Lawrence Wright was interviewed about his book The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, published by Knopf. He talked about the history of Islamic terrorism, including Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda, FBI agent John O'Neil, the development of bin Laden's jihad movement, and the planning of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The guest interviewer was James Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute.