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Lawrence Wright on ‘The Looming Tower’

The attacks on September 11th, 2001 were the inspiration for Lawrence Wright’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book “ The Looming Tower ”. Twelve years later, his research and countless interviews have been dramatized into a TV mini-series on Hulu.

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By Warren Olney • Apr 4, 2018 • 1 min read

The attacks on September 11th, 2001 were the inspiration for Lawrence Wright’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book “The Looming Tower”. Twelve years later, his research and countless interviews have been dramatized into a TV mini-series on Hulu. The CIA and the FBI refused to share information. If they had, could 9/11 have been prevented? Wright also talks about his latest book, “God Save Texas,” and compares and contrasts his home state with California.

Photo courtesy of Hulu.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Andrea Brody

    Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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    Devan Schwartz

    Producer

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    Lawrence Wright

    author, screenwriter, staff writer New Yorker

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