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9:25 am
Fri September 7, 2012

Frontline: Are We Safer?

Credit Courtesy of Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post
FRONTLINE and Washington Post reporter Dana Priest investigates the vast domestic intelligence apparatus built since 9/11 that stores and analyzes information on thousands of U.S. citizens.

Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Dana Priest investigates the terrorism-industrial complex that grew up in the wake of 9/11. Against a backdrop of recent mail bomb threats from Al Qaeda in Yemen and growing concerns about homegrown terrorists, Priest explores the growing reach of homeland security, fusion centers, battlefield technologies and data-collecting into the lives of ordinary Americans.

Airs Tuesday, September 11, at 8pm on Channel 5.

Watch the full episode.