HBO’s Homegrown: The Counter-Terror Dilemma, director Greg Barker

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HBO documentary Homegrown: The Counter-Terror Dilemma is a timely exploration of one of today’s most divisive and pressing issues – the threat posed by homegrown Islamic extremism and the challenges of detecting and countering it. Directed by Emmy® award-winner Greg Barker (HBO’s Manhunt: The Search for Bin Laden), Homegrown: The Counter-Terror Dilemma is a gripping, insider’s account of the homegrown terrorist threat in America, told from the perspectives of those who helped construct America’s counter-terrorism machine – as well as those who are its targets. Inspired by the nonfiction book “United States of Jihad:” by Peter Bergen, who also wrote “Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden – from 9/11 to Abbottabad,” which was also the basis for Barker’s Manhunt. Bergen is a print and television journalist who conducted Osama Bin Laden’s first TV interview in 1997, in which he declared war against the United States. A former war correspondent, Barker’s other film includes Koran by Heart and the Emmy® nominated Sergio. He joins us for an in-depth conversation on the many nuanced issues that are in-play for those seeking to prevent and deter attacks on American soil.

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Premieres, Monday February 8th at 9 PM (ET and Central)

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