C-SPAN2 now: Steve Coll discussing "The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century"

After Words: Steve Coll, "The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century" interviewed by Michael Scheuer

Upcoming Schedule
Saturday, April 19, at 10:00 PM
Sunday, April 20, at 6:00 PM
Sunday, April 20, at 9:00 PM
Monday, April 21, at 12:00 AM
Monday, April 21, at 3:00 AM
Sunday, April 27, at 12:00 PM

About the Program
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll is the author of "Ghost Wars" which looks at Osama bin Laden's time in Afghanistan since the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan in the early 1980s. His latest book, "The Bin Ladens," is a history of the bin Laden family and its rise to prominence in Saudi Arabia. Mr. Coll discusses his new book with Michael Scheuer, former head of the bin Laden unit at the CIA.

About the Author
Steve Coll, formerly a jounalist and managing editor with the Washington Post, is currently the president of the New America Foundation and a staff writer for The New Yorker. Mr. Coll's book, "Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001," was awarded the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction. Michael Scheuer headed up the bin Laden unit at the CIA from 1996 to 1999 and was a special adviser to the chief of the unit from 2001 to 2004. He is the author of "Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror" and, most recently, "Marching Towards Hell: America and Islam After Iraq."