Aftershock: The War on Terror
Episodes
Episode 5: In Dollars We Trust
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
'Follow the money.' That was George W. Bush’s directive to the US Treasury after 9/11. Choking off al-Qaida’s finances proved complicated — but ...
Episode 4: More than a Million Names
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The events of 9/11 exposed cracks in the US intelligence apparatus. In response, the National Security Agency built the most extensive surveillance sy...
Episode 3: Dr. Yes
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq created a dilemma for the Bush administration: what to do with the thousands of detainees captured during the War on ...
Episode 2: The Frog and the Scorpion
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After the Twin Towers fell, Donald Rumsfeld reportedly told President Bush: ‘Now we can do Iraq.’ The neo-conservatives said it would be easy: Ame...
Episode 1: With Us or Against Us
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the days after 9/11, George W. Bush declared a state of emergency and initiated what would become an unprecedented expansion of US power. Public de...
Aftershock: The War on Terror – Trailer
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After 9/11, George W. Bush launched a global War on Terror. What followed was an unprecedented expansion of American power, from Guantánamo Bay to dr...