Are We Safer?

Season 2011 Episode 2

About the Episode

The Washington Post's Dana Priest reports on the sprawling post-9/11 terrorism-industrial complex -- and its growing reach into the lives of ordinary Americans

Aired: | Expires: | Runtime: 21m 25s

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