60 Minutes
Curve Ball/The Ivory War/Captain of Capitalism
Season 40, Episode 7 · Aired 2007-11-04
Synopsis
"Curve Ball" investigators the Iraqi defector who fabricated a story about WMDs that helped drive the U.S. into war in the Middle East. "The Ivory War" investigates elephant poaching in Africa. "Captain of Capitalism" profiles venture capitalist Tom Perkins. "Andy Rooney" talks about not wanting to be a politician.
In the series
This episode is part of 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS.
Tick-tick-tick — Sunday night investigative theater that outrated sitcoms.
Key cast
- Mike Wallace as Correspondent
- Morley Safer as Correspondent
- Harry Reasoner as Correspondent
- Ed Bradley as Correspondent
- Diane Sawyer as Correspondent
Also in season 40
- S40E01 President Ahmadinejad | Pot Shops | The Match of His Life
- S40E02 The Justice Nobody Knows/What Killed Rebecca Riley?/Invincible
- S40E03 The Man from Interpol/Roots/Springsteen/The Bird Man of Idaho
- S40E04 Blackwater/A Clean Version of Hell/Joel Osteen/Dubai Inc.
- S40E05 The Age of Megafires/Life Saver/No Ordinary Spy
- S40E06 Bombing Afghanistan/What's Wrong with the Bees?/Sarko L'Americain