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and Saleh, Ali Abdullah, 304

Bin Laden, Osama, 3, 13–14, 379

at Abbottabad compound, discovery of, 420, 434–437

at Abbottabad compound, killing of, 441–450, 451–452, 487

and Abbottabad compound raid, 437–441, 458–459

and Abbottabad compound raid, protest over, 458–459

and al Shabab control, in Somalia, 229

and Awlaki, Anwar, 43, 44, 381

and declaration of war against US, 124–125

and Ethiopian occupation of Somalia, 225–226

and Fazul, 197

hunt for, 139, 176–177, 217

and Kenya and Tanzania embassy bombings, 125–126

and Nairobi bombings, 198

and 9/11 attacks (see also Iraq and 9/11–Saddam and al Qaeda connection)

and Somalia, 124–125

and Tora Bora, 81, 434, 435

and US-backed Ethiopian invasion of Somalia, 205

and US lethal authority, 5, 20–21, 22–23

US lethal force against, 126

and USS Cole bombing, 63

and warlords, Somali, 198

See also Iraq and 9/11–Saddam and al Qaeda connection

“Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US” (presidential brief), 21

Bin Nayef, Mohammed, 278–279, 318, 389

Bin Sultan, Bandar, 186

Birk, Ane Skov, 132

Bissonnette, Matt, 437–441, 441–450, 452

Black, Cofer, 20-26, 483

and al Qaeda, 13–14

and bin Laden, 13–14

and covert action, and al Qaeda, 17

and covert action, preauthorized and legal, 25

and drone strikes, 17

firing of, 81

and rendition program, 27, 28

“Black” detainee program guidelines, JSOC, 148

Black Hawk Down incident, 54, 55–56, 122, 203

and Fazul, 197–198

Black List One, as code name for Saddam Hussein, 139–140

Black ops force, 57. See also Special Operations Forces

Black sites, 20, 294. See also Secret prisons

Blackwater, 163, 177–178, 180

and Blackwater-CIA-JSOC covert action, in Pakistan, 251–253

elite operatives of, 178

Forward Operating Bases, 177

and HVTs, 179

and McArthur antipiracy ship, 483

in Pakistan, 406–413

and privatized counterpiracy company in Somalia, 481, 483, 485

Blair, Dennis, 255–256, 282, 326, 353

Bledsoe, Carlos. See Muhammad, Abdulhakim Mujahid

Blinken, Tony, 439

Blood chit, 414, 419

Boland Amendment, 11

Bolton, John, 7

Book of Jihad (Nuhaas), 137

Boot, Max, 246

Boothby, Duncan, 341

Borderless war strategy, 4, 20, 61, 78, 169–170

Bouazizi, Mohamed, 430

Boykin, William G., 99, 125, 159, 171

Boyle, Michael, 516, 517, 519, 520

Bremer, L. Paul, 110–111, 140–141

Brennan, John, 277, 397

and al Qaeda, 257, 284

and al Shabab, 490

and AQAP, 463

and assassination policy, 352

and Awlaki, Anwar, drone strike against, failure of, 454

and bin Laden at Abbottabad compound, 440, 452

and bin Laden compound raid, protest over, 459

and bin Nayef, in Saudi Arabia, 279

as CIA director nominee, 513–514

and kill lists, 352

and MLEs as cover for JSOC, 170–171

and Pakistan, drone strikes in, 248

and Republican attack on Obama, 320–321

and Rumsfeld and Cheney, innovations risks, 175

and Saleh, Ali Abdullah, meeting with, 279–281

as senior counterterrorism and homeland security adviser, 246, 249–250, 256–257

and Shabwani incident, 357–358

and SOFs, increased presence of, 354

in Yemen, 388–389

British SAS (Special Air Service), 50

Brown, Bryan “Doug,” 114

Brzezinski, Mika, 245

Burundi, 272, 492

Bush, George H. W., 5, 11

Bush, George W., 237

and al Qaeda, in Yemen, 64

and Awlaki, Anwar, imprisonment of, 187

and Bin Sultan, Bandar, 186

and Camp NAMA, 157

and Cheney, defense plan of, 8

