The Looming Tower
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Director
Craig Zisk
Writer
Lawrence Wright
Age 70 (now 78)
Producer
Ali Soufan
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.
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.
The FBI finds one of the surviving terrorists and discovers a game changing lead in Nairobi, while the CIA’s retaliation plan in approved.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 U.S., Hazmi, Mihdhar and Atta, are lost by their U.S. handler.
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.
Nobody can get a hold of O'Neill on Sept. 11, 2001; Soufan's evacuation from Yemen stops short as the CIA Station Chief gives him the answers he has been seeking from the CIA; Schmidt is reinstated into Alec Station; Soufan interrogates Abu Jandal.
Jeff Daniels
John O'Neill
Age 63 (now 71)
Tahar Rahim
Age 36 (now 44)
Wrenn Schmidt
Diane Priest
Age 35 (now 43)
Bill Camp
Robert Chesney
Age 53 (now 61)
Louis Cancelmi
Vince Stuart
Age 39 (now 47)
Virginia Kull
Kathy Shaughnessy
Ella Rae Peck
Heather
Age 27 (now 35)
Sullivan Jones
Floyd Bennet
Michael Stuhlbarg
Richard Clarke
Age 49 (now 57)
Peter Sarsgaard
Martin Schmidt
Age 46 (now 55)
Kenneth Fok
Chuck Esposito
Richard Lukunku
Officer Ndereba
Rea Rangaka
Simon
Age 32 (now 40)
Rebecca Watson
Under Secretary of Energy
Rachid El Adouani
Taller Man
Reem Raouda
Haifa
Carl Levin
Self (archive footage)
Age 83 (died at 87)
Michael Slovis
Ali Selim
John Dahl
Age 61 (now 69)
Alex Gibney
Age 64 (now 72)
Story
Shannon Houston
Dan Futterman
Age 50 (now 58)
Adam Rapp
Bathsheba Doran
Peter Feldman
Lauren Whitney
Executive Producer
Will Bates
Original Music Composer
Age 41 (now 49)
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