SPECIAL AGENTS DIVE DEEP INTO THE RISE OF AL QAEDA AFTER THE 1998 BOMBINGS OF TWO U.S. EMBASSIES IN AFRICA RESULT IN 224 DEAD AND THOUSANDS INJURED, ON "FBI TRUE," TUESDAY, DEC. 19

"Dress Rehearsal: The Rise of Al Qaeda" - After two U.S. embassies in Africa were bombed in 1998, leaving 224 dead and thousands injured, three FBI agents suspect an injured bystander may be one of the terrorists behind the bombing. The discovery of a bomb factory linked to the attacks leads them to not only expose the extensive influence of the terrorist organization known as Al Qaeda, but also reveals their first major assault on the West. Those agents, John Anticev (a retired member of New York's Joint Terrorism Task Force who helped thwart attacks on the Holland Tunnel and the United Nations, who was also involved with major investigations around the world over the course of his 28 years with the FBI), Abigail Perkins (a lawyer before joining the FBI in 1995, who put her legal training to use in a broad range of Bureau investigations into terrorist acts, from the African embassy bombings to the attacks on 9/11) and Stephen Gaudin (a retired Special Agent on the Joint Terrorism Task Force who participated in investigations in the Middle East and Africa, and was directly involved with the hunt and capture of several al-Qaeda operatives) sit down with FBI veteran Special Agent Kristy Kottis, on a new episode of FBI TRUE, Tuesday, Dec. 19 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs)*.