60 Minutes II (1999)

Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse report, April 28, 2004 The midweek spin-off of 60 Minutes broadcast the photographs of American military police abusing naked Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, the images that became the defining record of the scandal. The episode is also a case study in editorial pressure. CBS first planned to air the story on April 14 and held it back twice over two weeks at the Pentagon's request, going ahead only when it learned other reporters had the story. Watching it now is less about surprise than about seeing how a program handled evidence it knew would travel around the world, including the military response it chose to air alongside it.