Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from PBS Evening News for Friday, Dec 01, 1989


Title: Frontline: Tracking The Pan Am Bombers

Abstract:

An examination of the 12/21/88 terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 with David Marash (PBS), excerpts of statements by then President Ronald Reagan and then VP George Bush, former Assistant Secretary of Defense Noel Koch, counter terrorism advisor Yigal Carmon, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Command leader Ahmed Jabril, terrorism expert Neil Livingstone, journalist David Halevy, Yoachanon Krakovsky, former FBI counter terrorism expert Carter Cornick, Angelika Berner, former CIA counter terrorism expert David Whipple, Hashem Abassi, and Yorkie Clothing Industries General Manager Victor Kalaga; introductory and concluding remarks by Judy Woodruff (PBS).

Begin Time:08:00:00 pm
End Time:08:57:00 pm
TVN Record Number:656460
Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1989-2009 Vanderbilt University
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