Authors: Aki Peritz,Eric Rosenbach
Find, Fix, Finish (51 page)
52
Profile: Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan,
BBC, September 15, 2009. According to one of his sisters, however, Nabhan grew up in a well-off neighborhood north of Mombasa. See “Concerns Grow Over Rising Militancy Among Kenyan Muslims,” Associated Press
,
January 10, 2003.
Profile: Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan,
BBC, September 15, 2009. According to one of his sisters, however, Nabhan grew up in a well-off neighborhood north of Mombasa. See “Concerns Grow Over Rising Militancy Among Kenyan Muslims,” Associated Press
,
January 10, 2003.
53
Profile: Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan.
Profile: Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan.
54
“Kenya’s Most Dangerous Al-Qaeda Terrorist,”
Daily Nation
, June 21, 2009.
“Kenya’s Most Dangerous Al-Qaeda Terrorist,”
Daily Nation
, June 21, 2009.
55
Raymond Bonner and Steve Levine, “‘We Are Freedom Fighters,’ Says a Leader of Militants,”
New York Times,
August 27, 1998; NEFA Foundation,
Biographical Summary of the Martyred Commander, Allah-willing, Abu Yusuf al-Nabhani,
October 12, 2009.
Raymond Bonner and Steve Levine, “‘We Are Freedom Fighters,’ Says a Leader of Militants,”
New York Times,
August 27, 1998; NEFA Foundation,
Biographical Summary of the Martyred Commander, Allah-willing, Abu Yusuf al-Nabhani,
October 12, 2009.
56
Profile: Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan.
Profile: Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan.
57
Ibid.
Ibid.
58
Stephen Mburu, “Kenya: How the Nairobi Terror Attack Was Planned,”
Daily Nation
, August 6, 2008; “Kenya’s Most Dangerous Al-Qaeda Terrorist,”
Daily Nation
, June 21, 2009.
Stephen Mburu, “Kenya: How the Nairobi Terror Attack Was Planned,”
Daily Nation
, August 6, 2008; “Kenya’s Most Dangerous Al-Qaeda Terrorist,”
Daily Nation
, June 21, 2009.
59
NEFA Foundation,
Biographical Summary.
NEFA Foundation,
Biographical Summary.
60
Marc Lacey, “Same Suspects Tied to Mombasa and ’98 Embassy Attacks,”
New York Times,
February 22, 2003.
Marc Lacey, “Same Suspects Tied to Mombasa and ’98 Embassy Attacks,”
New York Times,
February 22, 2003.
61
“Israel Evacuates Tourists from Kenya,” BBC, November 29, 2002.
“Israel Evacuates Tourists from Kenya,” BBC, November 29, 2002.
62
“The Threat from Portable Missiles,” BBC, November 29, 2002; “Israel Evacuates Tourists.”
“The Threat from Portable Missiles,” BBC, November 29, 2002; “Israel Evacuates Tourists.”
63
“Israel Evacuates Tourists.”
“Israel Evacuates Tourists.”
64
Lacey, “Same Suspects Tied to Mombasa and ’98 Embassy Attacks.”
Lacey, “Same Suspects Tied to Mombasa and ’98 Embassy Attacks.”
65
Lubaina Kher, “Kenyan Police Question Bomb Suspect’s Kin,” Associated Press, December 11, 2002.
Lubaina Kher, “Kenyan Police Question Bomb Suspect’s Kin,” Associated Press, December 11, 2002.
66
Lacey, “Same Suspects Tied to Mombasa and ’98 Embassy Attacks”; Matthew Rosenberg, “Concerns Grow Over Rising Militancy Among Kenyan Muslims,” Associated Press, January 10, 2003.
Lacey, “Same Suspects Tied to Mombasa and ’98 Embassy Attacks”; Matthew Rosenberg, “Concerns Grow Over Rising Militancy Among Kenyan Muslims,” Associated Press, January 10, 2003.
67
Andrew England, “FBI’s Most Wanted Leader of al-Qaida Cell Indicted for U.S. Embassy Bombings Escaped,” Associated Press, June 13, 2004.
