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Authors: Aki Peritz,Eric Rosenbach
16
Ibid.
Ibid.
17
Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, interview, June 29, 2009.
Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, interview, June 29, 2009.
18
Ibid.
Ibid.
19
Ellen Nakashima, “Dismantling of Saudi-CIA Web Site Illustrates Need for Clearer Cyberwar Policies,”
Washington Post
, March 19, 2010.
Ellen Nakashima, “Dismantling of Saudi-CIA Web Site Illustrates Need for Clearer Cyberwar Policies,”
Washington Post
, March 19, 2010.
20
Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction,
Report to the President of the United States,
March 31, 2005.
Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction,
Report to the President of the United States,
March 31, 2005.
21
Marjorie Cohn, “Assassination and Display in Iraq: The Killings of Uday and Qusai Hussein in International Law,”
Jurist
, July 29, 2003.
Marjorie Cohn, “Assassination and Display in Iraq: The Killings of Uday and Qusai Hussein in International Law,”
Jurist
, July 29, 2003.
22
James Risen, “US to Hunt Down Afghan Drug Lords Tied to Taliban,”
New York Times
, August 9, 2009.
James Risen, “US to Hunt Down Afghan Drug Lords Tied to Taliban,”
New York Times
, August 9, 2009.
23
Alan Dershowitz, “Double Standard Watch: Targeted Killings OK for US but Not for Israel,”
Jerusalem Post,
August 16, 2009.
Alan Dershowitz, “Double Standard Watch: Targeted Killings OK for US but Not for Israel,”
Jerusalem Post,
August 16, 2009.
24
Anatol Lieven, “Five Myths About Pakistan,”
Washington Post
, June 3, 2010.
Anatol Lieven, “Five Myths About Pakistan,”
Washington Post
, June 3, 2010.
25
“Pakistan Backed Haqqani Attack on Kabul: Mike Mullen,” BBC, September 22, 2011.
“Pakistan Backed Haqqani Attack on Kabul: Mike Mullen,” BBC, September 22, 2011.
26
Dexter Filkins, “Right at the Edge,”
New York Times
, September 7, 2008.
Dexter Filkins, “Right at the Edge,”
New York Times
, September 7, 2008.
27
Ibid.
Ibid.
28
Ibid.
Ibid.
29
Akbar Zaidi,
Pakistan’s Roller-Coaster Economy: Tax Evasion Stifles Growth,
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Policy Brief 88, September 2010.
Akbar Zaidi,
Pakistan’s Roller-Coaster Economy: Tax Evasion Stifles Growth,
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Policy Brief 88, September 2010.
30
Filkins, “Right at the Edge.”
Filkins, “Right at the Edge.”
31
Transparency International,
Corruption Perceptions Index 2010.
Transparency International,
Corruption Perceptions Index 2010.
32
Zalmay Khalilzad, “Get Tough on Pakistan,”
New York Times
, October 19, 2010.
Zalmay Khalilzad, “Get Tough on Pakistan,”
New York Times
, October 19, 2010.
33
Sean Naylor, “JSOC Task Force Battles Haqqani Militants,”
Army Times
, September 14, 2010.
Sean Naylor, “JSOC Task Force Battles Haqqani Militants,”
Army Times
, September 14, 2010.
34
Ibid.
Ibid.
35
Sean Naylor, “More Than Door Kickers,”
Armed Forces Journal
, March 2006.
Sean Naylor, “More Than Door Kickers,”
Armed Forces Journal
, March 2006.
36
Michele Malvesti,
To Serve the Nation: US Special Operations Forces in an Era of Persistent Conflict,
Center for a New American Strategy, June 2010, 32.
Michele Malvesti,
To Serve the Nation: US Special Operations Forces in an Era of Persistent Conflict,
Center for a New American Strategy, June 2010, 32.
37
Ibid.
Ibid.
38
USSOCOM Fact Book,
14;
www.fas.org/irp/agency/dod/socom/factbook-2010.pdf
.
USSOCOM Fact Book,
14;
www.fas.org/irp/agency/dod/socom/factbook-2010.pdf
.
39
Dana Priest, “US Military Teams, Intelligence Deeply Involved in Aiding Yemen on Strikes,”
Washington Post
, January 27, 2010.
Dana Priest, “US Military Teams, Intelligence Deeply Involved in Aiding Yemen on Strikes,”
Washington Post
, January 27, 2010.
40
Benjamin Wittes and Jack Goldsmith, “The Best Trial Option for KSM: Nothing,”
Washington Post
, March 19, 2010.
Benjamin Wittes and Jack Goldsmith, “The Best Trial Option for KSM: Nothing,”
Washington Post
, March 19, 2010.
