The Looming Tower (2018) interactive character relationship network and AI-powered story timeline. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters across the narrative arc.
The narrative examines how a rising al-Qaeda threat and FBI-CIA rivalry complicated efforts to prevent an attack on U.S. soil.
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The late 1990s bring a rising threat associated with Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda. The counter-terrorism landscape begins organizing around this danger.
The I-49 Squad in New York and Alec Station in Washington, D.C. represent the FBI and CIA counter-terrorism efforts. Both appear committed to preventing an attack on U.S. soil.
The agencies travel the world while competing for ownership of information. Their overlapping mission becomes increasingly shaped by institutional rivalry.
An imminent attack on U.S. soil raises the stakes of the agencies' failure to cooperate fully. The narrative examines how their rivalry may have contributed to the 9/11 attacks.
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