Jeremy Scahill - Dirty Wars

501 doubted the official reports:Author interviews, Awlaki family members, April 2012.

502 “when I opened the computer”:Author interview, Sarah Khan, April 2012. All information and statements attributed to Sarah Khan are from the author’s interview.

502 FBI had told his family:Author interview, Sarah Khan, April 2012.

502 “It has been stated in the media”:Tim Funk, “Family of al Qaida Blogger Samir Khan ‘Appalled’ by U.S. Actions,” Charlotte Observer, October 6, 2011.

502 “collateral damage”:Klaidman, Kill or Capture , p. 264.

502 “It was a twofer”:David S. Cloud, Jeffrey Fleishman, and Brian Bennett (Tribune), “U.S. Drones Kill Influential Al-Qaida Operative in Yemen,” Spokesman Review, October 1, 2011.

503 “This is an extraordinary victory”:Tim Mak, “Peter King Praises Obama for al-Awlaki Killing,” Politico, September 30, 2011.

503 “significant and imminent threat”:Senator Dianne Feinstein and Senator Saxby Chambliss, “Feinstein, Chambliss Release Statement on Death of al-Awlaki,” press release from Senator Feinstein’s website, September 30, 2011, www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=08023496-6f2d-4600-af42-ec-642488cea9.

503 “like Osama bin Laden”:Transcript, “Remarks at the Kumpris Distinguished Lecture Series,” Clinton Presidential Center, Little Rock, AR, September 30, 2011.

503 “I’m glad they did it”:Craig Whitlock, “U.S. Airstrike That Killed American Teen in Yemen Raises Legal, Ethical Questions,” Washington Post, October 22, 2011.

503 “I do think this was a good strike”:Transcript, State of the Union with Candy Crowley , CNN, October 2, 2011.

503 “This individual was clearly a terrorist”:Michael Martinez, “U.S. Drone Killing of American al-Awlaki Prompts Legal, Moral Debate,” CNN.com, September 30, 2011.

503 “Another al Qaeda Bites the Dust”:Front page of the New York Post , October 1, 2011, retrieved from Nexis.

503 “Remote-Control Really Hits the Splat”:Chuck Bennett, “Remote-Control Really Hits the Splat,” New York Post , October 1, 2003.

503 “One Less Terror Big”:Joseph Straw, Aliyah Shahid, and Larry McShane, “One Less Terror Big: Al Qaeda Loses Leader in Attack,” Daily News (New York), October 1, 2011.

503 “Awlaki was born here”:Martinez, “U.S. Drone Killing of American al-Awlaki Prompts Legal, Moral Debate.”

504 “crossed a dangerous divide”:Representative Dennis Kucinich, “Kucinich on the Extrajudicial Killing of Anwar al-Awlaki: Wrong Legally, Constitutionally and Morally,” press release from Representative Kucinich’s website, September 30, 2011, http://kucinich.house.gov/news/documents-ingle.aspx?DocumentID=262506.

504 “After several unsuccessful efforts”:Glenn Greenwald, “The Due-Process-Free Assassination of U.S. Citizens Is Now Reality,” Salon.com, September 30, 2011.

504 “Remember that there was great controversy”:Transcript, “With Death of Anwar al-Awlaki, Has U.S. Launched New Era of Killing U.S. Citizens Without Charge?” Democracy Now! September 30, 2011.

504 “there isn’t a government on the planet”:Doyle McManus, “Who Reviews the U.S. ‘Kill List’?” Los Angeles Times, February 5, 2012.

505 “There’s a process”:Brian Witte (AP), “Rep. Ruppersberger Discusses al-Awlaki Death,” FederalNewsRadio.com, September 30, 2011.

505 “It’s important for the American people to know”:Author interview, Senator Ron Wyden, March 2012.

507 encouraged him to get out with his cousins:Author interviews, Awlaki family members, January and August 2012. Details of Abdulrahman’s activities on the night of October 14 are from the author’s interviews, unless otherwise noted.

507 seventeen-year-old cousin, Ahmed:Author interview, Nasser al Awlaki, January 2012.

507 “Some of our relatives went”:Ibid.

507 “military-aged”:Hamza Hendawi (AP), “Yemen: Abdul-Rahman Al-Awlaki, Anwar Al-Awlaki’s Son, Among Al Qaeda Militants Killed in U.S. Drone Strike,” Huffington Post, October 15, 2011.

507 while meeting with Ibrahim al Banna:Ibid.

507 “To kill a teenager is just unbelievable”:Peter Finn and Greg Miller, “Anwar al-Awlaki’s Family Speaks Out Against His Son’s Death in Airstrike,” Washington Post, October 17, 2011.

507 “When he was killed by the US government”:Author interview with Nasser al Awlaki, January 2012. All information and statements attributed to Nasser al Awlaki are from the author’s interview, unless otherwise noted.

508 “We have seen press reports”:Finn and Miller, “Anwar al-Awlaki’s Family Speaks Out.”

508 “We watched with surprise and condemnation”:Statement released by the Awlaki family, October 2011, available at http://upstatedroneaction.org/word-press/2011/11/23/a-family-mourns/.

508 “People flocked to our house”:Author interview, Abir al Awlaki, August 2012.

509 “I look around the house”:Author interview, Saleha al Awlaki, September 2012.

509 JSOC strike:Greg Miller, “Under Obama, an Emerging Global Apparatus for Drone Killing,” Washington Post, December 27, 2011.

509 “the two kill lists don’t match”:Ibid.

509 was, in fact, still alive:Author interview with a JSOC official, January 2013.

509 closed briefing:Craig Whitlock, “U.S. Airstrike That Killed American Teen in Yemen Raises Legal, Ethical Questions,” Washington Post, October 22, 2011.

509 “These lies and allegations”:Agence France-Presse, “Yemen’s Al-Qaeda Denies Death of Its Media Chief,” October 30, 2011.

510 “I do know this”:Transcript, State of the Union with Candy Crowley , CNN, March 11, 2012.

510 “I’m convinced”:Representative Peter King, interview by Ryan Devereaux, March 2012.

510 “that’s the breaks”:“Romney Rep. Peter King: Presidential Kill List Totally Constitutional,” video, 1:53, Luke Rudkowski of We Are Change interviewing Representative King at an event for the October 22, 2012, presidential debate, WeAreChange.org, October 23, 2012.

510 “you should have a far more responsible father”:“Obama Top Adviser Robert Gibbs Justifies Murder of Sixteen Year Old American Citizen,” YouTube video, 3:26, Sierra Adamson of We Are Change interviewing Robert Gibbs at an event for the October 22, 2012, presidential debate, posted by “wearechange,” October 23, 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embed-ded&v=7MwB2znBZ1g.

510 “It is up to the US government to be sure”:Author interview, Nasser al Awlaki, January 2012.

511 “an outrageous mistake”:Karen DeYoung, “A CIA Veteran Transforms U.S. Counterterrorism Policy,” Washington Post, October 24, 2012.

513 “A decade of war”:Transcript, “Inaugural Address by President Barack Obama,” January 21, 2013.