Episode
The Looming Tower: 9/11
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- The Looming Tower
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 2018-04-18
- Runtime
- 50 min
Episode context
9/11 is Episode 10 in Miniseries of The Looming Tower. It aired on 2018-04-18. The runtime is 50 min.
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Episode 8: A Very Special Relationship
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.
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Episode 6: Boys at War
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Episode 5: Y2K
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Episode 4: Mercury
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Episode 3: Mistakes Were Made
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Episode 2: Losing My Religion
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Episode 1: Now It Begins…
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.