let s take a look. we got some morgan freeman. take a look. i m a forensic psychologist. faster way of saying i m a guy who determines the hows and whys. hold it right there. when you write, do you always know here i am saying how smart he is and you show stuff people blowing stuff up. you re the writer. we re just tv people around here. the last that wasn t in the book. last question i was going to ask, spoken like an author during an adaptation. the last thing i was going to ask is when you do write, do you think about how the typical reader will identify with? does it have to be someone who ultimately had good in them or not necessarily? i had a simple thing, when i m telling a story i just
horrific and, obviously, a terrible mistake, and i do appreciate the secretary of defense who s called, you know, for a complete if review to find out why this happened. we know what happened, we don t know why. what were the indicators that led us to think this guy was a terrorist when, obviously, he was an innocent aid worker working for an american charity. so that s good. and he also wants accountability to see if these mistakes were gross mistakes that we made, was information ignored. this is an after-action review we call it in the military, and they re very thorough. i ve been through a bunch of them, and we ll get all the whys and the where fors after that s completed. but you re absolutely right, this points out the limitations of the so-called over the horizon operation. when we look at afghanistan, we have lost all of the eyes and ears of our own troops on the ground to include multiple cia bases and the afghan troops that, obviously, we don t have access to, they no longer
hesitant what is a way to talk to them not the refusers. not the republicans who are like trump is my god, i m never getting the vaccine. but people in our communities who are nervous about it, what do you say to tem? everyone has their own whys and why notes. i ask them what is the reason that makes you concerned, what have you heard, where did you get this information from? that s the other thing. people are getting information from unreliable sources. they re getting information from their hair stylist, their barber. they re not getting it from the public health professionals, from physicians. i try to be as nonjudgmental as possible. even though it s incredibly frustrating i always want to make sure we re keeping the lines of communication open. and i also realize it may not change their mind with one conversation. we may need multiple conversations. what s most important is making sure that they have accurate, responsible messaging, that they have the facts. so, for example, w
the unprecedented attack on america. today, a day of remembrance and reflection. while much about that day has been uncovered, so much still remains a mystery. joining me now lawrence right, staff writer with the new yorker magazine and author of the looming tower and the road to 9/11. it is good to have you back. i know you have been investigating the hows and whys for 20 years now. what is top of mind as you watch the tributes and the reflections with the benefit of hindsight? oh, to be honest i have been flooded with memories and regrets, sadness,, you know, especially all of the people that i met along the way while i was working on that book, the people at i-49 quad and fbi in new york who tried so valiantly to stop this attack, and the members of the alex station, the