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.

The Looming Tower Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Now it Begins...
• s01e02 - Losing My Religion
• s01e03 - Mistakes Were Made
• s01e04 - Mercury
• s01e05 - Y2K
• s01e06 - Boys at War
• s01e07 - The General
• s01e08 - A Very Special Relationship
• s01e09 - Tuesday
• s01e10 - 9/11

The Looming Tower Show Summary

Tracing the rising threat of Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, it takes a controversial look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI inadvertently might have set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Iraq.