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18
David Johnston, “Militants Drew Recruit in U.S., FBI Says,”
New York Times
, February 23, 2009,
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/washington/24fbi.html?_r=2
(accessed February 24, 2011).
Chapter Five
1
Andrea Eger, “Blast victim was a loner,”
Tulsa World
, last modified May 24, 2008,
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=051003_To_A1_Blast
(accessed February 24, 2011).
2
Carol Cole, “Police bomb expert shares details of OU bombing,”
The Norman Transcript
, March 1, 2006,
http://normantranscript.com/local/x518944679/Police-bomb-expert-shares-details-of-OU-bombing
(accessed February 24, 2011).
3
Ibid.
4
The United States Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, “Federal Judge Hands Down Sentences in Holy Land Foundation Case,” May 27, 2009, National Security Division, 09-519,
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2009/May/09-nsd-519.html
(accessed February 24, 2011).
5
Annie Jacobsen, “How Normal Is Norman?” [email protected], posted January 4, 2006,
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg18108.html
(accessed January 23, 2011).
6
The United States of America v. Zacarias Moussaoui
, In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division, December 2001 Term,
http://www.justice.gov/ag/moussaouiindictment.htm
(accessed February 24, 2011).
7
Islamic Society of Norman, “New Masjid Annur,”
http://www.masjidannur.org/main/page_new_masjid.html
(accessed January 23, 2011).
8
Koco.com
, “Student Leader: Hinrichs Not Muslim,” October 5, 2005,
http://www.koco.com/news/5063479/detail.html
(accessed February 24, 2011).
9
AP Wire Service, “Bombing at OU was not terrorism, FBI agent declares,”
Tulsa World
, July 17, 2006,
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article
. aspx?articleID=060717_Ne_A10_Bombi2626 (accessed February 24, 2011).
10
Andrea Eger, “Blast victim was a loner,”
Tulsa World
.
11
Dina Temple-Raston, “Jihadi Cool: Terrorist Recruiters' Latest Weapon,” NPR, March 26, 2010,
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story
. php?storyId=125186382 (accessed February 24, 2011).
12
Adam Gadahn, “Legitimate Demands,” YouTube video, 6:31, posted by fullosseousflap, May 29, 2007,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE2sh2VISTI
(accessed February 24, 2011).
13
Haaretz Service, “American Al-Qaida member acknowledges his Jewish roots,”
Haaretz.com
, June 14, 2009,
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/news/american-al-qaida-member-acknowledges-his-jewish-roots-1.277913
(accessed February 24, 2011), and Jon Konrath, Xenocide 5, 1993,
http://www.rumored.com/xenocide/xenocide5.txt
.
14
Adam Yahiye Gadahn, “Becoming Muslim,” Muslim Student Association of USC, November 1995, available at:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1482394/posts
(accessed March 1, 2011).
15
Raffi Khatchadourian, “Azzam The American,”
The New Yorker
, January 22, 2007, 50,
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/01/22/070122fa_fact_khatchadourian?currentPage=all
(accessed February 24, 2011).
16
Ibid.
17
Adam Yahiye Gadahn, “Becoming Muslim.”
18
Ibid.
19
Raffi Khatchadourian, “Azzam The American,”
The New Yorker.
20
Ibid.
21
Dirk Johnson, “Suspect in Illinois Bomb Plot ‘Didn't Like America Very Much,'”
New York Times
, September 27, 2009,
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/us/28springfield.html
(accessed February 24, 2011).
22
Ibid.
23
Ibid.
24
Bruce Rushton, “Man accused in bombing plot known for strong stance on Islam,”
PJStar.com
, September 24, 2009,
http://www.pjstar.com/archive/x1800826354/Man-accused-in-bombing-plot-known-for-strong-stance-on-Islam
(accessed February 24, 2011).
25
Ibid.
26
Dirk Johnson, “Suspect in Illinois Bomb Plot ‘Didn't Like America Very Much,'”
New York Times
.
27
Bruce Rushton, “Man accused in bombing plot known for strong stance on Islam,”
PJStar.com
.
28
Madeleine Gruen, “Attempt to Attack the Paul Findley Federal Building n Springfield, Illinois,” Target America, NEFA Foundation, Report 23, 8,
http://www.nefafoundation.org/newsite/file/nefa_fintontargetamerica.pdf
(accessed February 24, 2011).
