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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鈥橬eill hopes a young Muslim agent can help.

The CIA withholds intel on an al-Qaeda plot, so FBI man John O鈥橬eill 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 2019 21:30

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  • Toni Braxton

    You Mean The World To Me

Credits

Role Contributor
John O'Neill Jeff Daniels
Ali Soufan Tahar Rahim
Martin Schmidt Peter Sarsgaard
Richard Clarke Michael Stuhlbarg
Diane Marsh Wrenn Schmidt
Robert Chesney Bill Camp
Vince Stuart Louis Cancelmi
Kathy Shaughnessy Virginia Kull
Heather Ella Rae Peck
Floyd Bennet Sullivan Jones
Liz Annie Parisse
Deb Fletcher Leslie Silva
Ayman al-Zawahiri Nasser Faris
John Miller CJ Wilson
Toni-Ann Marino Jamie Neumann
Sheri Katie Finneran
Mohamad al-Owhali Youssef Berouain
Khallad Samer Bisharat
Director Alex Gibney
Writer Dan Futterman

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