The black banners: the inside story of 9/11 and the war against Al-Qaeda [1. ed] 9780393079425, 0393079422

A former FBI special agent offers an insider's account of how the September 11th attacks could have been prevented,

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The black banners: the inside story of 9/11 and the war against Al-Qaeda [1. ed]
 9780393079425, 0393079422

Table of contents :
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 (Guantanamo Bay
45 minutes
The Crystal Ball memo). --
Final missions (Leaving the FBI
Undercover)

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