The Looming Tower

Miniserie de TV
2018
16
41min

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"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. The series 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.

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Una mirada a cómo la rivalidad entre la CIA y el FBI, sin darse cuenta, preparó el escenario para la tragedia del 11 de septiembre y la guerra en Afganistán.Una mirada a cómo la rivalidad entre la CIA y el FBI, sin darse cuenta, preparó el escenario para la tragedia del 11 de septiembre y la guerra en Afganistán.Una mirada a cómo la rivalidad entre la CIA y el FBI, sin darse cuenta, preparó el escenario para la tragedia del 11 de septiembre y la guerra en Afganistán.

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18 mil

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Nominado para 4 premios Primetime Emmy
- 15 nominaciones en total

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At the Berlinale film festival showrunner Dan Futterman explains the rivalry between CIA and FBI in the late 90's. "The FBI was just starting to work as an international agency, and that was part of their problem with the CIA, who felt that was their turf, and the FBI's turf was America. They totally underestimated al-Qaeda."

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7/10

Thoughtful Take on the Rise of Jihadism

I started watching this show because Jeff Daniels always delivers. He continues to do so here.

The miniseries presents a thought provoking picture of how the CIA and the FBI had conflicting ideas about how best to oppose Al Qaeda in the late 1990s and 2000. It suggests that these agencies' inability to work together created opportunities for Jihadism to fester and grow. This part of the series is powerful and well realized.

Less interesting are its forays into the private lives of its main characters. I'm 4 episodes in and still don't get the point of these subplots. I see how these interludes show the softer and messier sides of these characters lives, but they don't seem to have anything at all to do with the larger story of Al Qaeda's rise. As a result, these parts feel like filler in what would otherwise be a very tight, well focused political drama.

That said, this show does a fine job of assessing where our country's intelligence agencies, media, and citizenry succeeded and where we failed when it came to Al Qaeda. It's a sobering and fascinating story. As I watch, I keep thinking, "How did our world manage to get so very screwed up!"