

Road to 9/11
2017-09-04 · 86 min / episode · ★ 8.4
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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F. Murray AbrahamSelf - Narrator
Leon PanettaSelf - White House Chief of Staff, 1994-1997
George H. W. BushSelf (archive footage)
Bill ClintonSelf (archive footage)
Richard ClarkeSelf - Chief Counterterrorism Adviser, National Security Council
John MillerSelf - Former Reporter, WNBC
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