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and JSOC, 252

and JSOC, and military and intelligence law, gray areas of, 92–93

See also Oversight

CONOP. See Concept of Operations

Continuous Clandestine Tagging Tracking and Locating (CTTL), 173

Convention on Cluster Munitions, 312

Conyers, John, 106–107

Copper Green (interrogation and torture program; aka Matchbox; Footprint), 91, 145–146, 171. See also Special Access Programs

Corallo, Mark, 485

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

Military Fellowship Selection Board, 103–104

Counterinsurgency doctrine (COIN), undermining of, by JSOC, 329–331

Counterterrorism Center (CTC), 13, 25

Counterterrorism National Security Presidental Directive (NSPD), 17, 18

Counterterrorism policy, US. See under Obama, Barack; Bush, George W.

Counterterrorism Security Group of the National Security Council, 4

Covert action, 4–7

vs. clandestine action, 138, 171

definition of, 91, 92

and neoconservative movement, 9–10

oversight of, 16–17, 91

and private contractors, 23

and SOFs, 96–97, 101

See also Special Operations Forces

Covert Action Planning Group, CIA, 16

Covert Action Review Group, CIA, 16

Covert wars, 248, 301–302

Craig, Iona, 384, 398, 399–400

Crocker, Ryan, 175

Crowley, P. J., 324, 422

Cruise missile attacks, 6, 56, 521

in Afghanistan, 126

and anti-US sentiment, 518

and Majalah massacre, 303–313

in Somalia, 226

in Yemen, 303–313, 358–359, 361, 376, 385, 500

See also Assassination operations

CSSW. See Charitable Society for Social Welfare

CTC. See Counterterrorism Center

CTTL. See Continuous Clandestine Tagging Tracking and Locating

Daley, William, 440

Danish Intelligence Service (PET), 292, 293

and Awlaki, Anwar, hunt for, 364–366

Dar Al Hijrah (Islamic center, Falls Church, Virginia), 38, 39, 40–41, 71

Dark operations, 160

and Cheney, 20, 24, 85

and Lang, 49–50

See also Secret prisons

Data mining technology, 139

Davis, Rebecca, 405

Davis (Raymond) incident, 403–407, 414–429, 437

and Davis’ acquittal and release, 428–429

Dayem, Mohamed Abdel, 382–383, 384

Daynile airstrip, 118

Daynile offensive, 492

Dayton, Keith, 157

DDTC. See Directorate of Defense Trade Controls

De-Baathification process, 111

De Mello, Sergio Vieira, 112

“Death Star,” 162, 168

Deck of cards, 114–115, 143. See also High value targets

Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), 28–29, 85, 99

and Camp NAMA, 148–149

and Camp NAMA investigation, 158–159

and interrogation and torture/techniques, 86–87, 88

Operating Base Alpha, 139

and Pakistan, HVTs in, 176

Defense Planning Guidance draft (Cheney), 7–8

DeHaven, Aaron, 426

DeLong, Michael, 75

Delta Force (aka Combat Applications Group), 21, 51, 98, 103, 108–109

formation of, 50

Democratic Party, xv, 4, 6, 13, 19, 26, 36, 89, 106, 109, 161, 169, 215, 245, 246, 249, 314, 353, 354, 469, 503, 504, 515, 516, 517, 520,

Democratic National Committee, 9, 244,

Derwish, Kamal. See Hijazi, Ahmed

Detainee operations, 147, 151, 160–161, 254, 331

“black” detainee program guidelines, JSOC, 148

High Value Detainee program, 25, 86

Detainee policy

legality of, 519

violation of, 453

Devereaux, Ryan, 510

DEVGRU. See Naval Warfare Development Group

Dheere, Mohamed, 127, 199

DIA. See Defense Intelligence Agency

Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), 409

Directorate of Operations, CIA, 25, 96

Disposition Matrix, 514

Djibouti, 65, 66, 75, 89, 124, 277, 298, 465, 483, 499

secret US base in, 78–80, 236 ( see also Camp Lemonnier)

