On the front lines of the war on terrorism there are no second chances. This two-part series of Fred Friendly Seminars reflects that hard reality as it examines the most critical mission of the war: preventing the next attack or dealing with it. In two riveting scenarios, a panel of distinguished experts confronts tough questions and impossible choices that cut to the heart of America's vulnerability, as well as its strengths. This is real reality TV in the acclaimed Fred Friendly tradition.

Panelists include Richard Clarke, former senior White House advisor; Jamie Gorelick, former deputy attorney general of the United States; Dale Watson, former FBI head of counterterrorism; former Senator Warren Rudman, (R-NH); Congressman Charles Rangel (D-NY); Frank Keating, former governor of Oklahoma; James Gilmore, former governor of Virginia; Martin O'Malley, mayor of Baltimore; Frank Sesno, CNN special correspondent and former Washington bureau chief; and Nadine Strossen, President of the ACLU.