Andrew England, “FBI’s Most Wanted Leader of al-Qaida Cell Indicted for U.S. Embassy Bombings Escaped,” Associated Press, June 13, 2004.
68
Lubaina Kher, “Kenya Attacks Suspect May Be in Somalia,” Associated Press, December 17, 2002.
Lubaina Kher, “Kenya Attacks Suspect May Be in Somalia,” Associated Press, December 17, 2002.
69
Rosenberg, “Concerns Grow over Rising Militancy among Kenyan Muslims.”
Rosenberg, “Concerns Grow over Rising Militancy among Kenyan Muslims.”
70
England, “FBI’s Most Wanted Leader.”
England, “FBI’s Most Wanted Leader.”
71
Jeffrey Gettlemen, “In Somalia, a New Template for Fighting Terrorism,”
New York Times,
October 17, 2009.
Jeffrey Gettlemen, “In Somalia, a New Template for Fighting Terrorism,”
New York Times,
October 17, 2009.
72
“Key Events in the Recent History of the African Nation of Somalia,” Associated Press, September 15, 2009.
“Key Events in the Recent History of the African Nation of Somalia,” Associated Press, September 15, 2009.
73
“The Situation in Somalia,”
www.forces.gc.ca/somalia/vol1/v1c11e.htm#14
.
“The Situation in Somalia,”
www.forces.gc.ca/somalia/vol1/v1c11e.htm#14
.
74
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, “The Strategic Challenge of Somalia’s Al-Shabaab: Dimensions of Jihad,”
Middle East Quarterly,
Fall 2009, 25–36.
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, “The Strategic Challenge of Somalia’s Al-Shabaab: Dimensions of Jihad,”
Middle East Quarterly,
Fall 2009, 25–36.
75
Ibid.
Ibid.
76
Combating Terrorism Center,
Al-Qa’ida’s (Mis)Adventures in the Horn of Africa,
www.ctc.usma.edu/aq/aq_exsumII.asp
.
Combating Terrorism Center,
Al-Qa’ida’s (Mis)Adventures in the Horn of Africa,
www.ctc.usma.edu/aq/aq_exsumII.asp
.
77
Ross, “Strategic Challenge.”
Ross, “Strategic Challenge.”
78
Paul Haven, “The Death of al Zarqawi; Tracking the Fates of Members of the Terrorist ‘Class of 2004’ Gives Glimpse of Short Life Expectancy of Those Who Take Up Arms; New Jihadist Generation Dead, Hiding,” Associated Press, June 10, 2006.
Paul Haven, “The Death of al Zarqawi; Tracking the Fates of Members of the Terrorist ‘Class of 2004’ Gives Glimpse of Short Life Expectancy of Those Who Take Up Arms; New Jihadist Generation Dead, Hiding,” Associated Press, June 10, 2006.
79
Alisha Ryu, “Kenyan Officials Deny Reports of Arrest of Terror Suspect,”
Voice of America
, March 14, 2007.
Alisha Ryu, “Kenyan Officials Deny Reports of Arrest of Terror Suspect,”
Voice of America
, March 14, 2007.
80
FBI, “Fazul Abdullah Mohammed,”
www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/termohammed.htm
.
FBI, “Fazul Abdullah Mohammed,”
www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/termohammed.htm
.
81
Gettleman and Schmitt, “U.S. Kills Top Qaeda Militant.”
Gettleman and Schmitt, “U.S. Kills Top Qaeda Militant.”
82
Dina Temple-Raston, “Dead Al-Qaida Suspect Tied to Somali Youths in U.S.,” NPR, September 16, 2009.
Dina Temple-Raston, “Dead Al-Qaida Suspect Tied to Somali Youths in U.S.,” NPR, September 16, 2009.
83
Spencer Hsu, “Concern Grows Over Recruitment of Somali Americans by Islamists,”
Washington Post
, October 4, 2009.
Spencer Hsu, “Concern Grows Over Recruitment of Somali Americans by Islamists,”
Washington Post
, October 4, 2009.
84
Scott Baldauf, “Obama’s First Somalia Strike Hits Al-Qaeda Suspect,”
Christian Science Monitor
, September 15, 2009.
