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NOW on PBS | Terrorist Rehab? | Preview | PBS

Duration: 03:57

Program: NOW on PBS #521
Broadcast Date: May. 22, 2009

Can terrorists be rehabilitated with kindness? NOW on PBS partners with best-selling author and journalist Robert Lacey (The Kingdom, Majesty) to investigate the surprising success of Saudi Arabia's approach to dealing with terrorists and extremists - without torture or water-boarding. Lacey was given extraordinary access to terrorist rehabilitation classes and camps that use "soft policing" tactics to be nice to the bad guys.

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Post Date: April 29, 2009

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