Black Banners The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against Al-Qaeda

Name: Black Banners The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against Al-Qaeda
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ISBN: 9780393079425

ISBN-10: 0393079422

ISBN-13: 9780393079425

Edition: 2011

Authors: Ali H. Soufan, Daniel Freedman

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On September 11, 2001, FBI Special Agent Ali H. Soufan was handed a secret file. Had he received it months earlier#xE2;#xAC;#x1D;when it was requested#xE2;#xAC;#x1D;the attacks on New York and Washington could have been prevented. During his time on the front lines, Soufan helped thwart plots around the world and elicited some of the most important confessions from terrorists in the war against al-Qaeda#xE2;#xAC;#x1D;without laying so much as a hand on them. Most of these stories have never been reported before, and never by anyone with such intimate firsthand knowledge. This narrative account of America's successes and failures against al-Qaeda is essential to an understanding of the…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/12/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 608
Size: 6.60" wide x 9.60" long x 1.60" tall
Weight: 2.354
Language: English

Ali H. Soufan, a former FBI special agent, served on the front lines against al-Qaeda and gained an international reputation as a top counterterrorism operative and interrogator. He has been profiled in The New Yorker and featured in books, newspaper articles, and documentaries around the globe.



Important Note Concerning The Text


Map


Prologue


Note To Readers



The Early Years



The Fatwa and the Bet



Osama Air



The Northern Group



Declaration of War



The al-Qaeda Switchboard



Operation Challenge and the Manchester Manual



"You'll Be Singing Like a Canary"



Millennium Plot



Uss Cole



A Naval Destroyer inYemen?



The Hall of Death



"We're Stubborn, but We're Not Crazy"



The Human Polygraph Machine



"What Is al-Qaeda Doing in Malaysia?"



Bin Laden's Errand Boy



The Attack That Changed The World



The Binalshibh Riddle



"What Dots?"



The Father of Death



A New World Order



Bin Laden's Escape



DocEx



Black Magic



The First High-Value Detainee



Abu Zubaydah



The Contractors Take Over



"We Don't Do That"



Successes And Failures



Guantï¿½namo Bay



45 Minutes



The Crystal Ball Memo



Final Missions



Leaving the FBI



Undercover


Postscript


Conclusion


Acknowledgments


Principal Characters


Key Documents And Articles Cited