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#174 - Lawrence Wright: The 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks: reflections on how they happened, and lessons learned and not learned

2021/9/6

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#174 - Lawrence Wright: The 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks: reflections on how they happened, and lessons learned and not learned

The Peter Attia Drive

Chapters

What were Lawrence and Peter's personal experiences on September 11th, 2001?

How did 9/11 transform the US into a security state?

What drew Lawrence to cover 9/11 as 'the story of our lifetime'?

What are the roots of radical Islam in Egyptian politics?

How did Anwar Sadat's assassination birth the radical Islamic movement?

The establishment of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan post-Sadat assassination

Osama bin Laden: From upbringing to celebrity status

How did Western intervention in Saudi Arabia fuel Arab nationalist hatred?

What role does religion play in hindering Islamic states' progress towards democracy?

Bin Laden's time in Sudan

The CIA vs. the FBI: How did this rivalry set the stage for US intelligence failure?

Why did US intelligence fail to take the bombings of the US embassies and the USS Cole seriously?

How did the FBI and CIA lose the planners of the 9/11 attacks?

What problematic policies in Europe and direct warnings of 9/11 attacks were overlooked?

How did political infighting and personality conflicts enable the 9/11 attacks?

What came of the 9/11 commission and the trials of Ali Soufan?

What lessons have we learned from 9/11 and what is the future of terrorism?

Shownotes Transcript

#174 - Lawrence Wright: The 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks: reflections on how they happened, and lessons learned and not learned 03:01:55 Share

The Peter Attia Drive

Chapters

What were Lawrence and Peter's personal experiences on September 11th, 2001?

How did 9/11 transform the US into a security state?

What drew Lawrence to cover 9/11 as 'the story of our lifetime'?

What are the roots of radical Islam in Egyptian politics?

How did Anwar Sadat's assassination birth the radical Islamic movement?

The establishment of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan post-Sadat assassination

Osama bin Laden: From upbringing to celebrity status

How did Western intervention in Saudi Arabia fuel Arab nationalist hatred?

What role does religion play in hindering Islamic states' progress towards democracy?

Bin Laden's time in Sudan

The CIA vs. the FBI: How did this rivalry set the stage for US intelligence failure?

Why did US intelligence fail to take the bombings of the US embassies and the USS Cole seriously?

How did the FBI and CIA lose the planners of the 9/11 attacks?

What problematic policies in Europe and direct warnings of 9/11 attacks were overlooked?

How did political infighting and personality conflicts enable the 9/11 attacks?

What came of the 9/11 commission and the trials of Ali Soufan?

What lessons have we learned from 9/11 and what is the future of terrorism?

Shownotes Transcript

#174 - Lawrence Wright: The 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks: reflections on how they happened, and lessons learned and not learned