NGC: N6030/ NGCI: i INSIDE 9/11: THE WAR CONTINUES NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL

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1 N6030 INSIDE 9/11: THE WAR CONTINUES NGC: N6030/ NGCI: i INSIDE 9/11: THE WAR CONTINUES NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL Towers Productions (NGS021) Writer/producer: Kristen Akers Gozdecki Associate Producer: Nic Dell Editors: Dave Less and Michael Lahey 6/14/11 FINAL SCRIPT 1. Disclaimer The following program contains images that may be disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised. 8/8/12

2 TEASE 01:00:10:00 <Fast montage of 9/11 images> NEARLY A DECADE AFTER 9/11, U.S. SPECIAL FORCES KILL OSAMA BIN LADEN IN A DARING EARLY MORNING RAID IN PAKISTAN 01:00:24:00 AP: Midnight footage of burning Abbottabad compound/abc: daytime aftermath shot, bloody bedroom BUT THE DEATH OF THE WORLD S MOST WANTED TERRORIST DOESN T MEAN THE END FOR AL QAEDA <NAT POP: Madrid, London, Mumbai, Fort Hood> <NAT POP: Madrid, London, Mumbai, Fort Hood> THE MEN HE INSPIRED ARE MORE THAN READY TO STEP INTO THE VOID <NAT POP Awlaki video 2002> <NAT POP Awlaki video 2002> The leaders are plotting to kill you. Brothers, that s what they re doing today: they are plotting to kill this religion. SERIES TITLE CARD INSIDE 9/11: THE WAR CONTINUES ACT ONE 01:00:53:00 GFX Timestamp: April 2001 ABBOTTABAD, PAKISTAN. AN AFFLUENT SUBURB HOME TO PAKISTAN S TOP MILITARY ACADEMY. LESS THAN A MILE [ALT. A KILOMETER] 2

3 01:01:04:00 AWAY SITS THIS THREE-STORY WALLED COMPOUND. IT GOES UNNOTICED BY MOST OF ITS NEIGHBORS :01:17:00 GFX Lower Third: JUAN ZARATE, Fmr. Deputy National Security Advisor GFX Archive Stamp: File Footage GFX Timestamp: May 2, 2011 GFX Archive Stamp: File Footage BUT IT IS BEING WATCHED 24/7 BY C.I.A. AGENTS. JUAN ZARATE, Fmr. Deputy National Security Advisor This compound was under a great deal of suspicion. The fact that you had the couriers who were known to be close to Bin Laden coming in and out of the compound. I think analysts knew at that point that this was the best opportunity to try to get in to Bin Laden. AROUND MIDNIGHT ON MAY 2nd, 2011, FIVE U.S. MILITARY HELICOPTERS BREACH PAKISTANI AIRSPACE TWO OF THE HELOS CARRY 23 OF THE MILITARY S MOST ELITE COMMANDOS: THE NAVY SEALS. THEY FLY UNDETECTED TOWARD THE COMPOUND. JUAN ZARATE, Fmr. Deputy National Security Advisor Not only do you have the risk of Pakistani air defenses finding the helicopters coming across their border, but also the, the reality that a reaction force on the ground could react with a firefight, not knowing who was attacking. ABOUT AN HOUR, LATER TWO BLACKHAWKS DESCEND TOWARD THE COMPOUND :02:19:00 GFX Archive Stamp: File Footage GFX LOWER THIRD: ERIC BUT ONE OF THEM SUDDENLY LOSES ALTITUDE AND SLAMS INTO ONE OF THE COMPOUND S OUTER WALLS. ERIC GREITENS, Fmr. Navy Seal SEALs prepare for as many contingencies as 3

4 GREITENS, Fmr. Navy Seal GFX Archive Stamp: File Footage 01:02:31:00 01:03:38:00 possible. The team is able to quickly adapt and still safely evacuate every single person off of that target. THE SEAL TEAM EXCHANGES FIRE WITH A MAN HIDING INSIDE THE COMPOUND S GUEST HOUSE... THEN MAKES ITS WAY TO THE MAIN HOUSE WHERE BIN LADEN IS BELIEVED TO BE HIDING. ERIC GREITENS, Fmr. Navy Seal They know they can t anticipate everything that s gonna happen. Some of those doors might have been booby-trapped. THE COMMANDO TEAM STARTS TOWARD THE COMPOUND S THIRD FLOOR. THEY SPOT BIN LADEN, BUT HE QUICKLY RETREATS INTO HIS BEDROOM. THERE, TWO WOMEN ONE BELIEVED TO BE HIS YOUNGEST WIFE RUSH THE SEALS, TRYING TO PROTECT HIM. SFX: GUNSHOTS THEY SUBDUE HER WITH A SHOT TO THE LEG THEN ONE OF THE SEALS FIRES ON BIN LADEN HITTING HIM IN THE CHEST AND ABOVE HIS LEFT EYE BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM, PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HIS TEAM HEAR THE WORDS: QUOTE, GERONIMO, E-K-I-A. ERIC GREITENS, Fmr. Navy Seal When the final call came in, enemy killed in action, everyone in that room knew that finally victory had been achieved, justice had been done. 4

5 <NAT POP: September 11, 2001 Ground Zero> 01:04:04:00 GFX TIMESTAMP: September 12, 2001 GFX TIMESTAMP: September 14, 2001 <NAT POP: Sept. 14, 2001 President Bush at GZ> <NAT POP US forces on the move in Afghanistan> THE KILLING OF THE MAN WHO DECLARED WAR ON AMERICA CLOSES A PAINFUL CHAPTER THAT BEGAN ON A BRIGHT SEPTEMBER MORNING, ALMOST TEN YEARS AGO <NAT POP: September 11, 2001 Ground Zero> IT S SEPTEMBER 12th, WORKERS AT GROUND ZERO SEARCH ROUND-THE-CLOCK FOR ANY SIGNS OF SURVIVORS WHILE OSAMA BIN LADEN S EXACT WHEREABOUTS IN AFGHANISTAN ARE UNKNOWN. Quick cut transition w/ SFX sting SEPTEMBER 14 TH. TWO DAYS LATER, PRESIDENT BUSH VISITS GROUND ZERO FOR THE FIRST TIME. <NAT POP: Sept. 14, 2001 President Bush at GZ> Firefighters: We can t hear you! Bush: I can hear you! I can hear you, the rest of the world hears you.*cheers* And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon. <NAT POP US forces on the move in Afghanistan> 35. GFX TIMESTAMP: October 7, 2001 OCTOBER 7, U.S. FORCES INVADE AFGHANISTAN FOR VETERAN CIA OFFICER, GARY BERNTSEN, LAUNCHING AN ALL-OUT ATTACK ON AL QAEDA IS LONG OVERDUE 5