and CIA, and Somali warlord program, defeat of, 202

and counterterrorism policy, 4–5, 21–22, 23–24

and covert action, oversight of, 16

and drone strikes, in Yemen, 76, 77, 78

and Gray Fox, 95–96

and hit list, 14, 121

and Iraq and 9/11–Saddam and al Qaeda connection, 14, 15, 81

and Iraq insurgency, 163

and JSOC, admiration for, 276

and JSOC, and global manhunt, 169–170

and “Mission Accomplished” speech, 111

and National Security Presidential Directive-I, 16–17

“National Strategy for Combating Terrorism,” 117

as passive, 101

and prisoners, protection and treatment of, 29–30

and Rumsfeld, resignation of, 215

and Saleh, Ali Abdullah, 64, 65

and secret presidential directive, 20

and US embassy bombing, in Sana’a, Yemen, 236

Bush (George W.) administration

and AFRICOM, 298

and al Qaeda, lethal action against, 18

and Cheney, defense plan of, 8

and congressional oversight, 26

and counterterrorism policy, 4–5

and drone strikes, in Yemen, 76–77, 78

and ICU, and US-backed Ethiopian invasion of Somalia, 206, 207–208

and Iraq and 9/11–Saddam and al Qaeda connection, 113

and lethal authority, 18

and Pakistan, 216–217

and Pakistan, outsourcing war in, 177

and presidential power, and wars, 3–4

and Reid, Richard (“Shoe Bomber”), 320

and rendition program, 26

and Saleh, Ali Abdullah, deal between, 63–66, 211–212

and terrorism, focus on, 13

and Zarqawi, 113

Buubaa. See Hurre, Ismail Mahmoud “Buubaa”

Bybee, Jay, 89

CAG. See Combat Applications Group

Cambodia, 9

Cambone, Stephen, 7, 97–98, 98–99, 151, 297

and Camp NAMA, 154, 159

and Concept of Operations (CONOP) for HVT exploitation, 154

and Copper Green, 145–146

and covert vs. clandestine divide, 171

and JSOC, and global manhunt, 170

Camp Chapman attack, 412

Camp Cropper, 157

Camp Lemonnier (Djibouti), 66, 78–80, 122, 298

expansion of, 212

Camp NAMA (Baghdad, Iraq), 141, 146

disciplining of task force members at, 159

as “filtration site,” 151

and Geneva Convention violations, 154

HVT Task Force access to prisoners at, 155

and interrogation and torture/techniques, SERE, 151, 152, 153–154, 155

interrogation and torture/techniques at, 147–160

interrogation facility of, 147, 151–152

and JAG lawyers, 156

military investigation of abuse at, 158–160

military report on abuse at, 159

as model, 159–160

and Motel 6 and Hotel California, 147

and nondisclosure agreements, 156

and oversight, lack of, 148

and Pentagon warning, 157–158

and Red Cross report, 158

as secret facility, 148

and Special Access Program, 151

and unlawful combatants, 148

Cannistraro, Vincent, 58, 59, 100

Capitalism and Freedom (Friedman), 18

Capture and transfer of prisoners. See Extraordinary rendition; Kill/capture operations; Rendition

Carson, Johnnie, 298, 486

Carter, Jimmy, 5, 49

Cartwright, James “Hoss,” 249–250, 357, 358, 442

CCR. See Center for Constitutional Rights

Cemetery consecrations, by al Shabab, 200

CENTCOM, 53, 77, 111, 138, 149, 168, 169, 175, 202, 236, 258, 262

Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), 368–373, 392

Central Intelligence Agency. See CIA

CFR. See Council on Foreign Relations

Chambliss, Saxby, 353, 503

Charitable Society for Social Welfare (CSSW), 36

Chelsea Heights Elementary School, 32

Cheney, Dick, 284

and American Enterprise Institute, 12

and Awlaki, Anwar, targeted killing of, 503

and Balad Air Base, 162

and Church Committee, 10

and CIA, conflict between, 58–59, 92, 95–96