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Powerful portrayal of the actual events leading up to September 11th 2001. The CIA withholds intel on an al-Qaeda plot, so FBI man John O’Neill hopes a young Muslim agent can help.

The CIA withholds intel on an al-Qaeda plot, so FBI man John O’Neill hopes young Muslim agent Ali Soufan can help, while old hand Bob Chesney follows an unlikely lead in Kenya, on the eve of a major atrocity.

Powerful, Emmy-nominated portrayal of the actual events leading up to September 11th 2001, documented in the book by Lawrence Wright.

48 minutes

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Fri 26 Apr 201921:30

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  • Toni Braxton

    You Mean The World To Me

Credits

RoleContributor
John O'NeillJeff Daniels
Ali SoufanTahar Rahim
Martin SchmidtPeter Sarsgaard
Richard ClarkeMichael Stuhlbarg
Diane MarshWrenn Schmidt
Robert ChesneyBill Camp
Vince StuartLouis Cancelmi
Kathy ShaughnessyVirginia Kull
HeatherElla Rae Peck
Floyd BennetSullivan Jones
LizAnnie Parisse
Deb FletcherLeslie Silva
Ayman al-ZawahiriNasser Faris
John MillerCJ Wilson
Toni-Ann MarinoJamie Neumann
SheriKatie Finneran
Mohamad al-OwhaliYoussef Berouain
KhalladSamer Bisharat
DirectorAlex Gibney
WriterDan Futterman

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