6 GFX LOWER THIRD: GARY BERNTSEN, Fmr. CIA Officer 01:05:20:00 GFX TIMESTAMP: November 12, 2001 <NAT POP: bin Laden Video, Kandahar, Nov. 2001> SUBTITLE: they broke the good news and we said, God bless you. GARY BERNTSEN, Fmr. CIA Officer We had been attacked in Khobar Towers in 1996 and did nothing. We were attacked in East Africa. Very rarely in history has a great power had so many warnings and failed to act to defend itself. NOW, BERNTSEN S ORDERS ARE TO GET BIN LADEN DEAD OR ALIVE. NOVEMBER 12 TH. BERNTSEN ARRIVES IN KABUL THAT DAY, U.S.-BACKED AFGHAN FORCES LIBERATE THE CITY FROM THE TALIBAN S GRIP AROUND THE SAME TIME, THE MOST WANTED MAN IN THE WORLD DECIDES TO SIT BEFORE A CAMERA IN A GUESTHOUSE IN KANDAHAR AND BOAST ABOUT HOW HE PULLED OFF THE DEADLIEST TERROR ATTACK EVER ON THE U.S.: <NAT POP: bin Laden Video, Kandahar, Nov. 2001> they broke the good news and we said, God bless you. BUT SOON, BIN LADEN IS ON THE RUN HE RETREATS TO HIS MOUNTAINOUS HIDEOUT NEAR TORA BORA. WHILE BERNTSEN AND HIS TEAM TRACK BIN LADEN S MOVEMENTS AND CALL IN AIR STRIKES. BERNTSEN CALLS FOR MORE GROUND TROOPS TO CORNER BIN LADEN BUT HIS REQUEST IS DENIED. 6

7 GFX Timestamp: December 13, 2001 DECEMBER 13 TH. GARY BERNTSEN, Fmr. CIA Officer I met with senior military people and they said, look, we're killing several hundred of them a day. We're not taking casualties. I think people wanted to declare a victory maybe a little earlier than they should have. U.S. FORCES INTERCEPT RADIO TRANSMISSIONS FROM BIN LADEN AS HE SAYS GOODBYE TO HIS REMAINING AL QAEDA FIGHTERS AT TORA BORA GX: MAP TRANSITION Falls Church, Virginia <NAT POP 10/19/01 PBS NewsHour, Awlaki> <NAT POP 10/19/01 PBS NewsHour, Awlaki> <NAT POP 10/19/01 PBS NewsHour, Awlaki>..AND GOES INTO HIDING. IT S BELIEVED THAT NEARLY A YEAR LATER, HE SLIPS OVER THE BORDER INTO PAKISTAN.BACK IN THE U.S., A VASTLY DIFFERENT KIND OF MUSLIM LEADER GRABS THE MEDIA S ATTENTION. <NAT POP 10/19/01 PBS NewsHour, Awlaki> What is the role the American Muslims should play? UNLIKE BIN LADEN, HE CALLS FOR PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING. <NAT POP 10/19/01 PBS NewsHour, Awlaki> We as Muslims we want to bring an end to terrorism more than anybody else. 30-YEAR OLD ANWAR AWLAKI IS A NATIVE OF NEW MEXICO, BORN TO YEMENI PARENTS. HE S SPENT MUCH OF HIS LIFE SHUTTLING BETWEEN THE US AND THE MIDDLE EAST. <NAT POP 10/19/01 PBS NewsHour, Awlaki> There is deep, mutual misunderstanding on both sides. This is not a clash of civilizations, it is a clash 7

8 of ignorance. 54. GFX Timestamp: October, 2001 OCTOBER, SEVEN WEEKS AFTER THE 9/11 ATTACKS PBS REPORTER RAY SUAREZ AND HIS CREW FILM ONE OF AWLAKI S FRIDAY SERMONS, HERE, AT THE DAR AL-HIJRAH MOSQUE IN VIRGINIA AFTERWARD, AWLAKI INVITES SUAREZ AND HIS CREW BACK TO HIS HOME FOR AN INTERVIEW: <NAT POP 10/19/01 PBS NewsHour> <NAT POP 10/19/01 PBS NewsHour, Awlaki> The American Muslims, they know what America is about. We cherish a lot of the values that are in America. Freedom is one of them; the opportunity is another. GFX LOWER THIRD: RAY SUAREZ, Senior Correspondent, PBS NewsHour 01:08:13:00 RAY SUAREZ, Senior Correspondent, PBS NewsHour He knew his recent American history pretty well had some familiarity with popular culture. And I came away thinking this is a very interesting guy. MORE INTERESTING, IN FACT, THAN REPORTERS CAN EVEN IMAGINE FBI AGENTS ARE LOOKING INTO HIS TANTALIZING CONNECTIONS TO THE 9/11 PLOT GOING BACK MORE THAN A YEAR. Transition GFX Timestamp: Spring SPRING, BEFORE COMING TO VIRGINIA, AWLAKI WAS IN CHARGE HERE: THE RABAT MOSQUE IN SAN DIEGO. 61. TWO MEMBERS OF HIS CONGREGATION ARE SAUDI NATIONALS, NAWAF AL- 8

9 HAZMI AND KHALID AL-MIHDHAR GFX LOWER THIRD: PAUL SPERRY, Author, Infiltration 01:09:22:00 <NAT POP 9/11-Washington DC> 01:09:34:00 GFX Timestamp: September 15, 2001 EARLY 2001 WHEN AWLAKI MOVES TO THE VIRGINIA MOSQUE A THIRD SAUDI, HANI HANJOUR, ENTERS HIS ORBIT. AND SOME INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE IT WAS THE IMAM S ROLE TO READY THE TRIO FOR THE 9/11 ATTACKS. PAUL SPERRY, Author, Infiltration His job was to prepare the hijackers, immersing them in scriptures, so that they did not lose their nerve at the last minute. EIGHT MONTHS LATER <NAT POP 9/11-Washington DC> SEPTEMBER 15 TH, F.B.I. AGENTS QUESTION AWLAKI ABOUT THE PENTAGON HIJACKERS HE IDENTIFIES HAZMI, BUT DENIES HAVING MET THE OTHER TWO. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE POPULAR IMAM KNOWS MUCH MORE THAN HE IS OFFERING UP. 68. GFX Timestamp: June JUNE NEARLY A YEAR AFTER 9/11, THE F.B.I. IS STILL STRUGGLING TO FILE A CHARGE AGAINST AWLAKI THAT WILL FORCE HIM TO REVEAL WHAT HE KNOWS ABOUT 9/11. THEY LEARN HE MADE A FALSE STATEMENT ON A PASSPORT APPLICATION AND CHARGE HIM WITH FRAUD. 9

10 SNAP OUT #1 36:09 GFX: MAP TRANSITION Karachi, Pakistan 01:10:21:00 Timestamp: September 11, :10:42:00 BUT THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON HIS FALSE STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED AND THE CHARGE IS DROPPED. SEPTEMBER 11, EXACTLY ONE YEAR AFTER 9/11, PAKISTANI POLICE CAPTURE A KEY CONSPIRATOR: RAMZI BINALSHIBH. STATIONED IN GERMANY BINALSHIBH ACTED AS A CONDUIT BETWEEN BIN LADEN, MASTERMIND KHALID SHEIKH MOHAMMAD AND HIJACKER RINGLEADER MOHAMMED ATTA. AFTER HIS CAPTURE, GERMAN POLICE SEARCH HIS APARTMENT IN HAMBURG. THERE THEY FIND THIS NUMBER FOR DAR AL-HIJRAH; AWLAKI S VIRGINIA MOSQUE. 73. GFX Timestamp: Late 2002 BY THE END OF 2002 AWLAKI TIRES OF THE SCRUTINY HE FACES IN THE U.S. AND WHAT HE FEELS IS AN ANTI- MUSLIM CLIMATE SO HE RELOCATES TO LONDON. THERE, HE REVEALS HIS MORE RADICAL VIEWS 10

