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Oct 09, 2025
CNN’s Jake Tapper joins us for an conversation about the war on terror, the aftermath of the Arab Spring, and the new threats we face on the home front — and his new book, Race Against Terror: Chasing an Al Qaeda Terrorist at the Dawn of the Forever War.
In June 2011, a man fleeing the Arab Spring on a refugee boat was taken into custody by Italian authorities after casually admitting he was a member of Al Qaeda who was responsible for the deaths of American service members in Afghanistan. This unexpected confession sets off an unlikely chain of events and one of the most significant, but little-known, terrorism cases in American history. Through intense reporting, from the battlefield to the courthouse, from the home front to the Oval Office, Jake Tapper tells the story of a man radicalized to enact violence, the federal prosecutors and FBI agents determined to deliver justice, and the courageous soldiers who risked their lives to stay one step ahead of disaster. But Race Against Terror is more than their story — it is the story of the true cost of the war on terror, a living history, and a salient warning against what we face from extremists today.
Hear Tapper discuss his extraordinary findings — how America’s war on terror has changed the country and the world, why it continues to matter today in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, how the assassination of Charlie Kirk offers a stark warning against extremism on the American home front, and the heroism required to protect our freedoms.
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