There were moments that took me back to being a scared, confused, and upset 13-year-old who insisted on sleeping in his brother’s room because of the day’s events, others that left me numb during the war in Afghanistan, and then some that left me pumping my fist in the air. While the documentary doesn’t shy away from tackling the failures in the intelligence community and how they failed to prevent such an attack, nor does it attempt to sugarcoat the morally grey tactics to obtain information following 9/11, it often makes the CIA look like the biggest and brightest agency in the U.S. government at times. There are countless moments throughout the series that allowed me to go through some stuff in my heart and head, but the scene showing all of the people celebrating in front of the White House the night Bin Laden was killed really got me.
Author: Philip Sledge
Published at: 2025-05-25 20:04:00
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