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In a rare interview with Ali Soufan, the FBI agent who was at the center of the 9/11 investigations, Frontline correspondent Martin Smith uncovers an insider's view on the "war on terror." Frontline "The Interrogator" airs Tuesday, September 13 at 9 p.m. on KUED.

One of only eight Arabic-speaking FBI agents, Soufan explains why he believes the attacks on the World Trade Center could have been prevented and how the use of torture failed to produce actionable intelligence.

The broadcast of "The Interrogator" will also coincide with the publication of Soufan's forthcoming book, The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda, which is receiving extensive media attention prompted by the CIA's request for redactions.

Also in this hour: Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Dana Priest investigates the terrorism-industrial complex that grew up in the wake of 9/11. In "Are We Safer?" Priest explores the growing reach of homeland security, fusion centers, battlefield technologies, and data-collecting into the lives of ordinary Americans.

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