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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 Lad…

Lawrence Wright talks about his book, The Terror Years: From al-Qaeda to the Islamic State. He spoke in the C-SPAN 2/BookTV tent at the 21st annual Texas Book Festival. The festival was h…

Panelists talked about global terrorism and national security issues and debated the question, “Is terrorism a threat to the American way of life?” Panelists included Lawrence Wright, Malcol…

“The War of Ideas” was the second panel of the day-long event “Al Qaeda 3.0: The ‘War on Terror’ After the Bush Administration.” The event, held in the Russell Senate Office Building, was co…

Four authors discussed the topic, “Current Interest: Profiles in Terror,” moderated by Leo Braudy. They also talked about their books on terrorism. After their presentations they responded t…

Raymond Ibrahim was interviewed about the book he edited and translated, The Al Qaeda Reader, published by Broadway. He translated key al Qaeda documents, some previously unavailable in Engl…

Lawrence Wright talked about terrorism, Al Qaeda, and Western intelligence efforts. He is the author of The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, published by Knopf. He also responde…

Panelists talked about the relationship between Pakistani and Saudi Arabian officials and business with the al-Qaida network and Islamic fundamentalism within those countries. Among the topi…

Lawrence Wright talked about Dr. Ayman al-Zawahri, Osama bin Laden’s second in command, how he became involved in the Jihad movement, and the environment in Egypt that fosters Islamic extrem…