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Strip Search follows several parallel stories examining personal freedoms vs. national security in the aftermath of 9/11; two main subplots involve an American woman detained in China and an Arab man detained in New York City.
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Music
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HBO Films
Cast
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Maggie Gyllenhaal
Linda Sykes
G
Glenn Close
Karen Moore
D
Dean Winters
Ned McGrath
K
Ken Leung
Liu Tsung-Yuan
B
Bruno Lastra
Sharif Bin Said
S
Shing Ka
Chinese Police
A
Austin Pendleton
James Perley
T
Tom Guiry
Gerry Sykes
J
Jim Gaffigan
Reverend Craig Peterson
P
Peter Jacobson
John Scanlon
J
Justin Bartha
G
George H. W. Bush
self (archive footage)
G
George W. Bush
self (archive footage)
B
Bill Clinton
self (archive footage)
R
Ronald Reagan
self (archive footage)
H
Harry S. Truman
self (archive footage)
K
Kerry Washington
R
Ramsey Faragallah
Abdul Amin
