After 9/11: The FBI

<p>This is the story of where the FBI was on September 11th, 2001. This is what they did — and did not — have when it came to counterterrorism and how the tragedy of that Tuesday morning transformed the Bureau. Our guide is <a href="https://www.american.edu/spa/faculty/sashaoc.cfm" target="_blank">Sasha O’Connell</a>, the director of the Terrorism and Homeland Security Program at American University who spent the bulk of her career to this point working for the FBI.</p> <p><em>Please note: An earlier version of this episode identified Mohamed Atta’s connecting flight as being from Portland, OR. It was from Portland, ME.</em> </p>