Past Public Programs

A special event delving into the ways September 11 impacted our handling of terrorism and terrorist threats. 

The documentary film Reporting 9/11 and Why It Still Matters and its companion series Women Journalists of 9/11: Their Stories explore the challenges of reporting on the attacks and reveal how they...

In his new book, New York Times bestselling author and CNN National Security Analyst Peter Bergen delivers the definitive biography of the founder of al-Qaeda and mastermind of the 9/11 attacks...

The post-9/11 invasion of Afghanistan became the longest war in American history. Now with the total drawdown of American troops after nearly 20 years, the Taliban has retaken control of the country.

Since the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) became law in 2016, members of the 9/11 community have been engaged in a legal struggle to determine whether the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was...

From director Sara Colangelo and writer/producer Max Borenstein, “Worth” tells the story of Kenneth Feinberg (played by Academy Award nominee Michael Keaton), who was appointed by Congress to oversee...

Speakers share their personal recollections of 9/11 and its aftermath and discuss the devastating health issues affecting the rescue and recovery community nearly 20 years after the attacks

Robert M. Gates, former secretary of defense, and Leon E. Panetta, former director of the CIA, discuss how policy, intelligence, and military decision-making converged during the hunt for bin Laden.

Ali Soufan, former FBI special agent and now chairman and chief executive officer of The Soufan Group, shares what is known about Saif al-`Adl and discusses the future of al-Qaeda.

Nelly Lahoud, a senior fellow in New America’s International Security program, who has read all the documents seized during the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan, discusses her...

In March 2001, the Taliban ordered and directed the demolition of two treasured symbols of Afghanistan’s pre-Islamic heritage: the Bamiyan Buddhas. Twenty years later, Dr. Morwari Zafar, an...

In the aftermath of the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Asha Rangappa, former FBI special agent and now senior lecturer on national security law at Yale University, and Greg Ehrie, 22-year...

Thomas Hegghammer, a senior research fellow at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, discusses the early history and ideology of al-Qaeda.

Ambassador Richard Olson, former U.S. State Department diplomat and now a senior advisor at the United States Institute of Peace, discusses the profound challenges and opportunities in the ongoing...

In recent years, the number of foreign terrorist attacks against the United States has decreased. Given this, Jeh Johnson, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and 9/11...

Fran Moore, Director for Intelligence (now Analysis) at the Central Intelligence Agency (2010–2014) discusses how collaboration within the intelligence community, and with the armed forces, helped...

Jeh Johnson, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (2013–2017), discusses his perspectives on crisis management in extreme circumstances and the role intelligence plays in the...

In his new book, No Ordinary Dog: My Partner from the SEAL Teams to the Bin Laden Raid, Will Chesney shares his story of working alongside military working dog Cairo as a member of SEAL Team Six and...

To mark the Museum’s annual commemoration of the end of the nine-month rescue and recovery effort at Ground Zero, Dr. Kerry Kelly, former chief medical officer for the FDNY (1994–2018), speaks about...