Fox News Rewind: 9/11

EP 3 | The USS Cole & The Rising Threat

Fox News Rewind: 9/11

Show Notes

Missed intelligence and growing threats defined the months before 9/11.

As headline news obsessed over the Y2K bug, political gridlock, and summer shark attacks, a dangerous plot was taking shape in the shadows. From the deadly attack on the USS Cole to terror operatives moving quietly into position across America, this episode reveals the warning signs before catastrophe struck.

Featuring former Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush Karl Rove, Retired 4-star General Jack Keane, Commanding Officer of the USS Cole Kirk Lippold, Chief Political Analyst Brit Hume, and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Professor of Political Science at Stanford Dr. Amy Zegart.

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