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Road to 9/11

The signs were there.

8.5/ 1020171h 26m

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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The cast

Faces behind the story

F. Murray Abraham

F. Murray Abraham

Self - Narrator

Leon Panetta

Leon Panetta

Self - White House Chief of Staff, 1994-1997

Emad Salem

Self - FBI Informant

George H. W. Bush

George H. W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

Self (archive footage)

Richard Clarke

Richard Clarke

Self - Chief Counterterrorism Adviser, National Security Council

John Miller

John Miller

Self - Former Reporter, WNBC

Steve Coll

Steve Coll

Self - Author, 'Ghost Wars' and 'The Bin Ladens'