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190. 9/11: Could the Attacks Have Been Prevented? (Ep 4)
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By July 2001 the plan for 9/11 was almost complete… All that was missing was a day. How do you set the date the world changes?
Listen as David and Gordon unpack the night before the 9/11 hijackers carried out their plot.
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