Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror · S1 · E3
The Dark Side
Learning the hijackers benefitted from gaps in US intelligence, the White House justifies a secret surveillance program and "enhanced interrogation."
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Learning the hijackers benefitted from gaps in US intelligence, the White House justifies a secret surveillance program and "enhanced interrogation."
Season 1
1The System Was Blinking Red
60 minSep 1, 2021★ 7.4
Interviews and chilling archival recordings chronicle the chaos that unfolded during the 9/11 attacks, whose origins can be traced to the 1980s.
2A Place of Danger
59 minSep 1, 2021★ 7.4
Survivors recount the horrors they endured on 9/11. Immediately after the attacks, George W. Bush begins charting America's aggressive military response.
3The Dark Side
64 minSep 1, 2021★ 7.3Now viewing
Learning the hijackers benefitted from gaps in US intelligence, the White House justifies a secret surveillance program and "enhanced interrogation."
4The Good War
63 minSep 1, 2021★ 7.4
With no cohesive strategy, the war in Afghanistan squanders early successes and backfires, fueling disillusionment, corruption and a Taliban resurgence.
5Graveyard of Empires
67 minSep 1, 2021★ 7.2
After two decades, the US aims to end its longest-ever war, but its withdrawal threatens to plunge Afghanistan back into repressive, bloody violence.
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