29
Bruce Rushton, “Man accused in bombing plot known for strong stance on Islam,”
PJStar.com
.
30
Chris Megerian, “N.J. Men Accused in Somalia Terror Plot Downloaded Videos, Writings of al Qaeda Leaders,”
nj.com
, June 7, 2010,
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/06/nj_men_accused_in_somalia_terr.html
(accessed February 25, 2011).
31
Bruce Rushton, “Alleged bomber knew of authorities' interest,”
SJ-R.com
, September 24, 2009,
http://www.sj-r.com/archive/x576522186/Allegedbomber-knew-of-authorities-interest
(accessed March 1, 2011).
32
Kareem Fahim, Richard Perez-Pena, and Karen Zraick, “From Wayward Teenagers to Terror Suspects,”
New York Times
, June 11, 2010,
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/12/nyregion/12suspects.html?pagewanted=all
(accessed February 24, 2011).
33
Chris Megerian, “N.J. Men Accused in Somalia Terror Plot Downloaded Videos, Writings of al Qaeda Leaders,”
NJ.com
.
34
Perry Chiaramonte and others, “Bloodlust of NJ ‘jihadists,'”
New York Post
, June 7, 2010,
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bloodlust_of_tjU-WgKCSnGMpRDcz9eUBXJ
(accessed February 24, 2011).
35
Kareem Fahim, Richard Perez-Pena, and Karen Zraick, “From Wayward Teenagers to Terror Suspects,”
New York Times
.
36
Ibid.
37
Griff Witte, Jerry Markon, and Shaiq Hussain, “Pakistani Authorities Hunt for Alleged Mastermind in Plot to Send N. Virginia Men to Afghanistan to fight U.S. Troops,”
Washington Post
, December 13, 2009,
http://www.washingtonpost
. com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/12/AR2009121201598. html?sid=ST2009121002234 (accessed February 24, 2011).
38
Peter Bergen and Dr. Bruce Hoffman, “Assessing the Terrorist Threat,” Bipartisan Policy Center, September 10, 2010,
http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/library/report/assessing-terrorist-threat
(accessed February 24, 2011).
39
Griff Witte, Jerry Markon, and Shaiq Hussain, “Pakistani Authorities Hunt for Alleged Mastermind in Plot to Send N. Virginia Men to Afghanistan to fight U.S. Troops,”
Washington Post
.
40
“Americans Sentenced in Pakistan for Attempting to Join Terrorist Groups and Fight U.S. Forces,” Anti-Defamation League, updated June 24, 2010,
http://www.adl.org/main_Terrorism/americans_detained_in_pakistan.htm
(accessed February 24, 2011).
41
Ibid., and The Investigative Project on Terrorism, “Hand Book Shows ICNA's True Goals,”
IPT News
, December 6, 2010,
http://www.investigativeproject.org/2373/hand-book-shows-icna-true-goals
(accessed February 24, 2011).
42
Aamer Madhani, “Cleric al-Awlaki dubbed ‘bin Laden of the Internet',”
USA Today
, updated August 25, 2010,
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-08-25-1A_Awlaki25_CV_N.htm
(accessed February 24, 2011).
43
Greg Miller, “Muslim cleric Aulaqi is 1st U.S. citizen on list of those CIA is allowed to kill,”
Washington Post
, April 7, 2010,
http://www.washingtonpost
. com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/06/AR2010040604121.html (accessed February 24, 2011).
44
Jana Winter, “Some Muslims Attending Capitol Hill Prayer Group Have Terror Ties, Probe Reveals,”
FoxNews.com
, November 11, 2010,
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/11/11/congressional-muslim-prayergroup-terror-ties/
(accessed February 24, 2011).
45
Catherine Herridge, “Exclusive: Al Qaeda Leader Dined at the Pentagon Just Months After 9/11,”
FoxNews.com
, October 20, 2010,
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/10/20/al-qaeda-terror-leader-dined-pentagon-months/
(accessed February 24, 2011).
46
Scott Shane and Souad Mekhennet, “Imam's Path from Condemning Terror to Preaching Jihad,”
New York Times
, May 8, 2010,
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/world/09awlaki.html?_r=1
(accessed February 24, 2011).
47
The Investigative Project on Terrorism, “Dar Al-Hijrah Official's Deception on Awlaki,”
IPT News
, November 18, 2009,
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1521/dar-al-hijrah-officials-deception-on-awlaki
(accessed February 24, 2011).