Djibouti Agreement, 226

Domestic spying operations, and neoconservative movement, 9, 10

Donilon, Thomas, 440

Douri, Izzat Ibrahim al-, hunt for, 143–146

Downing, Wayne, 53–54, 94, 116–117

and bin Laden, 166

and Clinton administration, and SOFs, 126

death of, 166

and Somalia, 127

Dozier, James, 51

Drone program, 515–516

Drone strikes, 17–18, 105, 358

and anti-US sentiment, 518

and AQAP, support for, 467–468

against Awlaki, Anwar, failure of, 453–457

and CIA-JSOC-Blackwater, in Pakistan, 252

and civilian casualties, 516

and civilian casualties, in Pakistan, 248–249, 250–251

escalation of, 250, 251

future consequences of, 518–519

in Marib Province, 230–231

in Pakistan, 177, 352, 406, 411, 412, 413, 421–422, 459, 519

in Pakistan, escalation of, 248–250

as terrorism, 466

in Yemen, 75–80, 324, 465, 520–521

See also Assassination operations; Lethal authority; Surveillance drones; Targeted killings/drone strikes; Weaponized drones

Drumheller, Tyler, 25

Duncan, John, 257

East Africa, 119, 120, 122, 125, 126, 196–199, 207, 209, 219, 223, 226, 294–295, 487, 489, 491

El Salvador, 165

Election 2000 (US presidential election), 36

Election 2008 (US presidential election), 237–238

Elmi, Afyare Abdi, 475

Emmerson, Ben, 520

Enron, 164–165

Eritrea, 79, 193, 224, 396

Escobar, Pablo, 52

Ethiopia, 79, 477

AIAI attacks in, 122

and ASWJ, 479, 480

and CIA, and Somali warlord program, 193

and ICU leaders, hunt for, in Somalia, 223–226

secret prison in, 128

and targeted killings/drone strikes in Somalia, 219–223

terrorist threat in, 123

torture in, 128

Ethiopian occupation of Somalia, 224–226, 227–228

and Djibouti Agreement, 227

Ethiopian US-backed invasion of Somalia, 203–206, 206–209, 298

European Union, 194

Extraordinary renditions, 25–26, 26–30, 85

in Afghanistan, 332–334

See also Rendition; Secret prisons

Exum, Andrew, 107–108, 115

and Iraq insurgency, 142, 143, 146, 151

and JSOC Task Force, success of, 175

Ezeagwula, Quinton, 260

“F3” operations (Find, Fix, Finish operations), 50, 54, 171–172

Facial recognition program, long-range, 173

Faheem, Mohammad. See Shamshad, Faheem

Fallujah, 164

Farkas, Evelyn, 296

Farole, Abdirahman Mohamed, 484, 485

Farole, Mohamed, 484, 485

Fast, Barbara, 148

FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)

and Awlaki, Anwar, 36, 37–38, 40–41, 44, 45–46, 46–47, 185

and Awlaki, Anwar, interrogation of, 187

and Bin Laden, on Ten Most Wanted List, 125

and Cheney, Dick, 10

and CIA, infighting between, 85

and Khan, Samir, 290, 376–377

and Muhammad, Abdulhakim Mujahid, interrogation of, 260

and piracy industry in Somalia, 483

and Somali Americans in Somalia, 273

Ten Most Wanted List, 125

and terror attacks, investigation of, 27–28

See also US intelligence

F3EA (Find, Fix, Finish, Exploit, and Analyze), 145

Federal Bureau of Investigation. See FBI

Federation of American Scientists, 99

Federation of Student Islamic Societies, 134

Feierstein, Gerald, 400

Feith, Douglas, 7, 13, 57, 59, 96, 114, 172

and de-Baathification process, 111

and interrogation and torture/techniques, 88

and Iraq and 9/11–Saddam and al Qaeda connection, 14, 82, 83–84

and Iraqi military, disbanding of, 111

and JSOC, and global manhunt, 171

and 9/11 attacks, exploitation of, 19

Field Detention Sites, US, in Afghanistan, 331