When does the Blindspot podcast come out?
The first episode drops Friday, May 28. Subscribe now. An original 8-part podcast hosted by WNYC's Jim O'Grady and co-produced by HISTORY in partnership with WNYC Studios. "Blindspot: The Road to 9/11" will bring to light the decade-long shadow struggle that preceded the attacks.
Who is the host of Blindspot?
An original 8-part podcast hosted by WNYC's Jim O'Grady and co-produced by HISTORY in partnership with WNYC Studios. "Blindspot: The Road to 9/11" will bring to light the decade-long shadow struggle that preceded the attacks.
How many episodes are there in Blindspot?
Over eight episodes, Blindspot: The Road to 9/11, brings to light the decade-long "shadow struggle" that preceded the attacks.
Who is the blind sheikh?
September 9, 2020 •. In 1981, the radical cleric Omar Abdel-Rahman — known as The Blind Sheikh — inspires the assassination of Egyptian president Anwar el-Sadat at a military ceremony. One of the soldiers present is Emad Salem. He swears revenge against the Sheikh.
Who is the ghost in the 2020 movie?
October 21, 2020 •#N#"The Ghost" is the nickname that Port Authority Detective Matthew Besheer and FBI Special Agent Frank Pellegrino give to the man they've been hunting for years but can't quite catch: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed — also known as KSM. He's the uncle of Ramzi Yousef, and he picks up his plot to hijack planes and fly them into buildings. Without knowing his specific plans, Pellegrino and Besheer are acutely aware of the scope of KSM's ambition, and the danger he presents to both military and civilian targets. But once again, a carefully considered plan to diffuse the threat goes awry and he melts into the ether. Soon he'll take a meeting with Osama bin Laden and lay out the framework for what will become known as the attacks on 9/11/2001. In this final episode of the series, we trace the final steps to that fateful day.
What are Pellegrino and Besheer aware of?
Without knowing his specific plans, Pellegrino and Besheer are acutely aware of the scope of KSM's ambition, and the danger he presents to both military and civilian targets. But once again, a carefully considered plan to diffuse the threat goes awry and he melts into the ether.
Who is the NYPD detective in 2020?
September 16, 2020 •. NYPD Detective Louis Napoli and FBI Special Agent John Anticev fear an attack is coming, but without their mole, Emad Salem, they're blind to the machinations of the Brooklyn terror cell.
What happened on September 9, 2020?
September 9, 2020 •#N#The 9/11 attacks were so much more than a bolt from the blue on a crisp September morning. They were more than a decade in the making. Our story starts in a Midtown Manhattan hotel ballroom in 1990. Shots ring out and the extremist rabbi, Meir Kahane, lies mortally wounded. His assassin, El-Sayyid Nosair, is connected to members of a Brooklyn mosque who are training to fight with Islamic freedom fighters in Afghanistan. NYPD Detective Louis Napoli and FBI Special Agent John Anticev catch the case, and start unraveling a conspiracy that is taking place in plain sight by blending into the tumult of the city. It is animated by an emerging ideology: violent jihad.
Episode 8: The Ghost
The mastermind of 9/11 as in the sights of the U.S. government. Until he wasn’t.
Episode 7: The Falcon Hunt
The U.S. has Osama bin Laden in its crosshairs. Will it take the shot?
Episode 6: The Choice
How Osama bin Laden went from the son of a tycoon to leader of worldwide violent jihad.
Episode 5: The Idea
Police investigating an apartment fire in Manila uncover a plot to blow up a dozen airplanes.
Bonus Episode: The Double Life
More than 20 years after he took down a terrorist cell and testified in open court, Emad Salem is still in hiding.
Episode 4: The Sheikh
Emad Salem is back under cover, and the cell is planning its next attack.
Episode 3: The Bomb
After the World Trade Center bombing in 1993, investigators scramble to round up suspects.