41
William Fisher, “Wittes, Goldsmith, and KSM: Absurd, Cynical,”
Huffington Post
, March 22, 2010,
www.huffingtonpost.com/william-fisher/wittes-goldsmith-and-ksm_b_508175.html
.
William Fisher, “Wittes, Goldsmith, and KSM: Absurd, Cynical,”
Huffington Post
, March 22, 2010,
www.huffingtonpost.com/william-fisher/wittes-goldsmith-and-ksm_b_508175.html
.
42
New York University Center on Law and Security,
Terrorist Trial Report Card: September 11, 2001–September 11, 2009,
www.lawandsecurity.org/Portals/0/documents/02_TTRCFinalJan142.pdf
.
New York University Center on Law and Security,
Terrorist Trial Report Card: September 11, 2001–September 11, 2009,
www.lawandsecurity.org/Portals/0/documents/02_TTRCFinalJan142.pdf
.
43
Benjamin Wittes, “The Right Way to Try KSM,”
Washington Post
, October 28, 2010.
Benjamin Wittes, “The Right Way to Try KSM,”
Washington Post
, October 28, 2010.
44
Catherine Philip, “Faisal Shahzad’s Basic Errors Led Police to His Last-Minute Arrest,”
Times of London
, May 6, 2010.
Catherine Philip, “Faisal Shahzad’s Basic Errors Led Police to His Last-Minute Arrest,”
Times of London
, May 6, 2010.
45
Jane Jacobs,
The Death and Life of Great American Cities,
Modern Library ed. (New York: Random House, 1993), 40.
Jane Jacobs,
The Death and Life of Great American Cities,
Modern Library ed. (New York: Random House, 1993), 40.
46
Michael Schmidt, “T-Shirt Vendor Takes on New Persona: Reluctant Hero of Times Square,”
New York Times
, May 2, 2010.
Michael Schmidt, “T-Shirt Vendor Takes on New Persona: Reluctant Hero of Times Square,”
New York Times
, May 2, 2010.
47
Jerry Markon, “FBI Foils Elaborate Bomb Plot in Oregon,”
Washington Post
, November 28, 2010.
Jerry Markon, “FBI Foils Elaborate Bomb Plot in Oregon,”
Washington Post
, November 28, 2010.
48
“Islam Is Peace,” Says President. Remarks by the president at Islamic Center of Washington, DC, September 17, 2001,
http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010917–11.html
.
“Islam Is Peace,” Says President. Remarks by the president at Islamic Center of Washington, DC, September 17, 2001,
http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010917–11.html
.
49
Mike Carter, “Ressam Gets 22 Years for Millennium Bomb Plot,”
Seattle Times
, December 3, 2008.
Mike Carter, “Ressam Gets 22 Years for Millennium Bomb Plot,”
Seattle Times
, December 3, 2008.
50
Chris Gourlay and Jonathan Culvert, “Al-Qaeda Kingpin: I Trained 9/11 Hijackers,”
Times of London
, November 25, 2007; US Department of State Country Reports on Terrorism 2005,
www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/c17689.htm
.
Chris Gourlay and Jonathan Culvert, “Al-Qaeda Kingpin: I Trained 9/11 Hijackers,”
Times of London
, November 25, 2007; US Department of State Country Reports on Terrorism 2005,
www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/c17689.htm
.
51
John Brennan, “Opposing View: ‘We Need No Lectures,’”
USA Today
, February 9, 2010.
John Brennan, “Opposing View: ‘We Need No Lectures,’”
USA Today
, February 9, 2010.
52
Thomas Jefferson and H. A. Washington, eds.,
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports Messages, Addresses, and other Writings, Official and Private
(New York: Derby & Jackson, 1859), 159.
APPENDICESThomas Jefferson and H. A. Washington, eds.,
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports Messages, Addresses, and other Writings, Official and Private
(New York: Derby & Jackson, 1859), 159.
1
“‘Airliners Plot’: The Allegations,”
BBC News
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“‘Airliners Plot’: The Allegations,”
BBC News
, April 3, 2008.
2
Richard Edwards, Gordon Rayner, and Duncan Gardham, “Terror Suspects ‘Planned Nuclear Station Strike,’”
Telegraph,
April 4, 2008.