11 74. <NAT POP Awlaki video 2002> GFX Subtitle: The leaders are plotting to kill you. Brothers, that s what they re doing today: they are plotting to kill this religion. <NAT POP Awlaki video 2002> The leaders are plotting to kill you. Brothers, that s what they re doing today: they are plotting to kill this religion <NAT POP Awlaki video 2002> GFX Subtitle: The Jews and the Christians will not be pleased until you become like them. GFX Timestamp: :11:45:00 HE RECORDS HIS SPEECHES AND SHARES THEM WITH A GROWING LEGION OF FOLLOWERS ON THE INTERNET. <NAT POP Awlaki video 2002> The Jews and the Christians will not be pleased until you become like them MORE THAN TWO YEARS AFTER 9/11 AWLAKI S FIERY SPEECHES AND ASSOCIATIONS WITH KNOWN-TERROR GROUPS ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF BRITISH AUTHORITIES. SO HE FLEES TO HIS PARENTS HOMELAND.YEMEN. AS AWLAKI ESTABLISHES HIMSELF IN HIS NEW HOME TERRORISTS IN EUROPE LAUNCH A NEW PLOT 11

12 ACT TWO <NAT POP: Downtown Madrid> <NAT POP: Downtown Madrid> 01:11:56:00 GFX Timestamp: March 11, 2004 MARCH 11, IT S THE MORNING RUSH HOUR IN MADRID, SPAIN GFX Timestamp: 7:00AM GFX Timestamp: 7:38AM <NAT POP: Madrid bombing> SNAP OUT #2 06:00 01:13:08:00 AT 7A.M., A GROUP OF MEN LOAD BACKPACKS ONTO FOUR TRAINS AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE ALCALA STATION. A HALF HOUR LATER <NAT POP: Madrid bombing> IT S THE DEADLIEST TERROR ATTACK IN EUROPE IN MORE THAN 15 YEARS. NEARLY 200 ARE KILLED INVESTIGATORS FIND A GROUP OF MOROCCAN IMMIGRANTS ARE AMONG THOSE RESPONSIBLE. THREE WEEKS LATER, POLICE TRACK DOWN SEVEN OF THE SUSPECTS USING A CELL PHONE ABANDONED AT THE SCENE THEY SURROUND AN APARTMENT OUTSIDE MADRID WHERE THE MEN ARE HIDING OUT. BUT BEFORE POLICE CAN REACH THEM, THE MEN BLOW THEMSELVES UP. 12

13 SNAP OUT #3 13:00 01:13:19:00 INVESTIGATORS FIND THE PLOTTERS ORGANIZED ON THEIR OWN AND TOOK THEIR INSPIRATION FROM AL QAEDA WEB POSTS CALLING FOR ATTACKS TO DISRUPT SPAIN S GENERAL ELECTION. UNLIKE THE 9/11 HIJACKERS, THE MEN HAVE FEW CLEAR TIES TO AL QAEDA S CENTRAL LEADERSHIP GFX LOWER THIRD: Bruce Hoffman, Georgetown University GFX: MAP TRANSITION Baghdad, Iraq BRUCE HOFFMAN, Professor, Georgetown University Al-Qaeda is perfectly willing to empower local Jihadis completely on their own to carry out attacks, because Al-Qaeda has nothing to lose. It s spent no money. It s expended no effort; it s cost them no resources to train them. AROUND THE WORLD <NAT POP: Iraq war> 01:14:23:00 MORE TERROR GROUPS ARE TRYING TO EMULATE AL QAEDA. <NAT POP: Iraq war> AND NOWHERE MORE THAN IN AMERICA S NEW THEATER OF OPERATIONS: IRAQ. IN 2004, A LOW-QUALITY VIDEO IS RELEASED ON THE INTERNET IN IT, A YOUNG MAN IN AN ORANGE JUMPSUIT SITS IN FRONT OF FIVE MEN. HE IS AMERICAN CONTRACTOR, NICHOLAS BERG. 13

14 :14:31:00 SUDDENLY <NAT POP: 2004 Berg video> *Screams* THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE PUSHES BERG TO THE FLOOR AND DECAPITATES HIM. INSIDE THE WORLD OF RADICAL ISLAM, THIS KILLING IS HAILED AS ANOTHER AUDACIOUS MOVE BY A RELATIVE NEWCOMER: ABU AL-ZARQAWI, THE COMMANDER OF AL QAEDA IN IRAQ. FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THE IRAQ WAR AL-ZARQAWI S FIGHTERS HIT US FORCES WITH ROADSIDE BOMBS AND DRAW THEM INTO SAVAGE STREET BATTLES IN FALLUJAH AND BAGHDAD. IRAQ S TERRORIST-IN-CHIEF IS TRYING TO OVERSHADOW BIN LADEN BACK IN THE U.S. ON JULY 22, 2004, AFTER AN INVESTIGATION OF NEARLY TWO YEARS, THE 9/11 COMMISSION ISSUES ITS FINAL REPORT. IT S AN OVERNIGHT BESTSELLER TELLING THE GRIPPING TALE OF HOW THE PLOT UNFOLDED. IT S BASED ON INFORMATION FROM CAPTURED TERRORIST, KHALID SHEIKH MOHAMMAD, WHO DECLARED HIMSELF THE REAL MASTERMIND OF THE 14

15 01:15:38:00 ATTACK GFX LOWER THIRD: Thomas Kean, Fmr. Co-Chair 9/11 Commission THOMAS KEAN, Fmr. Co-chair 9/11 Commission He s a guy with a big ego and I think he was trying to say to people it wasn t really Bin Laden, it was me. And I don't know how much of it was inflated. We have to depend pretty much on what he says :15:50:00 IT S BEEN MORE THAN A YEAR SINCE BIN LADEN S LAST COMMUNIQUE RUMORS ABOUND THAT AL QAEDA S CHIEF IS GRAVELY ILL WITH KIDNEY DISEASE <NAT POP: Kerry and Bush 2004 rallies> <NAT POP: bin Laden 2004 video> GPX SUBTITLE: Your security is not in the hands of Kerry or Bush or al-qaeda. Your security is in your own hands. GFX: MAP TRANSITION London, England GFX Timestamp: July 7, :21 AM <NAT POP: Kerry and Bush 2004 rallies> BUT IN THE FALL OF 2004, JUST DAYS BEFORE THE [ALT. U.S.] PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. BIN LADEN RELEASES THIS VIDEO: <NAT POP: bin Laden 2004 video> Your security is not in the hands of Kerry or Bush or al-qaeda. Your security is in your own hands. HE DOESN T FOLLOW UP ON HIS THREATS WHILE GEORGE W. BUSH WINS A SECOND TERM IN OFFICE. BUT BIN LADEN DOES INFLUENCE OTHER TERRORISTS AROUND THE GLOBE. CLOSED CIRCUIT CAMERAS CAPTURE THIS VIDEO OF FOUR MEN ENTERING AN UNDERGROUND TRAIN STATION, THIRTY MILES [ALT. 48 KILOMETERS] 15

16 NORTH OF CENTRAL LONDON GFX Timestamp: 8:50AM 01:16:57:00 EACH CARRIES A BACKPACK. THEY BOARD THIS SOUTHBOUND TRAIN. WHEN THE FOUR REACH DOWNTOWN LONDON, THEY SPLIT UP. SFX: TWO EXPLOSIONS AT 8:50AM THREE BOMBS EXPLODE WITHIN SECONDS OF ONE ANOTHER :17:14:00 AN HOUR LATER, A FOURTH BOMB EXPLODES ABOARD A DOUBLE-DECKER BUS IN TAVISTOCK SQUARE THE ATTACKS KILL 56 PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE FOUR BOMBERS. INVESTIGATORS LEARN FROM A CONVICTED TERRORIST, ALREADY IN U.S. CUSTODY THAT ONE OF THE MEN WAS TRAINED BY AL QAEDA IN PAKISTAN ABOUT TWO YEARS BEFORE THE ATTACK. IT S DEADLY PROOF OF AL QAEDA S ONGOING ABILITY TO PLAN ATTACKS, TRAIN OPERATIVES, AND INSPIRE INDEPENDENT CELLS GFX: MAP TRANSITION Pakistan GFX Timestamp: July 9, 2005 JULY 9, TWO DAYS AFTER THE LONDON BOMBING 16

