Introduction In the book, “The Looming Tower” by Lawrence Wright, it is very apparent that legislation establishing a Department of Homeland Security did not transfer to DHS existing government intelligence and law enforcement agencies but envisioned an analytical office utilizing the products of other agencies (Homeland Security: Intelligence Support). Therefore, Wright’s writings are actual and factual, which makes this book very powerful. “There is a passivity and distinct lack of moralizing in this book that adds to his power. Wright does not seek to castigate Bin Laden or any of the individual Islamists but lets the facts speak for themselves. Indeed, what this book does is take the Bin Ladens of this world out of the fantastical domain and bring them back down to what they truly are – individuals with emotions whose vision of the world has changed over time and been altered by the course of events. There has been a danger as the vocabulary of the War on Terror becomes all-consuming to forget that those key proponents of terrorism are human and not otherworldly characters from some nightmare. Indeed the 21st century cult of celebrity has enveloped Bin Laden and co in ways that can only add to the fear he and his network can perpetuate. This book redresses the balance somewhat by personalizing the characters and making the forces that drive them that bit more fathomable” (Penguin, 2006). Therefore, Wright’s book presents facts and truths that cannot be denied by the United States, CIA, and FBI, which indicates they were blind to the events that led to September 11. Discussion Wright’s arguments pertain to the idea that the United States was very blind to the events that led to the terrorist attacks of September 11. With that, it can be argued that if security measures were taken then, these invading security measures they have now would not be necessary. “Wright, a longtime staff writer at the New Yorker, builds his tale of these men on hundreds of interviews with their family members, childhood friends, and professional associates; extensive travel through the Middle East, Asia, and Europe; and a library-sized bibliography of his own, including key primary source materials translated from the Arabic. In scrutinizing these figures, he humanizes them, showing us their quirks, strengths, and flaws. We see how distant adversaries mirror each other, their respective organizations at times reeling from vicious infighting, at others galvanized by renegade leadership. The illumination of these men in their complexity clarifies our sense of the people and politics that detonated the seminal event of our time” (Follman, 2004). There have been many news stories over the last couple of years concerning the current administration’s use of warrantless wiretapping and “sneak and peek” operations. This seems to be an invasion of privacy even though the government has the good intention of putting a lock down on terrorism. The United States still needs its privacy in order to live a normal life. The government does not have the right to invade someone’s privacy because other people had broken the law. Wright points out that Homeland Security was not prepared for the