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Road to 9/11

2017 · 1 season · 3 episodes · Ended · History

Documentary, War & Politics

TMDB 8.5 · 4 votes

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The signs were there.

Beginning with the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, journalist Steve Coll chronicles the events that took place in the lead-up to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, including missed signals, failed operations and political turf wars.

Episodes

  • S01E01Part 1: Brooklyn Jihad (1990-1995)2017-09-0486m

    While investigating the assassination of a rabbi in 1990, agents discover a Brooklyn-based terrorist cell with connections to Osama bin Laden. In 1993, cell members succeed in setting off a bomb in the World Trade Center, killing six people.

  • S01E02Part 2: The Bin Ladens (1995-2000)2017-09-0586m

    Clinton administration officials react to the rise in jihadi terror. Operations are planned targeting Osama bin Laden resulting in near misses. A profile of bin Laden emerges through interview footage with him and commentary from people who knew him.

  • S01E03Part 3: The Days of Terror (2000-2003)2017-09-0686m

    A portrait of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks. A look at the men recruited to carry out the attacks, including their backgrounds and training. An examination of missed signals in Washington, D.C., prior to the attacks.

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