“Viewpoint” host Eliot Spitzer has an exclusive interview with Current TV’s Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel about Putzel’s recent conversations with Omar Hammami, the American-born jihadi who was reported as having been murdered in Somalia in April, but is alive — a fact Hammami confirmed exclusively to Current TV.
Hammami made contact with Current TV three weeks ago after watching Putzel’s 2010 Vanguard documentary, “American Jihadi,” which traced Hammami’s journey from his birthplace in Daphne, Ala. to Somalia, where he became a leader in the al-Qaida-affiliated terrorist group al-Shabab.
Tomorrow, tune in to “Viewpoint” at 8/7c to watch an exclusive report featuring clips from Putzel’s interview with Hammami’s parents, Shafik and Debra Hammami — their first in-depth on-camera interview since their son vanished in 2006.
For more on this unfolding story, read Putzel’s blog post here.
