Our story begins with the childhood upbringing and radicalization of Usama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri. Their story takes them to Afghanistan where they build a reputation by helping expel a world superpower from the region.

Voices heard in this episode:

Bill Hemmer, Co-anchor of America's Newsroom on the FOX News Channel

Brit Hume, FOX News Senior Political Analyst

Amy Kellogg, FOX News Channel Correspondent

Andy McCarthy, former Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York

Greg Palkot, FOX News Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent

Chad Pergram, FOX News Channel's Capitol Hill Correspondent

Ali Soufan, Chairman, and CEO of The Soufan Group and former FBI Supervisory Special Agent

Chris Wallace, former host of FOX News Sunday

Katherine Zimmerman, American Enterprise Institute fellow, and adviser to the Critical Threats Project

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