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Eliza Manningham-Buller: Terror

Duration:
45 minutes
First broadcast:
Tuesday 06 September 2011

The former Director-General of the Security Service (MI5), Eliza Manningham-Buller gives the first of her BBC Reith Lectures 2011 called " Terror." On the tenth anniversary of the attacks on the United States on September 11th she reflects on the lasting significance of that day. Was it a "terrorist" crime, an act of war or something different?

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    Read the transcript of Eliza Manningham-Buller's first Reith Lecture, entitled 'Terror', in which she reflects on the legacy of the 9/11 attacks on the United States.

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