After Edward Snowden, the U.S. government said its controversial surveillance programs had stopped a terrorist.
That terrorist was David Coleman Headley — who played a key role in planning the 2008 siege on Mumbai that killed 166 people, including six Americans.
Tonight, in American Terrorist, FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate that claim.
We’ve been jointly investigating the Headley case since 2011, and tonight’s film draws on new analysis of Snowden documents, never-before-published excerpts from Headley’s draft memoir, and new insights into another terror plot Headley helped plan.
It’s a chilling, comprehensive portrait of an American Terrorist — and a troubling case study of the limitations of even the most sophisticated electronic surveillance capabilities.
American Terrorist premieres on-air and online tonight at 10/9 central — you can find out here when it airs on your local PBS station.
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