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Prologue - Chapter 1

• NOTE: Citations in this Lesson Plan refer to the following version of the book: Wright, Lawrence. The Looming Tower: al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11. Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc., 2006. Fifth Printing.

• The Looming Tower is a nonfiction book by Lawrence Wright. Wright’s book gives a historical account of the development of al-Qaeda and events leading up to the September 11 attacks and examines the failures of U.S. intelligence agencies in preventing these terrorist actions.

• In his Prologue, Wright introduces several individuals who played key roles in the uncovering of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda. Primary among these is Dan Coleman, an FBI agent assigned to foreign intelligence cases at Alec Station in Tysons Corner, Virginia.

• Coleman first heard of bin Laden in 1993 when a source described a “Saudi Prince” who was the financial backer for radical Islamists plotting to bomb...

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