American Terrorist: Could the '08 Mumbai Attack Have Been Prevented?
2015
10.0 (1)
1 hr 25 min
English
FRONTLINE investigates Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley (Dawood Sayed Gilani) who helped plan the deadly 2008 siege on Mumbai. In collaboration with ProPublica, the film — an updated and expanded version of A Perfect Terrorist — reveals how secret electronic surveillance missed catching the Mumbai plotters, and how Headley planned another Charlie Hebdo-like assault against a Danish newspaper.
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Top Cast
Sarah Childress as self
Thomas Jennings as self
Jeff Larson as self
Lu Olkowski as self
Anna Belle Peevey as self
Sebastian Rotella as self
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Thomas Jennings · Director, Writer
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