The United States, its citizens and facilities, are often caught in the crosshair of the world's most violent and fanatical terrorist groups. Defending and protecting American consulates and personnel in over 260 outposts around the world is a unique group of law enforcement and security specialists. BADGES WITHOUT BORDERS is an inside look at the U.S. State Department's Diplomatic Security Service. DSS agents reveal the extraordinary level of security measures employed to protect a high threat post from terrorist attacks such as the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt. Enter into the secret world of the elite tactical unit with the DSS - The Mobile Security Division - as they train and prepare for the unthinkable: attacks using weapons of mass destruction. From the capture of suspects behind the bombing of the World Trade Center, to the man-hunt for Osama Bin Laden, BADGES WITHOUT BORDERS follows DSS agents along the front lines in the United States' fight against transnational terrorism.
Presents the intense dramatic story of Kurt Muse, an American businessman imprisoned by Gen. Manuel Noriega. Accused of being a CIA operative, Muse was the focus of a rescue attempt by the US army's elite counter-terrorist and hostage rescue unit.
Explores a state of the art training facility where Cobra snipers, abseilers and explosive experts demonstrate the unit's ability to engage and defeat an enemy with speed, flexibility and decisive force. From the forests of Austria, Elite Special Forces travels to the streets of New York City where it fell upon the elite members of the NYPD's Emergency Service Unit to thwart a deadly gang of suicide bombers plotting to bomb one of the city's busiest subway lines.
The story of the hijacking of Air France Flight AF139 on 27 June 1976 from Athens and the subsequent mission to rescue the hostages from the airport terminal at Entebbe in Uganda. The movie contains interviews with former hostages, including Captain Bacos who (together with his crew) refused to abandon his passengers as well those who planned the rescue mission and those executed it.
