September 11th and the Politics of Blame

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Nov 19, 201922:07Government & Organizations

In the days and weeks following the September 11th attacks, America was gripped with fear and uncertainty. New Yorker journalist Jane Mayer joins host Kelly McEvers to talk about that fear and the CIA's sense of blame fo...

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