Scott Baldauf, “Obama’s First Somalia Strike Hits Al-Qaeda Suspect,”
Christian Science Monitor
, September 15, 2009.
85
“Slain al-Qaida Suspect’s Mother Asks to See Body,” Associated Press, September 16, 2009.
“Slain al-Qaida Suspect’s Mother Asks to See Body,” Associated Press, September 16, 2009.
86
Gettleman and Schmitt, “U.S. Kills Top Qaeda Militant”; Maamoun Youssef, “Al-Qaida Group in Somalia Confirms Leader’s Death,” Associated Press, September 16, 2009.
Gettleman and Schmitt, “U.S. Kills Top Qaeda Militant”; Maamoun Youssef, “Al-Qaida Group in Somalia Confirms Leader’s Death,” Associated Press, September 16, 2009.
87
Tristan McConnell, “Terrorist Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan Killed by US Commandos in Somalia,”
Times,
September 16, 2009.
Tristan McConnell, “Terrorist Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan Killed by US Commandos in Somalia,”
Times,
September 16, 2009.
88
Mohamed Olad Hassan, “US Special Forces Targeted al-Qaida in Somalia,” Associated Press, September 15, 2009.
Mohamed Olad Hassan, “US Special Forces Targeted al-Qaida in Somalia,” Associated Press, September 15, 2009.
89
Spencer Ackerman, “David Petraeus: The Danger Room Interview,”
Wired,
August 18, 2010.
Spencer Ackerman, “David Petraeus: The Danger Room Interview,”
Wired,
August 18, 2010.
90
“14 Charged with Aiding Terror Group Al-Shabab,” Associated Press, August 5, 2010.
“14 Charged with Aiding Terror Group Al-Shabab,” Associated Press, August 5, 2010.
91
Scott Shane, Mark Mazzetti, and Robert F. Worth, “Secret Assault on Terrorism Widens on Two Continents,”
New York Times,
August 14, 2010.
CHAPTER 11: GERONIMOScott Shane, Mark Mazzetti, and Robert F. Worth, “Secret Assault on Terrorism Widens on Two Continents,”
New York Times,
August 14, 2010.
1
White House, Press Briefing on the Killing of Osama bin Laden, May 2, 2011;
www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/05/02/press-briefing-senior-administration-officials-killing-osama-bin-laden
; Nic Robertson Twitter account, May 3, 2011,
https://twitter.com/#!/NicRobertsonCNN/status/65377085165813760
.
White House, Press Briefing on the Killing of Osama bin Laden, May 2, 2011;
www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/05/02/press-briefing-senior-administration-officials-killing-osama-bin-laden
; Nic Robertson Twitter account, May 3, 2011,
https://twitter.com/#!/NicRobertsonCNN/status/65377085165813760
.
2
Lolita Baldor, “Pentagon: US Has Questioned bin Laden’s Widows,” Associated Press, May 13, 2011.
Lolita Baldor, “Pentagon: US Has Questioned bin Laden’s Widows,” Associated Press, May 13, 2011.
3
Kimberley Dozier, “Sources: Raiders Knew Mission a One-Shot Deal,”
Navy Times
, May 17, 2011.
Kimberley Dozier, “Sources: Raiders Knew Mission a One-Shot Deal,”
Navy Times
, May 17, 2011.
4
Jane Mayer, “The Search for Osama: Did the Government Let bin Laden’s Trail Go Cold?”
New Yorker
, August 4, 2003; Pervez Musharraf,
In the Line of Fire: A Memoir
(New York: Free Press, 2008), 220–221.
Jane Mayer, “The Search for Osama: Did the Government Let bin Laden’s Trail Go Cold?”
New Yorker
, August 4, 2003; Pervez Musharraf,
In the Line of Fire: A Memoir
(New York: Free Press, 2008), 220–221.
5
Combating Terrorism Center,
Letter Exposes New Leader in al-Qaeda High Command,
www.ctc.usma.edu/aq/pdf/CTC-AtiyahLetter.pdf
.
