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

The Black Banners

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

By Ali H. Soufan; Daniel Freedman
(W. W. Norton & Company, Hardcover, 9780393079425, 572pp.)

Publication Date: September 2011

Other Editions of This Title: Audio Cassette, Compact Disc, Compact Disc, MP3 CD

Categories: United States - 21st Century, Political Freedom & Security - Intelligence, Political Freedom & Security - Terrorism

Description

On September 11, 2001, FBI Special Agent Ali H. Soufan was handed a secret file. Had he received it months earlier when it was requested 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 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 terrorist group. We are taken into hideouts and interrogation rooms. We have a ringside seat at bin Laden's personal celebration of the 9/11 bombings. Such riveting details show us not only how terrorists think and operate but also how they can be beaten and brought to justice.

An Interrogator Writes 'The Inside Story Of 9/11'

Tuesday, Sep 13, 2011

Former FBI agent and interrogator Ali Soufan talks about dysfunction and rivalries inside the government's counterterrorism agencies that led to missed opportunities â?? as well as the ineffectiveness of enhanced interrogation techniques on collecting intelligence. More at NPR.org

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Behind The War On Terror's Dark Curtain

Monday, Sep 12, 2011

In a new book, The Black Banners, former FBI interrogator Ali H. Soufan reveals secrets about both the operations of terrorists as well as the American operations to locate and bring them to justice. More at NPR.org

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