Series
Road to 9/11
“The signs were there.”
DocumentaryWar & Politics
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.
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Seasons & episodes
1Part 1: Brooklyn Jihad (1990-1995)4 Sept 2017 · 86m · ★ 8.0While 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.
2Part 2: The Bin Ladens (1995-2000)5 Sept 2017 · 86m · ★ 8.0Clinton 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.
3Part 3: The Days of Terror (2000-2003)6 Sept 2017 · 86m · ★ 8.0A 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.
Details
- First aired
- 4 Sept 2017
- Last aired
- 6 Sept 2017
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- History
- Episodes
- 3
- Votes
- 5 on TMDB
Cast
F. Murray AbrahamSelf - Narrator
Leon PanettaSelf - White House Chief of Staff, 1994-1997- EEmad SalemSelf - FBI Informant
George H. W. BushSelf (archive footage)
Bill ClintonSelf (archive footage)
Richard ClarkeSelf - Chief Counterterrorism Adviser, National Security Council
John MillerSelf - Former Reporter, WNBC
Steve CollSelf - Author, 'Ghost Wars' and 'The Bin Ladens'- AArturo MuñozSelf - Senior Intelligence Officer, CIA