17 BIN LADEN S SECOND-IN-COMMAND WRITES A LETTER TO ABU AL-ZARQAWI, PRAISING HIM FOR HIS SUCCESS IN ATTACKING U.S. FORCES IN IRAQ :18:22:00 GFX LOWER THIRD: JARRET BRACHMAN, Author, Global Jihadism BUT FOLLOWING THE NICHOLAS BERG DECAPITATION THE AL QAEDA LEADERSHIP WORRIES THAT AL-ZARQAWI HAS OVERPLAYED HIS HAND. JARRET BRACHMAN, Author, Global Jihadism Zawahiri says, You need to ask permission before you do attacks. You have to remember, we re the ones who started this. There s a lot of jealousy from the senior leadership. They re being out terrorized by their franchise group. 01:18:38:00 THROUGHOUT 2005 AL QAEDA GIVES ITSELF A PR MAKEOVER. THEIR PRODUCTIONS IMPROVE WITH GRAPHICS, INTERVIEWS SHOT AGAINST GREEN SCREEN AND TRANSLATIONS IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, INCLUDING ENGLISH SNAP-OUT #4 41:00 AL QAEDA COMES TO RELY ON ITS GROWING LEGION OF WEB-SAVVY FANS TO DISSEMINATE THEIR VIDEOS ON THE INTERNET. JARRET BRACHMAN, Author, Global Jihadism al-qaeda doesn t own websites. Their followers will up, upload it to YouTube, upload it to other sites. They ll repost it, relink to it. All the leg work is done by, by their own constituency. 17

18 <NAT HIT: Awlaki 2005 Constants on the Path to Jihad audio> GFX Subtitle: One of the false beliefs our there is that if you want to do jihad, you have to go to a particular area. 01:19:58:00 GFX LOWER THIRD: PHIL MUDD, Fmr. Senior Intelligence Advisor, FBI 01:20:04:00 <NAT HIT: Awlaki 2005 Constants on the Path to Jihad audio> One of the false beliefs our there is that if you want to do jihad, you have to go to a particular area. AMERICAN ANWAR AWLAKI IS ALSO RAPIDLY EXPANDING HIS REACH ON THE WEB. FROM HIS NEW BASE IN YEMEN, AWLAKI CORRESPONDS VIA WITH THOUSANDS OF HIS DEVOTED FOLLOWERS INVESTIGATORS EVEN FIND AWLAKI S SPEECHES DOWNLOADED ON THE COMPUTERS OF THE LONDON BOMBERS. BY 2006, NEARLY FIVE YEARS AFTER 9/11 F.B.I. OFFICIALS LIKE PHIL MUDD ARE STILL ON THE HUNT FOR POSSIBLE DOMESTIC THREATS. BUT THE PROBLEM IN FINDING THOSE THREATS ISN T A LACK OF INFORMATION IT S THE OVERFLOW. PHIL MUDD, Fmr. Senior Intelligence Advisor, FBI I worry that in that mountain of data are little snippets of information that could identify someone, but because we have so much data now that, that it's inevitable that s some piece of it won t be connected. STILL, LATER THAT SUMMER BRITISH AUTHORITIES ZERO IN ON ONE OF THEIR OWN CITIZENS. THEY LEARN, THIS MAN: ABDULLAH ALI IS THE RINGLEADER OF A CELL OF BRITISH-PAKISTANIS TRAINING WITH AL QAEDA IN PAKISTAN. THE MEN ARE PLOTTING AN ATTACK 18

19 EVEN MORE DEADLY THAN 9/11: SNAP OUT #5 22:17 GFX LOWER THIRD: BRUCE RIEDEL, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution <July 2006 Ali martyrdom video> GFX Subtitle: Enough is enough, we ve warned you so many times to get out of our land, leave us alone, but you ve persisted THE BOMBING OF SEVEN FLIGHTS FROM ENGLAND TO THE U.S. BRUCE RIEDEL, Brookings Institution Al Qaeda goes back to airlines again and again and again because they know that the international airline business is the lifeblood of the globalized economy. IN PREPARATION, ALI MAKES HIS MARTYRDOM VIDEO <July 2006 Ali martyrdom video> Enough is enough, we ve warned you so many times to get out of our land, leave us alone, but you ve persisted :21:14:00 01:21:20:00 BUT BEFORE ALI AND HIS MEN CAN EXECUTE THE PLOT BRITISH AUTHORITIES ARREST THEM. IT S JUST THE FIRST OF TWO MAJOR WINS THAT SUMMER AGAINST AL QAEDA MORE THAN TWO YEARS AFTER BEHEADING NICHOLAS BERG ABU AL-ZARQAWI IS STILL THE TOP TERRORIST IN IRAQ. THAT IS, UNTIL A CAPTURED TERRORIST LEADS U.S. FORCES RIGHT TO HIM. THEY ORDER AN AIRSTRIKE ON ZARQAWI S SAFEHOUSE, OUTSIDE BAGHDAD. THIS VIDEO FROM AN F-16 SHOWS TWO 19

20 FIVE HUNDRED POUND BOMBS AS THEY HIT HIS HIDEOUT :21:51:00 KILLING THE LEADER OF AL QAEDA IN IRAQ. BUT WITH THE DEATH OF ONE TERROR LEADER WILL COME THE RISE OF ANOTHER. AND THIS ONE IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. 20

21 ACT THREE GFX Timestamp: February, 2006 GFX Location Stamp: Sana a Yemen 01:22:07:00 HERE IN YEMEN S CAPITAL, THE MORNING CALL TO PRAYER RINGS OUT THROUGH THE STREETS. WHEN SERVICES END, A GROUP OF TWENTY-THREE MEN EMERGE FROM THE MOSQUE. BUT THEY WEREN T HERE JUST TO WORSHIP THEY TUNNELED OUT OF A PRISON ACROSS THE STREET AND CAME UP INTO THE MOSQUE. IT S A BRILLIANT ESCAPE BY A GROUP OF DANGEROUS TERRORISTS MEN WHO WERE INVOLVED IN ATTACKS ON THE USS COLE AND A FRENCH OIL TANKER ONE OF THE MEN NASSER AL- WUHAYSHI IS A VETERAN MEMBER OF AL QAEDA. DURING THE 1990S, HE FORMED A TIGHT BOND WITH BIN LADEN WHILE SERVING AS HIS PERSONAL SECRETARY IN AFGHANISTAN. NOW, HE EMBARKS ON HIS NEXT MISSION: BUILDING A POWERFUL AL QAEDA FRANCHISE THAT WILL LAUNCH ATTACKS AGAINST THE U.S GFX: MAP TRANSITION Waziristan, Pakistan 01:23:04:00 IN PAKISTAN, THE HUNT FOR WUHAYSHI S MENTOR OSAMA BIN LADEN IS STILL ON. 21

