US: The Looming Tower

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The Looming Tower traces the rising threat of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, and takes a controversial look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI may have inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Iraq.



Started watching this last week and I have thoroughly enjoyed it so far! 4 Episodes up on Amazon at the moment with new episodes each Thursday.
 
Enjoying it, didnt expect it on Amazon Prime in the UK so was a bonus to see the 1st 3 episodes a couple of weeks back.

Its an excellent book that goes into a fair bit of detail re Al Qaeda , Bin Laden etc before it even gets to the CIA / FBI , well worth a read even if you watch the series.

The series has started from quite late in and seems to be mostly about translating the core CIA / FBI / NSA squabbles. Plus from what I remember the book seemed more even handed ( as you'd expect with a non fiction investigation ) and didnt seem to take sides , whereas the series seems to have mostly penned the Alec Station bloke as the bad guy.
 
I just binged this over the last two nights and really enjoyed it. I managed it in two nights because it just wouldn't let me stop watching. :)
 
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