Ellen Ratner talks with author of “The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century”
Ellen Ratner talks with Steve Coll, author of “The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century,” and how he had to travel all around the world to gather information for it. Coll said he became interested in researching the life of Osama Bin Laden especially after 9/11 and said he wanted to understand how Bin Laden was explained by his family and as a Saudi. (02:00)
April 8, 2009
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