Combating Terrorism Center,
Letter Exposes New Leader in al-Qaeda High Command,
www.ctc.usma.edu/aq/pdf/CTC-AtiyahLetter.pdf
.
6
Musharraf,
In the Line of Fire
, 220–221.
Musharraf,
In the Line of Fire
, 220–221.
7
Spencer Ackerman, “Osama’s Diabolical Plan for Secure E-Mail: Thumb Drives,”
Wired,
May 13, 2011.
Spencer Ackerman, “Osama’s Diabolical Plan for Secure E-Mail: Thumb Drives,”
Wired,
May 13, 2011.
8
Laura Rozen, “The Courier: The Multiple Identities of the Man Who Led U.S. to bin Laden,” Yahoo News, May 4, 2011;
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/envoy/courier-multiple-identities-man-led-u-bin-laden-133835572.html
; Michael Isikoff, “How Profile of Bin Laden Courier Led CIA to Its Target,”
NBC News,
May 4, 2011.
Laura Rozen, “The Courier: The Multiple Identities of the Man Who Led U.S. to bin Laden,” Yahoo News, May 4, 2011;
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/envoy/courier-multiple-identities-man-led-u-bin-laden-133835572.html
; Michael Isikoff, “How Profile of Bin Laden Courier Led CIA to Its Target,”
NBC News,
May 4, 2011.
9
Farah Stockman, “Harsh Tactics May Have Aided US Raid,”
Boston Globe
, May 4, 2011.
Farah Stockman, “Harsh Tactics May Have Aided US Raid,”
Boston Globe
, May 4, 2011.
10
Michael Mukasey, “The Waterboarding Trail to bin Laden,”
Wall Street Journal
, May 6, 2011.
Michael Mukasey, “The Waterboarding Trail to bin Laden,”
Wall Street Journal
, May 6, 2011.
11
John Yoo, “From Guantanamo to Abbottabad,”
Wall Street Journal,
May 4, 2011.
John Yoo, “From Guantanamo to Abbottabad,”
Wall Street Journal,
May 4, 2011.
12
Leon Panetta, interview, MSNBC, May 3, 2011,
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42887700/ns/world_news-death_of_bin_laden/t/transcript-interview-cia-director-panetta
.
Leon Panetta, interview, MSNBC, May 3, 2011,
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42887700/ns/world_news-death_of_bin_laden/t/transcript-interview-cia-director-panetta
.
13
John McCain, “Bin Laden’s Death and the Debate over Torture,”
Washington Post,
May 11, 2011.
John McCain, “Bin Laden’s Death and the Debate over Torture,”
Washington Post,
May 11, 2011.
14
Greg Sargent, “Exclusive: Private Letter from CIA Chief Undercuts Claim Torture Was Key to Killing bin Laden,” Washington Post Plum Line, May 16, 2011,
http://tinyurl.com/44rlvlq
.
Greg Sargent, “Exclusive: Private Letter from CIA Chief Undercuts Claim Torture Was Key to Killing bin Laden,” Washington Post Plum Line, May 16, 2011,
http://tinyurl.com/44rlvlq
.
15
Dahlia Lithwick, “Still Stupid, Still Wrong, Still Immoral,”
Slate
, May 4, 2011.
Dahlia Lithwick, “Still Stupid, Still Wrong, Still Immoral,”
Slate
, May 4, 2011.
16
Mark Mazzetti and David Rohde, “Amid US Policy Disputes, Qaeda Grows in Pakistan,”
New York Times,
June 30, 2008; Julian Borger and Declan Walsh, “The Never-ending Manhunt,”
Guardian,
July 10, 2009; “TV Show Discusses US Charges Against Pakistan Intelligence Agency,”
Today with Kamran Khan,
Karachi Geo News Television in Urdu/BBC Monitoring South Asia, August 2, 2008.
Mark Mazzetti and David Rohde, “Amid US Policy Disputes, Qaeda Grows in Pakistan,”
New York Times,
June 30, 2008; Julian Borger and Declan Walsh, “The Never-ending Manhunt,”
Guardian,
July 10, 2009; “TV Show Discusses US Charges Against Pakistan Intelligence Agency,”
Today with Kamran Khan,
Karachi Geo News Television in Urdu/BBC Monitoring South Asia, August 2, 2008.