22 IN THE SPRING OF :23:16:00 GFX LOWER THIRD: ART KELLER, Fmr. CIA Officer SNAP OUT #6 11:00 GFX LOWER THIRD: BRUCE RIEDEL, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution CIA OFFICER ART KELLER ARRIVES AT A STATION HOUSE IN SOUTHERN WAZIRISTAN. ART KELLER, Fmr. CIA officer My base was just in a traditional Pakistani building. Wouldn't meet western building codes is one way to put it. Walls uh, falling down is another way to put it. HE S VOLUNTEERED FOR ONE OF THE AGENCY S TOUGHEST ASSIGNMENTS: HUNTING BIN LADEN AND SENIOR MEMBERS OF AL QAEDA. ART KELLER, Fmr. CIA officer Certainly the pressure is coming back to all the agency officers in both Pakistan and Afghanistan, saying you know, Where is this guy? We know he's here somewhere. BRUCE RIEDEL, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution Once the trail went cold, it went stone cold and trying to recover that trail is very, very difficult to do. AFTER 9/11, PAKISTAN VOWED TO WORK WITH THE U.S. TO ROOT OUT AL QAEDA MEMBERS TAKING REFUGE HERE. BUT PAKISTAN REFUSES TO ATTACK AL QAEDA ALLIES, INCLUDING THE TALIBAN. ART KELLER, Fmr. CIA officer There's a huge gaping hole in our pursuit of Al Qaeda. The Pakistani government is only willing to go after Al Qaeda, but won't take on 22

23 :24:27:00 others. Al Qaeda wouldn't be Al Qaeda without the groups that it relies on. FOR PAKISTAN, NURTURING RADICAL GROUPS LIKE THE TALIBAN SERVES A CRUCIAL PURPOSE: KEEPING ITS MORTAL ENEMY, INDIA, AT BAY. 01:24:36:00 ART KELLER, Fmr. CIA officer Pakistan is playing their own long-term strategic game that really has nothing to do with us. They look at the Taliban as a strategic asset to make sure that Indian influence does not extend into Afghanistan. GFX: MAP TRANSITION Sana a, Yemen GFX Timestamp: August 2006 IN AUGUST 2006 AS THE INTERNATIONAL TERROR NETWORK EVOLVES, YEMENI OFFICIALS CAPTURE AN AMERICAN CITIZEN WITH TIES TO THE 9/11 HIJACKERS. OFFICIALS HERE ARREST ANWAR AWLAKI THE FORMER VIRGINIA IMAM FOR HIS ALLEGED ROLE IN A PLOT TO KILL A U.S. MILITARY ATTACHE. AWLAKI LATER CLAIMS: THEY PLACE HIM IN AN UNDERGROUND CELL. AND THAT F.B.I. OFFICIALS QUESTION HIM YET AGAIN ABOUT 9/11. BUT THE F.B.I. NEVER REVEALS WHAT IF ANYTHING IT LEARNS FROM AWLAKI. NEARLY A YEAR AND A HALF LATER, THEY FREE HIM WITHOUT CHARGE FOLLOWING HIS RELEASE, HE MOVES TO HIS FAMILY S ANCESTRAL PROVINCE OF SHABWA. 23

24 <NAT POP: 2007, Awlaki: Allah is preparing us for victory > GFX: Subtitle: They invited this trouble. America is in a state of war with Allah! 01:26:02:00 HERE, HE CONTINUES TO CONDEMN THE UNITED STATES IN RECORDINGS LIKE THIS ONE POSTED ON THE WEB. <NAT POP: 2007, Awlaki: Allah is preparing us for victory > They invited this trouble. America is in a state of war with Allah! AWLAKI S TALKS ARE VERY POPULAR STUDIED RELIGIOUSLY BY HIS LEGIONS OF FOLLOWERS WORLDWIDE, INCLUDING ASPIRING TERRORISTS 01:26:13:00 ONE OF THOSE FOLLOWERS IS A CAPTAIN IN THE U.S. ARMY: NIDAL HASAN. BACK IN 2001 HASAN ATTENDED AWLAKI S VIRGINIA MOSQUE AND SOUGHT OUT SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE FROM THE IMAM AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER. NOW, HASAN GIVES A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION TO A SMALL GROUP OF COLLEAGUES HERE, AT WALTER REED MEDICAL CENTER, IN WASHINGTON, D.C GFX: Hasan Powerpoint presentation THIS SLIDE CONTAINS THE OBSERVATION: IT'S GETTING HARDER AND HARDER FOR MUSLIMS IN THE SERVICE TO MORALLY JUSTIFY BEING IN A MILITARY THAT SEEMS CONSTANTLY ENGAGED AGAINST FELLOW MUSLIMS. 24

25 173. OVER THE YEARS, HASAN HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY VOCAL IN HIS OPPOSITION TO THE WARS SNAP OUT #7 23:02 GFX LOWER THIRDS: PAUL SPERRY, Author, Infiltration 01:27:17:00 GFX Subtitle:. He was so blinded by his belief. GFX LOWER THIRD: GOLAM AKHTER, Hasan acquaintance GFX SUBTITLE: I said, Brother, who is good Muslim, it will be judged by God, Allah. 01:27:25:00 GFX Subtitle: I feel sometime guilty, you know? I sense he s a time bomb. I sensed it. IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ. PAUL SPERRY, Author Infiltration The officers who were with him there, were just so petrified because they didn t want somebody to come down on them or their superiors and make them look like they were bigoted or racists for raising some of these questions. AROUND THE SAME TIME, AT A MUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTER IN MARYLAND HASAN ARGUES ABOUT HIS RELIGION WITH AN ACQUAINTANCE. GOLAM AKHTER, Hasan acquaintance He was so blinded by his belief. Sometimes he used to get angry that you are not a Muslim. I said, Brother, who is good Muslim, it will be judged by God, Allah. BUT HASAN REJECTS HIS FRIEND S MODERATE VIEWS. GOLAM AKHTER, Hasan acquaintance I feel sometime guilty, you know? I sense he s a time bomb. I sensed it. AS HASAN BECOMES MORE RADICAL OSAMA BIN LADEN RELEASES HIS NEXT COMMUNIQUE IT S BEEN THREE YEARS SINCE HIS LAST APPEARANCE, LEADING MANY TO SPECULATE THAT HE S SUCCUMBED TO KIDNEY DISEASE. BUT IN THIS 2007 VIDEO, IT S A VERY 25

26 DIFFERENT BIN LADEN THAN THE WORLD IS USED TO SEEING: <NAT POP: bin Laden video, 2007> GPX Subtitle: The fact is, there is a continuing and biased campaign for the purpose of misrepresenting Islam 01:28:35:00 HIS UNRULY GRAY BEARD IS NOW NEATLY TRIMMED AND JET BLACK AND HE APPEARS HEALTHY. <NAT POP: bin Laden video, 2007> The fact is, there is a continuing and biased campaign for the purpose of misrepresenting Islam BUT WHAT U.S. OFFICIALS DON T KNOW IS THAT BY 2007, BIN LADEN IS HIDING IN THIS COMPOUND IN ABBOTTABAD, PAKISTAN. STILL DEEPLY IMMERSED IN THE INNER WORKINGS OF AL QAEDA. AT THE SAME TIME, A TERROR GROUP BIN LADEN HELPED START, LAUNCHES ITS OWN DEVASTATING ATTACK. 26

