In this episode, we talk with John Nixon, the author of, "Debriefing the President: The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein." Nixon is one of only a few Americans to speak to the former Iraqi dictator since the first Gulf War. He describes what it was like to question him and then bring intelligence back to the Oval Office and President Bush. He had numerous sessions with Saddam, and has a perspective almost no one on earth can have when it comes to the fall of Iraq and its leader.

Since the Iraq War grew out of 9/11, this is an episode worth listening to as we explore how that horrible day changed American history.

John Nixon is available on Twitter @JohnNixon

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