AuthorSoufan, Ali H
TitleThe black banners : inside the hunt for al-Qaeda / Ali H. Soufan with Daniel Freedman
Imprint London : Allen Lane, 2011
Descript xxvi, 572 p. : map ; 25 cm

CONTENT

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 in Yemen? ; 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 : Guantánamo Bay ; 45 minutes ; The Crystal Ball memo -- Final missions : Leaving the FBI ; Undercover


SUBJECT

  1. Qaida (Organization)
  2. September 11 Terrorist Attacks
  3. 2001
  4. Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention
  5. War on Terrorism
  6. 2001-2009

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