not an actor. This is a waste of time.' Then it essentially transformed me. It transformed my undercover game," Elnoury tells Scott Pelley
Devoted to Islam and America, fluent in Arabic and English, able to maintain an alias and work alone among killers -- Tamer Elnoury was a rare find for the FBI's undercover counterterrorism group
"There's nothing like putting your arm around a bad guy and telling him you're his best friend, getting him to commit, and tell you all his secrets and all the evil inside of him. And lockin' him up."
This FBI operative's true identity is classified, and this week on 60 Minutes, we also hide his appearance through hours of meticulous special effects makeup
An FBI undercover operative tells Scott Pelley how he infiltrated al Qaeda and thwarted potential terror attacks planned for New York and Toronto
Bill Whitaker reports on Americans wrongly accused of espionage-related crimes as the U.S. steps up the fight against Chinese theft of U.S. trade secrets and intellectual property
Former acting FBI director Andrew McCabe tells "60 Minutes" about taking over for James Comey, starting investigations of President Trump, interactions with the president and his own firing. Scott Pelley reports.
Scott Pelley discusses his interview with former FBI acting director Andrew McCabe.
Andrew McCabe says President Trump called him after firing James Comey and demanded: Who let Comey fly home on an FBI plane?
At least 2.5 million students across the country are using Yondr pouches, as 35 states have laws or rules limiting cellphones in schools.
The Joe and Jill Biden Foundation this past week approved a 13-person governance board that is charged with steering the project.
The Trump administration told Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Friday it is now seeking to deport him to the tiny African kingdom of Eswatini.
For the second time in two days, Venezuela flew military aircraft in the vicinity of the USS Jason Dunham in international waters, multiple officials confirmed to CBS News.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett discussed her majority opinion curtailing the use of nationwide injunctions in an interview with CBS News senior correspondent Norah O'Donnell.
Israel's army has urged Palestinians in Gaza City to move to a designated humanitarian area in the south. Meanwhile, an ailing Palestinian toddler recovers in Italy.
LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families participated in a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome on Saturday, celebrating a new level of acceptance in the Catholic Church.
The 57-year-old man was surfing with friends in the Pacific waters off northern Sydney when the attack happened.
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to announce that the use of Tylenol by pregnant women may be linked to autism in children.