17
Mazzetti and Rohde, “Qaeda Grows in Pakistan”; Borger and Walsh, “Never-ending Manhunt.”
Mazzetti and Rohde, “Qaeda Grows in Pakistan”; Borger and Walsh, “Never-ending Manhunt.”
18
Ibid.
Ibid.
19
Ibid.
Ibid.
20
Ibid.
Ibid.
21
Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker, “US Plan Widens Role in Training Pakistani Forces,”
New York Times,
March 2, 2008.
Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker, “US Plan Widens Role in Training Pakistani Forces,”
New York Times,
March 2, 2008.
22
Ibid.
Ibid.
23
Ibid.
Ibid.
24
Khalid Hasan, “US-trained Pakistani Commandos to Be Deployed in Tribal Areas,”
Daily Times (Pakistan)/
BBC World Monitoring, August 4, 2008.
Khalid Hasan, “US-trained Pakistani Commandos to Be Deployed in Tribal Areas,”
Daily Times (Pakistan)/
BBC World Monitoring, August 4, 2008.
25
R. Jeffrey Smith, Candace Rondeaux, and Joby Warrick, “2 US Air Strikes Offer a Concrete Sign of Obama’s Pakistan Policy,”
Washington Post,
January 24, 2009.
R. Jeffrey Smith, Candace Rondeaux, and Joby Warrick, “2 US Air Strikes Offer a Concrete Sign of Obama’s Pakistan Policy,”
Washington Post,
January 24, 2009.
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
Smith, Rondeaux, and Warrick, “2 US Air Strikes.”
Smith, Rondeaux, and Warrick, “2 US Air Strikes.”
28
Greg Miller, “CIA Spied on bin Laden from Safe House,”
Washington Post,
May 6, 2011.
Greg Miller, “CIA Spied on bin Laden from Safe House,”
Washington Post,
May 6, 2011.
29
Declan Walsh, “Osama bin Laden Monitored for Months Before Raid,”
Guardian
, May 6, 2011.
Declan Walsh, “Osama bin Laden Monitored for Months Before Raid,”
Guardian
, May 6, 2011.
30
Marc Ambinder, “Then Came Geronimo,”
National Journal
, May 12, 2011.
Marc Ambinder, “Then Came Geronimo,”
National Journal
, May 12, 2011.
31
Ibid.
Ibid.
32
Dozier, “Raiders Knew Mission a One-Shot Deal.”
Dozier, “Raiders Knew Mission a One-Shot Deal.”
33
Bill Sweetman, “Bin Laden Raid May Have Exposed Stealth Helo,”
Aviation Week
, May 5, 2011,
http://tinyurl.com/3dywvaw
.
Bill Sweetman, “Bin Laden Raid May Have Exposed Stealth Helo,”
Aviation Week
, May 5, 2011,
http://tinyurl.com/3dywvaw
.
34
Bob Woodward, “Death of Osama bin Laden: Phone Call Pointed U.S. to Compound and to ‘the Pacer,’”
Washington Post,
May 6, 2011.
Bob Woodward, “Death of Osama bin Laden: Phone Call Pointed U.S. to Compound and to ‘the Pacer,’”
Washington Post,
May 6, 2011.
35
Ibid.
Ibid.
36
Ibid.
Ibid.
37
John Keegan,
Intelligence in War
(Toronto: Vintage Canada, 2002), 348.
John Keegan,
Intelligence in War
(Toronto: Vintage Canada, 2002), 348.
38
“Obama Talks Risks, Payoffs in Making bin Laden Decision,” Agence France Press, May 8, 2011,
http://tinyurl.com/5vfwea4
.
“Obama Talks Risks, Payoffs in Making bin Laden Decision,” Agence France Press, May 8, 2011,
http://tinyurl.com/5vfwea4
.
39
Ibid.
CHAPTER 12: TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUEIbid.
1
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press,
GOP Likely to Recapture Control of House,
October 31, 2010.
