Bangkok--Jul 8--Francom Asia
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Saturday, July 9 at 17:00
Sunday, July 10 at 11:00 and 17:00 (replays)
Israeli authorities target some suspected terrorists for assassination. French prosecutors can question suspects for up to four days without charges and for the first 24 hours without access to a lawyer. Britain boasts a half-a-million surveillance cameras in its city streets—about one for every 120 people.
In a new CNN Presents documentary, “Winning the war on Terrorism,” national security correspondent David Ensor talks to those at the forefront of fighting terrorism in Europe and the Middle East as he examines whether their strategies would be effective in the United States.
Ensor looks at the complex moral, legal, social and military issues surrounding the battle against terrorism. He reveals that other governments have struggled for decades to find ways to protect their citizens from terrorism while trying to maintain civil liberties—sometimes successfully, sometimes not.
Hear the views of terrorism experts including Gilles Kepel, author of The War for Muslim Minds: Islam and the West, on security versus civil liberties; Jacob Perry, former head of Israel’s internal intelligence agency, Shin Bet, on “targeted assassinations; and Judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere, leader of France’s elite counter-terrorism team.
As part of CNN’s 25th anniversary, CNN Presents is producing a variety of special reports, including “Winning the War on Terrorism,” that look at the most critical issues the nation will confront n the coming years.
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