FRONTLINE | Preview "A Perfect Terrorist" | PBS

See the full episode at http://video.pbs.org/video/216... Nov. 22, FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate the mysterious circumstances behind David Headley's rise from heroin dealer and U.S. government informant to plotter of the 2008 attack on Mumbai. It has been called the most spectacular terror attack since 9/11. On the night of November 26, 2008, ten men armed with guns and grenades launched an assault on Mumbai with a military precision that left 166 dead. India quickly learned the attackers belonged to Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistani militant group associated with Pakistan's secretive intelligence agency, the ISI. But what wasn't known then was that a Lashkar/ISI operative had been casing the city for two years, developing a blueprint for terror. His name was David Coleman Headley, and he'd been chosen for the job because he had the perfect cover: he was an American citizen. FRONTLINE and ProPublica reporter Sebastian Rotella team up to investigate the mysterious circumstances behind Headley's rise from heroin dealer and U.S. government informant to plotter of the 2008 attack on Mumbai. http://to.pbs.org/usVVALWatch on air and online beginning Tuesday, November 22nd at 9 pm ET on PBS (check local listings). http://to.pbs.org/usVVAL

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: PBS

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