FRONTLINE

"American Terrorist" - Preview

Season 2015 Episode 5 | 31s

In this update to "A Perfect Terrorist," premiering April 21 on PBS, FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate David Coleman Headley, the American-born terrorist who helped plan the Mumbai attacks -- revealing how secret electronic surveillance missed catching the Mumbai plotters, and how Headley planned a Charlie Hebdo-like assault against a Danish newspaper.

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