In the Counterterrorism Center on 9/11
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The war with Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda did not begin on September 11th. CIA analyst Cynthia Storer was there from the beginning in the early 1990s, a member of a small band of mostly female analysts who worked on Al Qaeda long before September 11.They faced a frustrating uphill battle convincing others about this new threat and were subjected to ridicule for their supposedly excessive passion right up until September 11th.Hear Cynthia discuss with SPY Historian Mark Stout what it was like to be in the building on that day and the amazing combination of emotion, professionalism, and commitment that characterized the following days.
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