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The Looming Tower

Season 1
The Looming Tower traces the rising threat of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, and takes a controversial look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI may have inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Iraq.
IMDb 8.0201810 episodes
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Now It Begins…
    February 27, 2018
    51min
    TV-MA
    The chief of the FBI’s counter-terrorism unit, John O’Neill, invites rookie Muslim-American agent, Ali Soufan, onto his squad. Fighting to get information from the CIA, they soon realize their work is just beginning… as two American embassies are bombed.
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  2. S1 E2 - Losing My Religion
    February 27, 2018
    50min
    TV-MA
    Following the simultaneous embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, the FBI begins its investigation on the ground while the CIA starts working on a retaliation plan.
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  3. S1 E3 - Mistakes Were Made
    February 27, 2018
    50min
    TV-MA
    The FBI finds one of the surviving terrorists and discovers a game changing lead in Nairobi, while the CIA’s retaliation plan is approved.
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  4. S1 E4 - Mercury
    March 6, 2018
    50min
    TV-MA
    Continuing to keep information from the FBI, Schmidt is fired from Alec Station. Diane makes an important discovery about the owner of the phone number Owhali gave Chesney. O’Neill searches for solace in his faith as his personal and professional lives crumble before him.
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  5. S1 E5 - Y2K
    March 13, 2018
    47min
    TV-MA
    The CIA and FBI are on high alert as threats surrounding the new millennium abound. O’Neill and Soufan raid an AQ cell in Brooklyn. The CIA continues to hide vital information from the FBI while they track suspicious individuals entering the U.S.
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  6. S1 E6 - Boys At War
    March 20, 2018
    50min
    TV-MA
    Vince continues asking for permission to share Mihdhar’s visa with the FBI. O’Neill loses his briefcase and an investigation into his handling of classified materials begins. A boy, radicalized after the CIA’s retaliation attack killed his friend, travels to Yemen to start his own martyrdom journey.
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  7. S1 E7 - The General
    March 27, 2018
    51min
    TV-MA
    O’Neill and Soufan travel to Yemen to begin the investigation into the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole. The FBI becomes aware of a meeting in Malaysia and of Khallad, without knowing the CIA has been aware of both of those things for months.
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  8. S1 E8 - A Very Special Relationship
    April 3, 2018
    50min
    TV-MA
    Everyone adjusts to a new president and, with it, a shift in threat priority. Soufan learns of the importance of UBL’s bodyguard and is refused access to him. O’Neill is denied re-entry into Yemen and forced to resign. The terrorists in the US, Hazmi, Mihdhar and Atta, are lost by their U.S. handler.
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  9. S1 E9 - Tuesday
    April 10, 2018
    49min
    TV-MA
    The CIA becomes aware that Hazmi and Mihdhar are gone and must relay that to the FBI. O’Neill accepts a job as head of security at the World Trade Center. Soufan is sent back to Yemen. Hazmi, Mihdhar and Atta head to Vegas for a final indulgence.
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  10. S1 E10 - 9/11
    April 17, 2018
    50min
    TV-MA
    September 11, 2001 and no one can get a hold of O’Neill. Soufan’s evacuation from Yemen stops short as the CIA Station Chief gives him all the answers he has been asking from the CIA for months. Schmidt is reinstated into Alec Station. Soufan finally interrogates Abu Jandal.
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Directors
Craig ZiskJohn DahlAli SelimMichael SlovisAlex Gibney
Producers
Legendary TelevisionCraig ZiskDan FuttermanLawrence WrightAlex GibneyAdam Rapp
Starring
Jeff DanielsSullivan JonesWrenn Schmidt
Studio
Amazon Prime
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