HIGH VALUE TARGET

Eight-Episode Limited Series Co-Written by Graham Sack
Based on the Memoir Debriefing the President: The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein by John Nixon
Starring Joel Kinnaman (The Killing, For All Mankind, House of Cards, Altered Carbon)
Directed by Leslie Greif (The Grey House)
Produced by Alexander Rodnyansky (Oscar Nominee: Loveless, Leviathan, Beanpole, East/West, Stalingrad)
Premiere on TNT Sept. 13, 2026; Distributed on HBO Max Oct. 14, 2026

The first American to interrogate Saddam Hussein slowly begins to realize that the US invasion of Iraq is not as cut and dry, nor its outlook as positive, as Washington believes.

High Value Target presents an astounding, candid portrait of one of our era’s most notorious strongmen. Nixon, the first man to conduct a prolonged interrogation of Hussein after his capture confronts America’s most enigmatic enemy. After years of parsing Hussein’s leadership from afar, Nixon faithfully recounts his interrogation sessions and strips away the mythology surrounding an equally brutal and complex man. His account is not an apology, but a sobering examination of how preconceived ideas led Washington policymakers—and the Bush White House—astray. Unflinching and unprecedented, Debriefing the President exposes a fundamental misreading of one of the modern world’s most notorious dictators and presents a new narrative that boldly counters our received account.

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