27 ACT FOUR GFX Timestamp: November 26, :28:47:00 GFX Timestamp: 9:20 AM <NAT POP: Gunshots <NAT POP: Mumbai attack> Sirens, chaos 01:29:57:00 UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS, A GROUP OF TEN MEN CLIMB OUT OF INFLATABLE RAFTS ONTO A DOCK IN THIS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD OF MUMBAI, INDIA. THEY CARRY PLASTIC BAGS AND BACKPACKS. WHEN LOCAL FISHERMEN ASK WHO THEY ARE, THEY TELL THEM TO MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS AND HEAD DOWNTOWN. NEARLY AN HOUR LATER <NAT POP: Gunshots SECURITY CAMERAS CAPTURE TWO OF THE MEN AS THEY OPEN FIRE ON COMMUTERS AT A BUSY RAILROAD STATION. ANOTHER TEAM OF MEN STORMS THE LEOPOLD CAFÉ. THEY SPRAY THE CROWDED RESTAURANT WITH BULLETS, KILLING TEN PEOPLE INSTANTLY. AT THE SAME TIME, THE TERRORISTS DETONATE BOMBS IN TWO TAXIS, KILLING FIVE MORE. <NAT POP: Mumbai attack> Sirens, chaos IT S THE START OF A HIGHLY- COORDINATED, THREE-DAY TERRORIST SIEGE ON INDIA S LARGEST CITY. 27

28 GFX LOWER THIRD: BRUCE RIEDEL, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution 01:30:07:00 GFX LOWER THIRD: BRUCE HOFFMAN, Professor, Georgetown University THE TERRORISTS ALSO HIT A JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, AND TWO LUXURY HOTELS FREQUENTED BY WESTERN TOURISTS. BRUCE RIEDEL, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution The Mumbai attack was the most spectacular terrorist operation since 9/11. <NAT POP: Mumbai eyewitness> MOS: told everyone to put their hands up and said where are you from? Are there any British or Americans here? BRUCE RIEDEL, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution The targets were the targets of the Global Islamic Jihad. Indians, yes, but also Americans and other Westerners and Israelis and Jews in particular. INDIAN T.V. CARRIES LIVE COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE ATTACKS WHILE THE TERRORIST COMMANDERS MONITOR THE NEWS AND USE IT TO CALL IN ADDITIONAL STRIKES. BRUCE HOFFMAN, Professor, Georgetown University These people had to be more highly trained than the ordinary terrorists, because they had to respond in a command and control fashion. THE GUNMEN KILL MORE THAN 170 PEOPLE BEFORE SECURITY FORCES KILL NINE OF THEM. THE INDIAN PRIME MINISTER BLAMES THE ATTACKS ON QUOTE EXTERNAL FORCES. 28

29 :31:30:00 INITIALLY, PAKISTAN DENIES ITS CITIZENS PLAYED A ROLE BUT THE SOLE SURVIVING ATTACKER, IS A TWENTY-ONE YEAR-OLD PAKISTANI MAN, AND HE MAKES A STARTLING CONFESSION: HE TELLS INDIAN INVESTIGATORS THAT HE WAS RECRUITED BY LASHKAR-E- TAIBA OR L.E.T :31:36:00 GFX LOWER THIRD: BRUCE RIEDEL, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution A MILITANT ISLAMIC GROUP WITH DEEP ROOTS IN PAKISTAN IT S A GROUP FOUNDED BY THE SAME MEN WHO DECLARED WAR ON AMERICA. BIN LADEN PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN L-E- T S BEGINNINGS: PERSONALLY DONATING TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN SEED MONEY TO THE GROUP. BUT PAKISTAN S SHADOWY INTELLIGENCE AGENCY THE ISI ALSO HAD A HAND IN CREATING, TRAINING AND SUPPORTING L.E.T. IT IS BELIEVED THAT LINKS BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS REMAIN IN PLACE TODAY. BRUCE RIEDEL, Brookings Institute The Pakistani army and the Pakistani Intelligence Service, ISI, have nurtured and created more terrorist organizations than any other country in the world. AND L-E-T SHARES AL QAEDA S PRIMARY GOAL: TO LAUNCH ATTACKS AGAINST THE WEST. 29

30 :32:49:00 BRUCE HOFFMAN, Professor, Georgetown University Certainly they have the funding. They have the logistical capabilities. They have the numbers to do so. The question is why they haven t. THE FALLOUT FROM THE MUMBAI ATTACKS STRAINS RELATIONS BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND THE U.S ONE OF L-E-T S FOOTSOLDIERS IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. ON OCTOBER 3 RD, :32:57:00 A PAKISTANI-AMERICAN, DAVID HEADLEY, ARRIVES AT CHICAGO S O HARE AIRPORT, INTENDING TO CATCH A FLIGHT TO PAKISTAN. BUT THE FBI IS TRACKING HIS EVERY MOVE. THE MINUTE HE STEPS INTO THE TERMINAL, THEY ARREST HIM. THE CONVICTED DRUG DEALER HAS A LONG HISTORY WITH L-E-T GOING BACK MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS. HE TRAINED AT THEIR CAMPS IN PAKISTAN AND HELPED RAISE FUNDS FOR THE GROUP. WHEN INVESTIGATORS CATCH UP WITH HIM THEY FIND HE HAS BEEN SCOUTING ADDITIONAL TARGETS IN EUROPE FOR FUTURE ATTACKS. 30

31 :33:41:00 GFX LOWER THIRD: PHIL MUDD, Fmr. Senior Intelligence Advisor, FBI IN THE DECADE AFTER 9/11, HEADLEY IS JUST ONE OF A NUMBER OF AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO JOIN THE GLOBAL JIHAD. PHIL MUDD, Fmr. Senior Intelligence Advisor, FBI This is about recruiting revolutionaries in American cities. Not recruiting foreign pilots to attack the towers ten years ago. The war s changed. 31

32 ACT FIVE GFX Timestamp: December :33:55:00 GFX LOWER THIRD: PETE HOEKSTRA, Fmr. Congressman GFX: MAP TRANSITION Fort Hood, Texas GFX Timestamp: November 5, :22AM BY LATE 2008 ARMY PSYCHIATRIST NIDAL HASAN S DEVOTION TO RADICAL ISLAM IS ABOUT TO TURN VIOLENT HE BEGINS SENDING A SERIES OF S TO ANWAR AWLAKI, THE FORMER IMAM AT HASAN S VIRGINIA MOSQUE. IN ONE MESSAGE, HASAN TELLS AWLAKI HE REMEMBERS HIM FONDLY. IN ANOTHER, HE ASKS AWLAKI WHEN JIHAD IS APPROPRIATE. FORMER U.S. CONGRESSMAN PETE HOEKSTRA IS AMONG THE VERY FEW WHO HAVE READ THE STILL SECRET S. PETE HOEKSTRA, Fmr. Congressman What Hasan was looking for was approval that this was okay to do. He got those assurances and moved forward. SEVEN MONTHS LATER HASAN TRANSFERS TO FORT HOOD IN KILLEEN, TEXAS. HERE, THE TRAINED PSYCHIATRIST COUNSELS WAR VETERANS AND PREPARES FOR HIS OWN DEPLOYMENT TO AFGHANISTAN. THIS SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE CAPTURES HASAN IN A CONVENIENCE STORE JUST OFF BASE. 32

33 01:35:05:00 HE S DRESSED HEAD-TO-TOE IN A TRADITIONAL WHITE ARAB ROBE GFX LOWER THIRD: PAUL SPERRY, Author, Infiltration 01:35:11:00 GFX Timestamp: 1:34PM PAUL SPERRY, Author, Infiltration This is symbolic of purity. He went through ablution, cleaning, scrubbing himself like the hijackers did. He was preparing for his wedding in paradise. HASAN BUYS HIS USUAL BREAKFAST: COFFEE AND HASH BROWNS. HE LINGERS AT THE COUNTER AND TALKS TO THE CLERK AS HE WALKS OUT, HE SMILES AT ANOTHER CUSTOMER AND SAYS, QUOTE, THERE S GOING TO BE BIG ACTION ON POST AROUND 1:30. BE PREPARED. THAT AFTERNOON IN A SMALL AUDITORIUM FILLED WITH U.S. SOLDIERS GETTING READY TO DEPLOY TO AFGHANISTAN... NIDAL HASAN BOWS HIS HEAD TO PRAY. SUDDENLY, HE RISES. HE SHOUTS, ALLAH AKHBAR! GOD IS GREATER! <Gunshots SFX> HE OPENS FIRE WITH A SEMI- AUTOMATIC PISTOL AND A REVOLVER HE FIRES MORE THAN 100 ROUNDS AND FLEES OUTSIDE POLICE EXCHANGE FIRE WITH HASAN, WOUNDING HIM. THEY TAKE HIM FROM THE SCENE UNCONSCIOUS AND PARALYZED FROM THE CHEST DOWN 33

