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- 1. Now It Begins ... Feb 28, 2018
- John O'Neill invites rookie FBI agent Ali Soufan onto his squad; two American embassies are bombed.
- 2. Losing My Religion Feb 28, 2018
- The FBI begins a ground investigation and the CIA starts working on a retaliation plan.
- 3. Mistakes Were Made Feb 28, 2018
- The FBI discovers a game-changing lead in Nairobi.
The Looming Tower is an American drama television miniseries, based on Lawrence Wright's 2006 book of the same name, which premiered on Hulu on February 28, 2018. The 10-episode drama series was created and executive produced by Dan Futterman, Alex Gibney, and Wright.
The Looming Tower: Created by Dan Futterman, Alex Gibney, Lawrence Wright. With Jeff Daniels, Tahar Rahim, Wrenn Schmidt, Bill Camp. A look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan.
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- 2018-02-28
- Drama, History
- 41
The Looming Tower is a non-fiction book by Lawrence Wright that explores the origins and motives of Al-Qaeda and the events that led to the September 11 attacks. It also won a Pulitzer Prize and inspired a Hulu miniseries adaptation.
- Lawrence Wright
- 2006
Aug 8, 2006 · O’Neill’s heroic efforts to track al-Qaeda before 9/11, and his tragic death in the World Trade towers . . . Prince Turki’s transformation from bin Laden’s ally to his enemy . . . the failures of the FBI, CIA, and NSA to share intelligence that might have prevented the 9/11 attacks.
"The Looming Tower" traces the rising threat of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida in the late '90s and how a rivalry between the FBI and CIA during the time period may...
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- Jeff Daniels
- TV-MA
- 1
The Looming Tower traces the rising threat of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda in the late 1990s and how the rivalry between the FBI and CIA during that time may have inadvertently set the path for the tragedy of 9/11.
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Well-acted and powerfully written, The Looming Tower delivers gripping counter-terrorism drama rendered even more soberingly effective through its roots in real-life events. Read Critics...