Jeremy Scahill - Dirty Wars

401 “Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula”: Understanding the Homeland Threat Landscape—Considerations for the 112th Congress, Hearing Before the House Homeland Security Committee, 111th Cong. (February 9, 2011) (testimony of Michael Leiter).

402 “He immediately sent drones”:Author interview, Joshua Foust, January 2011.

403 Big Stone Gap:Mark Mazzetti, Ashley Parker, Jane Perlez, and Eric Schmitt, “American Held in Pakistan Worked with C.I.A.,” New York Times, February 21, 2011.

403 Lahore plate:Raja Riaz, “‘Raymond Davis Tried to Trick Investigators,’” Daily Times, February 15, 2011, www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011\02\15\story_15-2-2011_pg7_17.

403 withdrawal from an ATM:“US Official Raymond Davis on Lahore Murder Charges,” BBC.co.uk, January 28, 2011.

403 pulled in front of him:Declan Walsh, “A CIA Spy, a Hail of Bullets, Three Killed and a US-Pakistan Diplomatic Row,” Guardian, February 20, 2011.

403 Davis was arrested:Riaz, “‘Raymond Davis Tried to Trick Investigators.’”

404 “our diplomat”:Transcript of White House press briefing by Jake Tapper, “Spending Cuts and an American Imprisoned in Pakistan: Todays Qs for O’s WH—2/15/11,” Political Punch (blog), ABCNews.go.com, February 15, 2011.

404 Vienna Conventions:Charlie Savage, “Pakistan Case Tests Laws on Diplomatic Immunity,” New York Times, February 22, 2011.

404 “technical adviser”:Matthew Cole, Kirit Radia, and Lee Ferran, “American Official Involved in Pakistan Shooting Identified,” ABCNews.go.com, January 28, 2011.

404 not authorized:Asif Chaudhry, “US Official Guns Down Two Motorcyclists in Lahore,” Dawn.com, January 28, 2011.

404 Old Anarkali Bazaar:Walsh, “A CIA Spy, a Hail of Bullets.”

404 “high security zone”:Declan Walsh and Ewen MacAskill, “American Who Sparked Diplomatic Crisis over Lahore Shooting Was CIA Spy,” Guardian, February 20, 2011.

404 transferred out of the jail:Ewen MacAskill and Declan Walsh, “US Gives Fresh Details of CIA Agent Who Killed Two Men in Pakistan Shootout,” Guardian, February 21, 2011.

404 Punjab Rangers:“Rangers Deployed at Kot Lakhpat,” Dawn, February 14, 2011.

404 served another purpose:Ansar Abbasi, “Multiple Security Layers Erected for Raymond Davis,” News International (PAK), February 11, 2011.

404 grainy film:“Raymond Davis Investigation by Punjab Police,” YouTube video, 3:06, from a video shot of Davis’s initial interrogation, broadcast on the Geo News network, posted by “shoaib748,” February 11, 2011, www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkqBFDk4Zu0.

405 least interesting item:Riaz, “‘Raymond Davis Tried to Trick Investigators.’” Unless otherwise noted, this inventory is based on the Riaz article, which claims to have reprinted excerpts of the Punjab police report following Davis’s arrest.

405 multiple IDs:Greg Miller and Karen DeYoung, “U.S., Pakistan Officials at Diplomatic Odds in Fatal Shooting,” Washington Post, February 10, 2011.

405 masks:Mazzetti et al., “American Held in Pakistan Worked with C.I.A.”

405 calls to twenty-seven militants:Qaiser Butt, “‘CIA Agent Davis Had Ties with Local Militants,’” Express Tribune , February 22, 2011.

405 religious schools:Brigadier (Ret.) F. B. Ali, “#Update: The Raymond Davis Affair,” Sic Semper Tyrannis (blog), February 19, 2011, http://turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis/2011/02/update-the-raymond-davis-affair-fb-ali.html.

405 military institutions:Walsh, “A CIA Spy, a Hail of Bullets.”

405 Department of Defense contractor:Jane Perlez, “Mystery over Detained American Angers Pakistan,” New York Times, February 8, 2011.

405 number at CIA headquarters:Walsh and MacAskill, “American Who Sparked Diplomatic Crisis.”

405 “The accused has concealed”:Riaz, “‘Raymond Davis Tried to Trick Investigators.’”

405 well known to Pakistan’s spy agency:Asad Kharal, “Retracing the Path: Trailing Raymond Davis,” Express Tribune , February 22, 2011.

406 “Boy, we’re in a world of hurt!”:Author interview, Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Shaffer, May 2011.

406 arrived in Pakistan:Kharal, “Retracing the Path.”

406 Special Operations weapons sergeant:Miller and DeYoung, ”U.S., Pakistani Officials at Diplomatic Odds in Fatal Shooting.”

406 left the military:Walsh and MacAskill, “American Who Sparked Diplomatic Crisis.”

406 private security firm Blackwater:Matthew Cole, “Raymond Davis Is CIA Contractor, U.S. Officials Say,” ABCNews.go.com, February 21, 2011. Details of Davis’s reported work with the Global Response Staff are from Cole’s reporting.

406 common cover:Mazzetti et al., “American Held in Pakistan Worked with C.I.A.”

406 run its drone bombing campaign:James Risen and Mark Mazzetti, “C.I.A. Said to Use Outsiders to Put Bombs on Drones,” New York Times, August 20, 2009.

406 moved between:Cole, “Raymond Davis Is CIA Contractor.”

407 “Davis was ‘vanilla’ Special Forces”:Author interview, former JSOC staffer, March 2011. All statements and information attributed to the former JSOC staffer are from the author’s interview.

407 signed a contract worth $200,000:Munir Ahmed (AP), “Disagreements in Pakistan over Held American; ex-Foreign Minister Disputes Immunity Claim,” Star Tribune, February 16, 2011.

407 “loss and risk management professionals”:Cole, Radia, and Ferran, “American Official Involved in Pakistan Shooting Identified.”

407 address in Las Vegas:Summary of registration, Hyperion Protective Services LLC, business registry database from the website of the Colorado Secretary of State. Screenshot of Colorado registration summary available via Jim White, “Does Raymond Davis Recruit Intelligence Agents in US?” My FDL (blog), My Firedoglake, February 17, 2011, http://my.firedoglake.com/jimwhite/2011/02/17/does-raymond-davis-recruit-intelligence-agents-in-us/.

407 post office box:“The UPS Store--#3627, Las Vegas, NV,” www.theupsstorelocal.com/3627/.

407 “The Blackwater individuals”:Author interview, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Addicott, November 2009. All statements and information attributed to Addicott come from the author’s interview.

407 “make much more money”:Author interview, US military intelligence source, November 2009. All statements and information attributed to the military intelligence source come from the author’s interview.

408 first “black” contract:Robert Young Pelton, Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror (New York: Three Rivers Press, 2006), pp. 36–41; author interviews, former Blackwater and intelligence officials, February–September 2006.

408 “That’s not entirely accurate”:Author interview, former Blackwater executive, November 2009. Details of Blackwater’s relationship with Kestral Logistics come from the author’s interview.