Episode
Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror: The Dark Side
Overview
Learning the hijackers benefitted from gaps in US intelligence, the White House justifies a secret surveillance program and "enhanced interrogation."
Details
- Series
- Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2021-09-01
- Runtime
- 64 min
Episode context
The Dark Side is Episode 3 in Limited Series of Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror. It aired on 2021-09-01. The runtime is 64 min.
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Episode 2: A Place of Danger
Survivors recount the horrors they endured on 9/11. Immediately after the attacks, George W. Bush begins charting America's aggressive military response.
Episode 4: The Good War
With no cohesive strategy, the war in Afghanistan squanders early successes and backfires, fueling disillusionment, corruption and a Taliban resurgence.
More episodes from this season
Episode 1: The System Was Blinking Red
Interviews and chilling archival recordings chronicle the chaos that unfolded during the 9/11 attacks, whose origins can be traced to the 1980s.
Episode 5: Graveyard of Empires
After two decades, the US aims to end its longest-ever war, but its withdrawal threatens to plunge Afghanistan back into repressive, bloody violence.