34 :36:20:00 HASAN KILLS 13 PEOPLE AND WOUNDS 32 MORE. IT S THE DEADLIEST TERROR ATTACK ON U.S. SOIL SINCE 9/ :36:31:00 SOON AFTER, HASAN S SPIRITUAL ADVISOR IN YEMEN, ANWAR AWLAKI, GOES INTO HIDING. Transition 2009 IS A TURNING POINT FOR AL QAEDA: NOW SOME OF ITS MOST DANGEROUS RECRUITS ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS AND LONGTIME RESIDENTS. IN JUNE, ISLAM CONVERT CARLOS BLEDSOE KILLS ONE SOLDIER AND WOUNDS ANOTHER IN A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING ON A LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS MILITARY RECRUITING STATION. Quick cut transition with SFX hit IN SEPTEMBER, AUTHORITIES CHARGE DENVER RESIDENT NAJIBULLAH ZAZI WITH PLANNING SUICIDE ATTACKS ON NEW YORK CITY S SUBWAY SYSTEM Quick cut transition with SFX hit IN DECEMBER, FIVE MEN FROM ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA ARE ARRESTED IN PAKISTAN AND CHARGED WITH PLOTTING ATTACKS ON U.S. TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN. 34

35 :37:21:00 BIN LADEN URGES HIS SUPPORTERS TO RECRUIT AMERICANS BUT DESPITE AN INCREASE IN SMALLER SCALE ATTACKS IN RECENT YEARS :37:36:00 GFX LOWER THIRD: BRUCE HOFFMAN, Professor, Georgetown University GFX LOWER THIRD: JARRET BRACHMAN, Author, Global Jihadism GFX: MAP TRANSITION Shabwa Province, Yemen BIN LADEN REMAINS FOCUSED ON PULLING OFF A SPECTACULAR FOLLOW- UP TO 9/11 TO FORCE THE U.S. TO WITHDRAW FROM MUSLIM LANDS. BRUCE HOFFMAN, Professor, Georgetown University It was always Bin Laden s strategy from the start. I supposed he was very disappointed that even the historically enormous figure of almost three thousand deaths didn t achieve that. AND ONE OF AL QAEDA S KEY RECRUITMENT TOOLS IS THE INTERNET. JARRET BRACHMAN, Author, Global Jihadism The internet is a one-stop shop where you can learn about the strategy and the tactics, how to be a terrorist. al Qaeda realized that it doesn t need to reinvent the wheel, they just need to know where to collect it. IF THE INTERNET PROVIDES THE KNOW- HOW, IT S MEN LIKE CHARISMATIC ANWAR AWLAKI WHO PROVIDE THE INSPIRATION. AND HIS ASSOCIATION WITH AN EMERGING TERROR GROUP IN YEMEN IS ABOUT TO RAISE HIS PROFILE EVEN HIGHER. 35

36 :38:49:00 01:39:02:00 IN EARLY 2009, THIS VIDEO APPEARS ON JIHADI WEBSITES THE MEN ANNOUNCE THE CREATION OF A NEW GROUP: AL QAEDA IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA OR A.Q.A.P. AND BIN LADEN S FORMER SECRETARY NASSER AL-WUHAYSHI AS ITS HEAD. THE GROUP S DREAM IS TO CREATE A UNIFIED ISLAMIC STATE IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA BUT FOR NOW, THIS CELL PREPARES A SMALL BAND OF OPERATIVES TO ATTACK ITS ULTIMATE ENEMY: THE UNITED STATES. ANWAR AWLAKI PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN THE GROUP: PLANNING ATTACKS AND INSPIRING JIHADIS. INCLUDING THIS MAN UMAR ABDULMUTALLAB, THE SON OF A WEALTHY NIGERIAN BANKER ON CHRISTMAS DAY, 2009 THE YOUNG MAN TRIES TO TAKE DOWN A DETROIT-BOUND AIRLINER BY IGNITING A BOMB SEWN INTO HIS UNDERWEAR. BUT HE DOESN T SUCCEED AND U.S. AUTHORITIES IMMEDIATELY ARREST HIM WHEN THE PLANE LANDS THE DAY BEFORE, WITH HELP FROM U.S. INTELLIGENCE. A YEMENI FIGHTER JET TARGETS A.Q.A.P. CHIEF NASSER AL-WUHAYSHI 36

37 AND ANWAR AWLAKI HE IS ONE OF THE ONLY U.S. CITIZENS IN HISTORY TO BE OFFICIALLY TARGETED FOR ASSASSINATION BY HIS OWN GOVERNMENT :40:07:00 GFX LOWER THIRD: BRUCE HOFFMAN, Professor, Georgetown University 01:40:23:00 01:40:31:00 GFX LOWER THIRD: JUAN ZARATE, Fmr. Deputy National Security Advisor THE BOMBING RAID FAILS, BUT IT WON T BE THE LAST TIME THE U.S. WILL TRY TO KILL ANWAR AWLAKI BRUCE HOFFMAN, Professor, Georgetown University Anwar al-awlaki is viewed as the principal radicalizer and recruiter for the Al-Qaeda movement because he's the voice that s been the most effective. AWLAKI ISN T THE ONLY TERROR LEADER IN THE CROSSHAIRS THE C.I.A. IS NOW CLOSING IN ON BIN LADEN JUAN ZARATE, Fmr. Deputy National Security Advisor Intelligence officials all along thought that the courier network would provide the breadcrumb trails back into Bin Laden's lair. 37

38 ACT SIX GFX Timestamp: May 23, :40:42:00 SNAP-OUT #8 11:23 <NAT POP: 5/23/10 Awlaki video> <NAT POP: 5/23/10 Awlaki video> GFX SUBTITLE: Oh America, if you attack us, we will attack you. And if you kill us, we will kill you. IN MAY, 2010 RADICAL AMERICAN IMAM ANWAR AWLAKI APPEARS IN THIS WEB VIDEO PRODUCED BY AL QAEDA S YEMEN AFFILIATE. <NAT POP: 5/23/10 Awlaki video> Nidal Hasan is one of my students and that s an honor for me. HE BOASTS ABOUT HIS MOST SUCCESSFUL TERROR PROTÉGÉ, FORT HOOD SHOOTER NIDAL HASAN. THEN AWLAKI TAKES A PAGE OUT OF BIN LADEN S PLAYBOOK. HE DELIVERS AN OMINOUS WARNING TO HIS FELLOW AMERICANS: <NAT POP: 5/23/10 Awlaki video> Oh America, if you attack us, we will attack you. And if you kill us, we will kill you GFX: MAP TRANSITION Peshawar, Pakistan 01:41:33:00 AROUND TWO MONTHS LATER, PAKISTANIS WORKING FOR THE CIA TRACK A WHITE SUZUKI JEEP THROUGH THE NARROW STREETS OF THIS BUSTLING CITY IN NORTHERN PAKISTAN. INSIDE IS ONE OF OSAMA BIN LADEN S MOST TRUSTED MEN: A COURIER KNOWN AS ABU AL- KUWAITI 38

