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FRONTLINE: The Man Who Knew (2011) DVD

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FRONTLINE presents the extraordinary saga of FBI special agent John O'Neill. As the bureau's top counterterrorism agent, O'Neill - who investigated the bombings of the U.S. embassies in Africa and the attack on the USS Cole - joined then national security counterterrorism co-coordinator Richard Clarke in believing that the United States should kill Osama bin Laden before Al Qaeda launched ... More
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FRONTLINE presents the extraordinary saga of FBI special agent John O'Neill. As the bureau's top counterterrorism agent, O'Neill - who investigated the bombings of the U.S. embassies in Africa and the attack on the USS Cole - joined then national security counterterrorism co-coordinator Richard Clarke in believing that the United States should kill Osama bin Laden before Al Qaeda launched a devastating attack on America. Richard Clarke, then speaking in his first major interview, talks about O'Neill's battles with the FBI top brass who found O'Neill's James Bond style an anathema. Forced out of the job he loved, O'Neill took a new position in the private sector - as head of security at the World Trade Center, where he was killed on September 11. The story of O'Neill's life and death provides a rare glimpse inside the FBI and helps answer the question: What did the government know?

This program contains mature content, including graphic imagery that may not be appropriate for more sensitive viewers. Viewer discretion is advised.

Production Year: 2011
Discs: 1
Subtitles: Y
Subtitle Language: English (SDH)
Audio Format: Stereo
Aspect Ratio: 16x9 Widescreen

5 Reviews
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Jjw
Anonymous User
2.0 star rating
10/19/20
Not Complete Documentary
Review by Jjw on 10/19/20 review stating Not Complete Documentary
Please Release the Complete Documentary . The Man ,John ONeill was a Very Special Person in our History and The Complete Story should be told . Your missing a Half Hour from its original Broadcast . His Life ( Whether Personal or Flawed ), is important and the Politics of the Moment are as important as any other detail related to 9/11 . People should know and be able to reflect on what mistakes our Government and that Political Administration at the time ( and Before leading up to 9/11 ), occurred ........ Very Relevant
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Tjk
Anonymous User
5.0 star rating
07/17/20
ONeil was a hero.
Review by Tjk on 07/17/20 review stating ONeil was a hero.
John ONeil might have stopped the attacks if it were not for(1) acting FBI Director Tom Pickard who for jealousy and incompetence (I believe) sabotaged and torpedoed ONeils career and (2)Ambassador of Yemen Barbara Bobine preventing Oneil from returning to Yemen to investigate the USS COLE attack by not issuing him the required visa.I believe these 2 people have the blood of over 2700 Americans on their hands.When nobody else investigates important tragedies like 9/11, katrina, the japanese sunami/ nuclear meltdown etc...I fear that the american public is blind and deaf.Thank you Frontline for an amazing program
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Rb M.
Anonymous User
5.0 star rating
07/17/20
Tragic,and profoundly informative
Review by Rb M. on 07/17/20 review stating Tragic,and profoundly informative
A stunning indictment of the FBI,and the State Department bureaucracy that, apparently, substantially, contributed to the 9/11 holocost. Should be required viewing for every High School and University graduate, as a study of the tragedy of human folly and narcissism.
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Lynn
Anonymous User
5.0 star rating
07/17/20
Spellbinding
Review by Lynn on 07/17/20 review stating Spellbinding
The story is gripping, all the more so because you couldnt write fiction like this. Points up the dysfunctional fueding, jealousies and lays bare how vulnerable the system is to narcissistic powerful people that have to have the last word. Unfortunately, they took the nation along with them into the biggest terrorist act on American soil.
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Quiet K.
Anonymous User
5.0 star rating
07/17/20
Extraordinary timesAn Extraordinary Man
Review by Quiet K. on 07/17/20 review stating Extraordinary timesAn Extraordinary Man
This should be required viewing for anyone claiming to be a patriot. Absolutely extraordinary!

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Quiet K. reviewed FRONTLINE: The Man Who Knew (2011) DVD
5 star rating
Extraordinary timesAn Extraordinary Man
Review by Quiet K. review stating Extraordinary timesAn Extraordinary Man
This should be required viewing for anyone claiming to be a patriot. Absolutely extraordinary!
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Lynn reviewed FRONTLINE: The Man Who Knew (2011) DVD
5 star rating
Spellbinding
Review by Lynn review stating Spellbinding
The story is gripping, all the more so because you couldnt write fiction like this. Points up the dysfunctional fueding, jealousies and lays bare how vulnerable the system is to narcissistic powerful people that have to have the last word. Unfortunately, they took the nation along with them into the biggest terrorist act on American soil.
R
Rb M. reviewed FRONTLINE: The Man Who Knew (2011) DVD
5 star rating
Tragic,and profoundly informative
Review by Rb M. review stating Tragic,and profoundly informative
A stunning indictment of the FBI,and the State Department bureaucracy that, apparently, substantially, contributed to the 9/11 holocost. Should be required viewing for every High School and University graduate, as a study of the tragedy of human folly and narcissism.

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