48
Scott Shane and Souad Mekhennet, “Imam's Path from Condemning Terror to Preaching Jihad,”
New York Times
.
49
Joseph Rhee and Mark Schone, “How Anwar Awlaki Got Away,” ABC News, November 30, 2009,
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/FtHoodInvestigation/anwar-awlaki/story?id=9200720&page=1
(accessed February 24, 2011).
50
Imam Johari Abdul-Malik, interview by Michel Martin, “Devout Muslims Sometimes Split On Beliefs,” NPR News
Tell Me More
, November 12, 2009,
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120344756
(accessed February 24, 2011).
51
Patrick Poole, “Hatred in the Heartland,”
FrontPageMag.com
, May 20, 2008,
http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=30943
(accessed February 24, 2011).
52
James Gordon Meek, “Yemeni Cleric Anwar al-Awlaki Wants U.S. Citizens Dead, Is Targeted By CIA for Assassination,”
New York Daily News
, updated May 23, 2010,
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/05/23/2010-05-23_yemeni_cleric_anwar_alawlaki_wants_us_citizens_dead_is_targeted_by_cia_for_assas.html
(accessed February 24, 2011).
53
Erick Stakelbeck, “Al Qaeda Cleric's Recordings Sold at Va. Store,” CBN. com, June 2, 2010,
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2010/June/Al-Qaeda-Clerics-Recordings-Sold-at-Va-Store-/
(accessed February 24, 2011).
54
Scott Shane and Souad Mekhennet, “Imam's Path from Condemning Terror to Preaching Jihad,”
New York Times
.
55
Carrie Johnson, “JihadJane, An American Woman, Faces Terrorism Charges,”
Washington Post
, March 10, 2010,
http://www.washingtonpost
. com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/09/AR2010030902670_2.html (accessed February 24, 2011).
56
J. J. Green, “What is Anwar al-Awlaki's appeal.?”
WTOP.com
, March 24, 2010,
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=778&sid=1918625
(accessed February 24, 2011).
57
Carrie Johnson and Alice Crites, “‘JihadJane' Suspect Dropped Out Before
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/10/AR2010031003722.html?hpid=moreheadlines
(accessed February 24, 2011).
58
Ibid.
59
“Police say suspect in terror plot attempted suicide in 2005,”
CNN.com
, March 10, 2010,
http://articles.cnn.com/2010-03-10/justice/jihad.jane_1_plot-boyfriend-arrested?_s=PM
:CRIME (accessed February 24, 2011).
60
Corky Siemaszko, “Paulin-Ramirez's Family Feels ‘Pity' For ‘Jihad Jamie'; say she was likely egged on to join plot,”
New York Daily News
, March 15, 2010,
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/03/15/2010-03-15_paulinramirezs_family_feels_pity_for_jihad_jamie_say_she_was_likely_egged_on_to_.html
(accessed February 24, 2011).
61
Ibid.
Chapter Six
1
Erick Stakelbeck, “U.S. Designated Global Terrorist Sits Down with Stakelbeck on Terror,”
Stakelbeck on Terror
,
CBN.com
(blog), February 18, 2010,
http://blogs.cbn.com/stakelbeckonterror/archive/2010/02/18/u.s.-designated-global-terrorist-sits-down-with-stakelbeck-on-terror.aspx
(accessed February 25, 2011).
2
“Treasury Department blocks assets of men accused of supporting al-Qaeda,”
USA Today
, December 21, 2004,
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-12-21-terror-assets_x.htm
(accessed February 25, 2011).
3
Ibid.
4
Martin Smith, “‘Zubaydah Is Dead,'”
PBS.org
, August 13, 2010,
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/search/journey/2.html
(accessed February 25, 2011).
5
Stephen Gray,
Ghost Plane: The True Story of the CIA Rendition and Torture Program
(New York: St. Martin's Press, 2007), 33.
6
“Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales Highlights Success in the War on Terror at the Council on Foreign Relations,” United States Department of Justice, December 1, 2005,
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2005/December/05_opa_641.html
(accessed February 25, 2011).
7
Michael Seamark, “Does this photograph prove Abu Qatada is flouting his bail?”
Daily Mail
, August 30, 2008,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1050754/Does-photograph-prove-Abu-Qatada-flouting-bail.html
(accessed February 25, 2011).

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