39 A MAN INITIALLY IDENTIFIED BY A DETAINEE AT A CIA BLACK SITE OVERSEAS GFX Lower Third: Juan Zarate, Fmr. Deputy National Security Advisor 01:41:46:00 GFX LOWER THIRD: JUAN ZARATE, Fmr. Deputy National Security Advisor JUAN ZARATE, Frm. Deputy National Security Advisor We know that Bin Laden relied on al-kuwaiti almost exclusively to communicate. This was a man of Kuwaiti origin, lived in Pakistan for some time; and certainly had the trust and confidence of Bin Laden and the senior most leaders of the movement. ABOUT A MONTH LATER, THE COURIER UNWITTINGLY LEADS THE C.I.A. HERE, TO THIS WALLED COMPOUND IN ABBOTTABAD, ABOUT THIRTY-FIVE MILES [ALT. 56 KILOMETERS] OUTSIDE PAKISTAN S CAPITAL. OVER SEVERAL MONTHS, C.I.A. AGENTS CONDUCT SURVEILLANCE FROM A SAFEHOUSE NEARBY. THEY LEARN THE COMPOUND HAS NO PHONE OR INTERNET CONNECTIONS AND THE RESIDENTS BURN THEIR TRASH, INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT OUT. THE TEAM ALSO WATCHES A MAN TAKE FREQUENT WALKS THROUGH THE COMPOUND S COURTYARD THEY CALL HIM THE PACER. JUAN ZARATE, Frm. Deputy National Security Advisor All of this suggested this was Bin Laden, But very frustrating, no doubt, for the intelligence community not to get visual confirmation, not to be able to know for sure and to be able to tell the President, 'This is Bin Laden. 39

40 :43:02:00 IN MID-MARCH, 2011, PRESIDENT OBAMA GATHERS HIS NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM. JUAN ZARATE, Frm. Deputy National Security Advisor Even those who did not think the evidence suggested uh, that Bin Laden was in the compound thought it was worth a shot, because it was the closest we'd ever gotten since Tora Bora :43:14:00 THEY DEBATE THE KIND OF ATTACK TO USE INCLUDING A DRONE STRIKE BUT THE PRESIDENT DECIDES TO USE AN ELITE TEAM OF NAVY SEALS KNOWN AS TEAM SIX TO RAID THE COMPOUND GFX LOWER THIRD: ERIC GREITENS, Fmr. Navy Seal TEAM SIX BEGINS SEVERAL WEEKS OF INTENSE PREPARATIONS ERIC GREITENS, Fmr. Navy Seal Prior to the raid they actually constructed a mock compound and that they performed assault after assault on that mock compound. ON FRIDAY, APRIL 29 TH, OBAMA GIVES OPERATION NEPTUNE SPEAR THE GREENLIGHT. HE DOESN T WARN PAKISTAN OF THE MISSION JUAN ZARATE, Fmr. Deputy National Security Advisor The fact that the U.S. didn t pre-notify the Pakistani s at any level, you have a president making the decision for unilateral action because he just doesn t trust the Pakistani s to keep it quiet or to fully cooperate ON SUNDAY, MAY 1 ST AT AROUND 2PM WASHINGTON TIME OBAMA AND HIS NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM GATHER IN THE WHITE HOUSE 40

41 SITUATION ROOM. WHILE IN EASTERN AFGHANISTAN MEMBERS OF TEAM SIX LOAD INTO TWO MILITARY HELICOPTERS AND HEAD TOWARD PAKISTAN 269. ERIC GREITENS, Fmr. Navy Seal I can tell you that every SEAL that I know wishes that they were on that helo GFX: MAP TRANSITION Abbottabad, Pakistan GFX Archive Stamp: File Footage 01:44:39:00 ON THE GROUND THE SEALS BREACH THE COMPOUND WALLS AND FIND THEIR TARGET ERIC GREITENS, Former Navy Seal I have to imagine that the Navy SEAL who actually saw Osama bin Laden, thought, Finally. THEY CHASE BIN LADEN INTO HIS BEDROOM, WHERE ONE OF THE SEALS KILLS HIM WITH A SO-CALLED DOUBLE TAP : A SHOT TO THE CHEST AND ANOTHER TO THE HEAD. ON THEIR WAY OUT, THE SEALS SEIZE THE SINGLE LARGEST COLLECTION OF MATERIALS EVER TAKEN FROM A SENIOR TERROR LEADER: HARD DRIVES, D-V-Ds, THUMB-DRIVES, EVEN PORNOGRAPHIC VIDEOS AND BIN LADEN S HANDWRITTEN NOTES. 41

42 GFX LOWER THIRD: BRUCE HOFFMAN, Professor, Georgetown University BRUCE HOFFMAN, Professor, Georgetown University He turns out to be far more engaged than we imagined. Rather than having being a figurehead or a marginal player, he was actually intimately involved in Al-Qaeda operations at almost every level. HOURS LATER, THE SEALS TRANSFER HIS BODY TO AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER OFF THE COAST OF PAKISTAN, WHERE IT IS WASHED AND WRAPPED IN A WHITE SHEET, IN KEEPING WITH ISLAMIC TRADITION. AND OSAMA BIN LADEN IS BURIED AT SEA :45:52:00 BACK IN THE U.S. <NAT POP: May 1 Obama Address> The United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda. <NAT POP: May 2011 Ground Zero> Cheering crowds, celebrating the death of OBL AS THE NEWS BREAKS, CROWDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE SPONTANEOUSLY GATHER OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE AND AT GROUND ZERO TO CELEBRATE BRUCE HOFFMAN, Professor, Georgetown University Bin Laden was clearly a unique figure. In our eyes, he was ridiculed for sitting on the floor watching a television and there are many commentator who argue, This is pathetic. Old man. I think for his followers, he ll be remembered as a hero. Someone who remained as dedicated to his struggle, who never lost faith in it and who in essence died for it. BUT THERE ARE OTHERS READY TO PICK UP THE MANTLE THREE DAYS AFTER THE RAID THAT 42

43 KILLED BIN LADEN A U.S. DRONE TARGETS AMERICAN IMAM ANWAR AWLAKI IN YEMEN BUT IT MISSES, LEAVING THE FIERY CLERIC TO CONTINUE CALLING FOR AND PLANNING ATTACKS ON AMERICA JUST AS OSAMA BIN LADEN ONCE DID :46:50:00 BRUCE HOFFMAN, Professor, Georgetown University This is a movement that goes beyond one individual. And probably will inspire many others elsewhere for years if not decades to come. This is the power of terrorism GFX LOWER THIRD: THOMAS KEAN, Fmr. Co-chair 9/11 Commission 01:47:16:00 <NAT POP: US military action> So bring the other team up and just have them be here, an over watch. As we move up and as soon as we get there THOMAS KEAN, Fmr. Co-chair 9/11 Commission We ve gotta be ahead of them. And that takes intelligence and imagination. That s the way we ll beat them. That s always the way we ll beat them. transition :47:27:00 ON MAY 5 TH BARACK OBAMA MAKES HIS FIRST VISIT TO GROUND ZERO AS PRESIDENT. HE MEETS WITH FIREFIGHTERS AND VICTIM FAMILIES AND HE LAYS A WREATH IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED ON 9/11 THE BEGINNING OF A WAR THAT CONTINUES TODAY 43

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