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press,
GOP Likely to Recapture Control of House,
October 31, 2010.
2
Cameron Middleton, interview, November 15, 2010.
Cameron Middleton, interview, November 15, 2010.
3
Dana Priest, “Foreign Network at Front of CIA’s Terror Fight,”
Washington Post
, November 18, 2005.
Dana Priest, “Foreign Network at Front of CIA’s Terror Fight,”
Washington Post
, November 18, 2005.
4
Joseph Berger, “Nations Halt Air Cargo From Yemen,”
New York Times
, November 1, 2010.
Joseph Berger, “Nations Halt Air Cargo From Yemen,”
New York Times
, November 1, 2010.
5
George Tenet,
At the Center of the Storm
(New York: Harper Collins, 2007).
George Tenet,
At the Center of the Storm
(New York: Harper Collins, 2007).
6
Ali Waked, “Hamas Crushes al-Qaeda Uprising,”
YNet News
, August 14, 2009.
Ali Waked, “Hamas Crushes al-Qaeda Uprising,”
YNet News
, August 14, 2009.
7
“Meshal: Johnston’s Release Shows Hamas Brought Order to Gaza,”
Haaretz
, July 4, 2007.
“Meshal: Johnston’s Release Shows Hamas Brought Order to Gaza,”
Haaretz
, July 4, 2007.
8
Ansar al-Sunnah used to be known as Ansar al-Islam. It has since resumed using its original name.
Ansar al-Sunnah used to be known as Ansar al-Islam. It has since resumed using its original name.
9
Ansar al-Sunnah was until 2003 known as Ansar al-Islam. Ansar al-Sunnah changed its name back to Ansar al-Islam several years later in an effort to return to its Kurdish roots. See Department of State,
Country Reports on Terrorism: Ansar al-Islam,
April 30, 2008.
Ansar al-Sunnah was until 2003 known as Ansar al-Islam. Ansar al-Sunnah changed its name back to Ansar al-Islam several years later in an effort to return to its Kurdish roots. See Department of State,
Country Reports on Terrorism: Ansar al-Islam,
April 30, 2008.
10
Sun Tzu,
The Art of War
(Taipei: SMC Publishing, 1994), 177.
Sun Tzu,
The Art of War
(Taipei: SMC Publishing, 1994), 177.
11
MEMRI, “Major Jihadi Cleric and Author of Al-Qaeda’s Shari’a Guide to Jihad: 9/11 Was a Sin,”
\
December 14, 2007,
www.memrijttm.org/content/en/report.htm?report=2636¶m=AJT
; Abdul Hameed Bakier, “Al-Qaeda’s al-Zawahiri Repudiates Dr. Fadl’s Rationalization of Jihad,” Jamestown Foundation Terrorism Focus, April 30, 2008.
MEMRI, “Major Jihadi Cleric and Author of Al-Qaeda’s Shari’a Guide to Jihad: 9/11 Was a Sin,”
\
December 14, 2007,
www.memrijttm.org/content/en/report.htm?report=2636¶m=AJT
; Abdul Hameed Bakier, “Al-Qaeda’s al-Zawahiri Repudiates Dr. Fadl’s Rationalization of Jihad,” Jamestown Foundation Terrorism Focus, April 30, 2008.
12
Richard Russell, interview, June 29, 2009.
Richard Russell, interview, June 29, 2009.
13
Pam Benson, “Former Spy Sued by CIA for Publishing Without Permission,”
CNN.com
, October 20, 2010,
http://articles.cnn.com/2010–10–19/us/spy.cia.suit_1_cia-employees-cia-statement-prb?_s=PM:U.S
.
Pam Benson, “Former Spy Sued by CIA for Publishing Without Permission,”
CNN.com
, October 20, 2010,
http://articles.cnn.com/2010–10–19/us/spy.cia.suit_1_cia-employees-cia-statement-prb?_s=PM:U.S
.
14
Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Office of the Inspector General, “Critical Intelligence Community Management Challenges,” November 12, 2008.
Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Office of the Inspector General, “Critical Intelligence Community Management Challenges,” November 12, 2008.
15
Ibid.
Ibid.
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