Richard Edwards, Gordon Rayner, and Duncan Gardham, “Terror Suspects ‘Planned Nuclear Station Strike,’”
Telegraph,
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INDEX
Abbottabad, Pakistan
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) base in
Abdel-Rahman, Omar (“The Blind Sheik”)
Abdullah II, King of Jordan
Abdulmutallab, Umar Farouk
Abidin, Muhammad Husayn, al- (Abu Zubaydah)
Abu Amina,
see
Rahman, Shaykh Abd al-
see
Rahman, Shaykh Abd al-
Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti.
see
Kuwaiti, Abu Ahmed al-
see
Kuwaiti, Abu Ahmed al-
Abu Faraj al-Libi.
see
Uzayti, Mustafa Muhammad al-
see
Uzayti, Mustafa Muhammad al-
Abu Hafs al-Masri.
see
Atef, Mohammad
see
Atef, Mohammad
Abu Hamza Rabia.
see
Shuayb, Muhammad Rabia Abdul Halim
see
Shuayb, Muhammad Rabia Abdul Halim
Abu Layth al-Libi.
see
Rufayi, Ali Ammar Ashur al-
see
Rufayi, Ali Ammar Ashur al-
Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi.
see
Maqdisi, Abu Muhammad Asem al-
see
Maqdisi, Abu Muhammad Asem al-
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
see
Khalayleh, Ahmad Fadil Nazal Al-
see
Khalayleh, Ahmad Fadil Nazal Al-
Abu Salim prison
Abu Talha.
see
Khan, Muhammad Naeem Noor
see
Khan, Muhammad Naeem Noor
Abu Ubaydah al-Masri
Abu Umar al-Baghdadi.
see
Zawi, Hamid Daoud Muhammad Khalil al-
see
Zawi, Hamid Daoud Muhammad Khalil al-
Abu Zubaydah.
see
Abidin, Muhammad Husayn, al-
see
Abidin, Muhammad Husayn, al-
Adams, John
Adams, John Quincy
Adel, Saif al-
Afghanistan
al-Qaeda in
civil war, 1991
Northern Alliance (anti-Taliban group)
Pakistan border
Soviet occupation
Taliban.
see
Taliban
see
Taliban
U.S. invasion of
U.S. relations with
AFRICOM (U.S. Africa Command)
Afzali, Imam Ahmad Wais
Ahmedzay, Zarein
Ain Zara prison
Air Force 24th Special Tactics Squadron
Air Force Reserve JAG Corps
Air Force’s School of Advanced Airpower Studies
Al-Aksari Golden Dome shrine, Samarra
Albania, response to Powell’s UN address
Alec Station, Central Intelligence Agency
Alfred P. Murrah federal building
Algeria
Al-Hussein Ben Ali mosque
Ali, Abdulla Ahmed
Al-Khalayleh, Ahmad Fadil Nazal (Abu Musab al-Zarqawi).
see
Zarqawi, Abu Musab
see
Zarqawi, Abu Musab
Allen, George
Al-Qaeda
before 9/11
in Afghanistan
appeal, to recruits
attacks USS
Cole
.
see
USS
Cole
attacked
Cole
.
see
USS
Cole
attacked
attempts on Pervez Musharraf
bombs U.S. Embassies.
see
Terrorist attacks, U.S. embassies
see
Terrorist attacks, U.S. embassies
and the CIA
communication systems
couriers
double agent
funding
and Hamas
in Iran
and Iraq
in Kenya
and KSM
in London
millennium plot
nuclear weapons
organization
and other groups
in Pakistan
propaganda videos
religious training
security
in Somalia
and the Taliban
training camps
undermining appeal of
uranium procurement
weapons training
widespread nature of
and WMDs
in Yemen
Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) (Tanzim Qa’idat al-Jihad Fi Bilad al-Rafidayn (Organization of Jihad’s Base in the Country of the Two Rivers (QJBR)
online political front
safe houses raided
after Zarqawi
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
Al-Qaeda in Yemen (AQY)
American Airlines Flight
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Amina, Abu (Shaykh Abd al-Rahman)
Amnesty International
Ansar al-Islam/Ansar al-Sunnah (Kurdish terrorist organization)
Anthrax
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act
Aqrab, al-(Scorpion) detention center, Egypt
Arcadia 8 military raid
Armed Services Committee
Armitage, Richard
Army Rangers
Army Times
Ashcroft, John
Assassinations, targeted.
see
Killings, targeted
see
Killings, targeted
Atef, Mohammad (Abu Hafs al-Masri)
Atiyah, Abd al-Rahman
Atta, Muhammad
Aum Shinrikiyo
Aurora, Colorado
Authorization of Military Force (AUMF)
Aviation Week
magazine
magazine
Azzam, Abdullah
Baath Party
Baer, Robert
Baghdadi, Abu Umar al- (Zawi, Hamid Daoud Muhammad Khalil al-)
Bagram air base
Baluchi, Ammar al-
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