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The Dark Side (2006)

"We also have to work the dark side...we've got to spend time in the shadows..."

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Released June 20, 2006Runtime 1h 24mDirector Michael Kirk

On Sept. 11, 2001, deep inside a White House bunker, Vice President Dick Cheney was ordering U.S. fighter planes to shoot down any commercial airliner still in the air above America. At that moment, CIA Director George Tenet was meeting with his counter-terrorism team in Langley, Virginia. Both leaders acted fast, to prepare their country for a new kind of war. But soon a debate would grow over the goals of the war on terror, and the decision to go to war in Iraq. Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and others saw Iraq as an important part of a broader plan to remake the Middle East and project American power worldwide. Meanwhile Tenet, facing division in his own organization, saw non-state actors such as Al Qaeda as the highest priority. FRONTLINE’s investigation of the ensuing conflict includes more than 40 interviews, thousands of pages of documentary evidence, and a substantial photographic archive.

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Cast of The Dark Side

Will Lyman

Will Lyman

Self - Narrator
Dick Cheney

Dick Cheney

Self (archive footage)
George W. Bush

George W. Bush

Self (archive footage)
Richard Clarke

Richard Clarke

Self - Dir. NSC Counterterrorism 1998-'01
Michael Scheuer

Michael Scheuer

Self - CIA 1982-2004
Bob Woodward

Bob Woodward

Self - 'The Washington Post'
Ron Suskind

Ron Suskind

Self - Author, 'The One Percent Doctrine'
Steve Coll

Steve Coll

Self - 'The New Yorker'
George Tenet

George Tenet

Self (archive footage)
Melvin Goodman

Melvin Goodman

Self - Fmr. CIA officer
Frank Carlucci

Frank Carlucci

Self - Fmr. Secretary of Defense
George H. W. Bush

George H. W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

About The Dark Side

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Who stars in The Dark Side?

The Dark Side stars Will Lyman, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Richard Clarke, Gary Schroen.

Who directed The Dark Side?

The Dark Side was directed by Michael Kirk.

How long is The Dark Side?

The Dark Side has a runtime of 1h 24m.

What is The Dark Side about?

On Sept. 11, 2001, deep inside a White House bunker, Vice President Dick Cheney was ordering U.S. fighter planes to shoot down any commercial airliner still in the air above America. At that moment, CIA Director George Tenet was meeting with his counter-terrorism team in Langley, Virginia. Both leaders acted fast, to prepare their country for a new kind of war. But soon a debate would grow over the goals of the war on terror, and the decision to go to war in Iraq. Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and others saw Iraq as an important part of a broader plan to remake the Middle East and project American power worldwide. Meanwhile Tenet, facing division in his own organization, saw non-state actors such as Al Qaeda as the highest priority. FRONTLINE’s investigation of the ensuing conflict includes more than 40 interviews, thousands of pages of documentary evidence, and a substantial photographic archive.