<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Official website </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Production website </Td> </Tr> <P> The Looming Tower is an American drama web television miniseries based on the book of the same name by Lawrence Wright that was released from February 28 to April 18, 2018 on Hulu . The series consists of ten episodes and was created and executive produced by Dan Futterman, Alex Gibney, and Wright . In addition, Futterman acted as showrunner for the series and Gibney directed the first episode . </P> <P> The Looming Tower traces the "rising threat of Osama bin Laden and Al - Qaeda in the late 1990s and how the rivalry between the FBI and CIA during that time may have inadvertently set the path for the tragedy of 9 / 11 . It follows members of the I - 49 Squad in New York and Alec Station in Washington, D.C., the counter-terrorism divisions of the FBI and CIA, respectively, as they travel the world fighting for ownership of information while seemingly working toward the same goal--trying to prevent an imminent attack on U.S. soil ." </P>

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