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3 unusual facts about 60 Minutes II


Jeremy Sivits

Sivits was the man who took many of the photographs at the prison which became notorious after some were first aired on the 60 Minutes II news television show.

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg

In May 1999, 60 Minutes II aired a follow-up to 60 Minutes 1986 feature about her.

Soldiers for the Truth Foundation

The staff at SFTT put Lawson in touch with researchers working for 60 Minutes II, which broadcast a documentary on the subject within five weeks.


CBS News controversies and criticism

On September 8, 2004, two months before the 2004 presidential election, 60 Minutes II broadcast a report by Dan Rather claiming that a series of memos had surfaced criticizing President George W. Bush's service record in the Texas Air National Guard, purportedly discovered in the personnel files of Bush's then-commanding officer, Lt. Col. Jerry B. Killian.


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