“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 have inadvertently set the path for the attacks of 9/11. The series follows members of the I-49 Squad in New York and Alec Station in Washington, D.C. the counterterrorism divisions of the FBI and CIA, respectively as they travel around the world, fighting for ownership of information while seemingly working toward a common goal of preventing an imminent attack on American soil.
