Jeremy Scahill - Dirty Wars

365 international bus station:Ibid.

365 multiple receipts:“The Terrorist’s Bride,” Jyllands-Posten documentary.

365 “done specifically for Sister Aminah”:Ibid.

365 “nervous”:Ibid.

365 “it’s me without the scarf”:Cruickshank, Lister, and Robertson, “The Danish Agent, the Croatian Blonde and the Plot to Get al-Awlaki.”

365 “Warm weather clothing”:“The Terrorist’s Bride,” Jyllands-Posten documentary.

365 “the Hook,” “the sister”:Ibid.

365 “We sat there, had a barbecue”:Ibid.

365 “Congratulations brother”:Cruickshank, Lister, and Robertson, “The Danish Agent, the Croatian Blonde and the Plot to Get al-Awlaki.”

366 handcuffed to the briefcase:“The Terrorist’s Bride,” Jyllands-Posten documentary.

366 “Try 007”:Cruickshank, Lister, and Robertson, “The Danish Agent, the Croatian Blonde and the Plot to Get al-Awlaki.”

366 Multiple sources confirmed:“The Terrorist’s Bride,” Jyllands-Posten documentary.

366 could not bring her suitcase:Ibid.

366 sent Storm a message:Cruickshank, Lister, and Robertson, “The Danish Agent, the Croatian Blonde and the Plot to Get al-Awlaki.”

367 “I don’t support it—period”:Author interview, Representative Dennis Kucinich, February 2010. All quotations and information attributed to Representative Kucinich come from the author’s interview.

368 introduced a bill:To Prohibit the Extrajudicial Killing of United States Citizens, and for Other Purposes, H.R. 6010, 111th Cong. (July 30, 2010).

368 “almost a dozen”:Dina Temple-Raston, “U.S. Turns Up Heat on Internet Imam Awlaki,” Morning Edition, NPR, July 29, 2010.

368 “a very important opportunity”:Author interview, Pardiss Kebriaei, March 2012. All quotations and information attributed to Kebriaei come from the author’s interview.

369 legal partners in Yemen:“Obama Administration Claims Unchecked Authority to Kill Americans Outside Combat Zones; Federal Court Hears Arguments Today in ACLU and CCR Case Challenging Administration’s Claimed Authority to Assassinate Americans It Designates Threats,” Center for Constitutional Rights and American Civil Liberties Union, November 8, 2010.

369 “I will do my best”:Paula Newton, “CNN Exclusive: Al-Awlaki’s Father Says Son Is ‘Not Osama bin Laden,’” CNN.com, January 11, 2010.

369 “involved himself in every aspect”:“Treasury Designates Anwar al-Awlaki Key Leader of AQAP,” U.S. Treasury Department, July 16, 2010.

369 sued the Treasury Department:ACLU and CCR v. Geithner, 1:10-cv-013 (DDC August 3, 2010).

369 allowing the lawyers:“CCR and ACLU Receive License from OFAC to Pursue Challenge to Targeted Killing,” American Civil Liberties Union, August 4, 2010.

369 “The summary use of force”:Nasser Al-Aulaqi v. Barack Obama, Robert Gates, Leon Panetta (“Al-Aulaqi v. Obama et al.”), 1:10-cv-01469-JDB (DDC August 30, 2010).

370 “puts directly at issue”:Al-Aulaqi v. Obama et al., 1:10-cv-01469-JDB (DDC September 25, 2010).

370 “to protect intelligence sources”:Al-Aulaqi v. Obama, 1:10-cv-01469-JDB, “Declaration and Formal Claim of State Secrets Privilege and Statutory Privileges by Leon E. Panetta, Director, Central Intelligence Agency” (DDC September 25, 2010).

370 “exceptionally grave harm”:Al-Aulaqi v. Obama, Case 1:10-cv-01469-JDB, “Public Declaration and Assertion of Military and State Secrets Privilege by Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense” (DDC September 25, 2010).

370 “The government’s sweeping invocation”:Al-Aulaqi Versus Obama, Case 1:10-cv-01469-JDB, “Reply Memorandum in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion for a Preliminary Injunction and in Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss by Jameel Jaffer, Ben Wizner, Jonathan M. Manes, Pardiss Kebriaei, Maria C. LaHood, William Quigley, and Arthur B. Spitzer (DDC October 9, 2010).

371 its own legal framework:Charlie Savage, “Secret U.S. Memo Made Legal Case to Kill a Citizen,” New York Times, October 8, 2011.

371 “loved the idea”:Daniel Klaidman, Kill or Capture: The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012), pp. 214–215.

372 “set his own legal standard”:Ibid., p. 216.

372 “US targeting practices”:Speech, Harold Hongju Koh, Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law, Washington, DC, March 25, 2010, www.state.gov/s/l/releases/remarks/139119.htm.

373 “To the Muslims in America”:Anwar al Awlaki, “Message from Sheikh Anwar al-Awlaki to the American People,” YouTube video, 14:59, from a videotape released by Al-Malahem Media in March 2010, posted by “0109vip,” March 3, 2012.

374 “To go from that individual”:Ahmed al-Haj and Brian Murphy (AP), “Al-Awlaki: From Voice for Jihad to al Qaeda Figure,” Washington Times, September 30, 2011.

375 “He was heartbroken”:Abu Yazeed, “Samir Khan: The Face of Joy,” Inspire 9 (winter 2012), released May 2012. All quotations and information attributed to Abu Yazeed are from this essay.

375 “for what seemed like years”:Samir Khan, “I Am Proud to Be a Traitor to America,” Inspire 2 (fall 2010), released October 2010. All quotations and information attributed to Samir Khan are from this essay.

376 “They came to know”:Author interview, Sarah Khan, April 2012. All quotations and information attributed to Sarah Khan are from the author’s interview.

377 studied Internet technology:Author interview, Sarah Khan, April 2012.

377 “connecting and facilitating disparate groups”:Author interview, Aaron Zelin, August 2012.

378 MI-6:Richard Norton-Taylor, “British Intelligence Used Cupcake Recipes to Ruin al-Qaida Website,” Guardian, June 2, 2011.

378 “‘And inspire the believers to fight’”:“Letter from the Editor,” Inspire 1 (summer 2010), released July 2010.

379 commissioned a dozen cartoons:Stephen Castle, “Mohamed Cartoons Provoke Bomb Threats Against Danish Newspaper,” Independent (UK), February 1, 2006.

379 “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day”:“‘Draw Muhammad’ Cartoonist Goes into Hiding at FBI’s Insistence After Assassination Threat,” FoxNews.com, September 16, 2010.

379 “I would like to express my thanks”:Anwar al Awlaki, “May Our Souls Be Sacrificed for You!” Inspire 1 (summer 2010), released July 2010.

380 changed her name and moved:Mark D. Fefer, “On the Advice of the FBI, Cartoonist Molly Norris Disappears from View,” Seattle Weekly , September 15, 2010.

380 “The more the US talked about Inspire” :Author interview, Gregory Johnsen, August 2012.

381 ordered his deputy:Osama bin Laden, letter to Shaykh Mahmud (Attiya Abd al-Rahman), SOCOM-2012-0000003-HT 27, August 27, 2010, released by the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, May 3, 2012.