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and Rumsfeld, transformation of, 54–55, 57

and Schultz report, 55–57

and Screen Hunter, 176

secrecy of, 329

and secret informant “Hunter,” 180–184

in Somalia, 124, 201, 219–223, 223–226, 294–297, 470, 476

and surveillance drones, 173–174

and targeted killings/drone strikes, and Nabhan, Saleh Ali, 295–296, 297

and targeted killings/drone strikes, in Somalia, 219–223, 294–297

and targeted killings/drone strikes, in Yemen, 303–304, 307–309 (see also Majalah massacre; Gardez raid/massacre)

training, 51

and unified task force in Afghanistan and Iraq, 138

in Uzbekistan, 252

and Vibrant Fury, 179

and Warsame, capture of, 453

and Yemen, 284, 303–304, 307–309, 321, 322, 387–389

and Yemen, expansion of SOFs in, 261–262

and Zarqawi, targeted death of, 179

Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) Task Force

at Camp NAMA, 147, 148–150, 151, 152

at Camp NAMA, code names for, 147

success of, 174–175

Joint Test Directorate, 49

Joint Unconventional Warfare Task Force (JUWTF) Execute Order, 282–283

Jones, James, 328

Jost, Aaron W., 386

JPEL. See Joint Prioritized Effects List

JPRA. See Joint Personnel Recovery Agency

JSOC. See Joint Special Operations Command

JSOC-CIA divide, 170–171, 297, 350, 353, 388

Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG) lawyers, 156

JUWTF Execute Order. See Joint Unconventional Warfare Task Force Execute Order

K 2(secret US base, Uzbekistan), 17

Kane, David, 70

Kansteiner, Walter, 122

Kanwal, Shumaila, 421, 428

Kappes, Stephen, 259–260

Karadzic, Radovan, 52

Karzai, Hamid, 387

Kasi, Mir Aimal, 27

Katz, Ian, 425

Kayani, Ashfaq Parvez, 216, 411, 427

Kazemi, Saleh Mohammed Ali al-, 303, 307, 311–312

Kebriaei, Pardiss, 368, 372–373, 401

Kelley, Jeremy, 345

Kenya, 79, 123, 477

al Qaeda in, 122

US embassy in, bombing of, 6, 119, 125–126, 196–197, 198

Kenyan Anti-Terrorism Police Unit, 295

Kerry, John, 423–424, 425

Khaleel, Ziyad, 36

“the Khalifa.” See Noor, Abdulkadir Moalin

Khan, Chauhdry Nisar Ali, 458

Khan, Gul, 449

Khan, Samir, 287–291

and AQAP, 375–381

and Awlaki, Anwar, 289, 291, 380–381

blogs of, 289, 290

death of, as collateral damage, 500, 501–502

and FBI, 290

and Inspire magazine, 377–381

in Yemen, 290–291

Khan, Sarah, 287–288, 291, 376, 501–502

Khan, Zafar, 501–502

Khosroof, Muhsin, 211

Kibbe, Jennifer, 99

Kidnapping operations. See Kill/capture operations

Kill list doctrine, 332–334

Kill lists, 14, 117, 325–326, 351–352. See also Assassination operations; High value targets; Hit lists

“Kill TV,” 303

Kill/capture operations, 24–25, 27, 95, 98, 107, 113–114

and CIA, and Somali warlord program, 118–121, 124, 127–129, 191–195

and Disposition Matrix, 514

and intelligence technology, 105

and JSOC, in Iraq, 113–114

and Obama, 245–246

in Pakistan, 406–408, 410, 411

See also Assassination operations; High value targets

Kilwi, Muhammad al-, 311

Kimball, Sam, 211

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 301–302

King, Peter, 502–503, 510

Kirby, John, 410

Klaidman, Daniel, 312–313, 371–372, 454

Kleinman, Steven, 87, 153–154

Koh, Harold, 303, 353, 371–372

Kohlmann, Evan, 240–241

Koran, 34, 38, 68, 132, 135, 136, 188, 197, 232, 290, 291, 479

Krongard, A. B. “Buzzy,” 18, 27

Kucinich, Dennis, 367–368, 503–504

Kuwaiti, Abu Ahmed al-, 435

Kuwaiti, Mariam al-, 446

Lackawanna Six, 76

Lang, Walter Patrick, 54, 97, 101, 258, 282

and AQAP, in Yemen, 259

and AQAP, threat posed by, 468

and Awlaki, Anwar, 325

and dark operations, 49–50

and Davis incident, 416

and Global War on Terror, 468

and Petraeus, 498

and Rumsfeld and Cheney, innovation risks of, 175

and Saleh, Ali Abdullah, 61, 65, 280–281, 387

Laos, 9

“Lawfulness of a Lethal Operation Directed Against a U.S. Citizen” (US Department of Justice), 514–515

Leaders. See Neoconservative leaders; Terrorist leaders

Lee, Barbara, 19–20

Leiter, Michael, 281, 401–402

Lethal authority, 5–7, 20

and Al Qaeda, 5, 18, 22–23

and bin Laden, 20–21, 22–23

See also Assassination ban; Assassination operations; Drone strikes

Lethal Findings, 21

Lethal force

against bin Laden, 126

and Maersk Alabama, hijacking of, 274–276

Levey, Stuart, 369

Levin, Carl, 83, 459

Libby, Lewis “Scooter”

and Bremer, 110

and Cheney, defense plan of, 7–8

and Iraq and 9/11–Saddam and al Qaeda connection, 81, 82

and Iraqi WMDs, 15

Liberia, 139, 198

Libi, Abu Layth al-, 289, 290

Libi, Ibn al-Shaykh al-, 28–29

Lieberman, Joseph, 286, 321

Lindh, John Walker, 28

Little, George, 425, 426

Lobe, Jim, 8

Lone, Salim, 194

Long, William, 260

Long-range facial recognition program, 173

The Looming Tower (Wright), 63

Luitingh, Lafras, 484, 485

Lumumba, Patrice, 5

Lute, Douglas, 216

Luther, Philip, 312

Luti, William, 82–83

Maass, Peter, 165

Macay, Phyllis, 482–483

Macgregor, Douglas, 100–101, 109–110

MacMahon, Edward, 71, 72, 73, 74

Madobe. See Islam, Sheikh Ahmed “Madobe” Mohammed

Maersk Alabama, hijacking of, 273–276

and Phillips as hostage, 274–276

Mahmud, Shaykh (aka Rahman, Atiya Abdul), 381

Majalah massacre, 303–313, 323, 358

and bin Fareed, 304–306

and bin Fareed, rally of, 309–311

and JSOC, 307–309

and Shaye, Abdulelah Haider, 307

US responsibility for, 311–313

Majalah massacre rally, 309–311

al Qaeda hijacking of, 311

Mal, Sayid Mohammed, 342

Maldonado, Daniel, 270–271, 289

Malik, Johari Abdul, 38, 46–47, 374

Mana’a, Faris, 212–213

Mangal, Abdul Rahman, 340

Mansur, Ahmad, 131

Marcinko, Richard, 50–51, 115–116

imprisonment of, 116

Marib Province

al Qaeda attacks in, 230–231

US drone strike in, 65–66, 75, 230–231

Martin, David, 207

Marxist Red Brigades, 51

Matchbox. See Copper Green

Mattis, James, 427, 464

Mayer, Jane, 146

Mazzetti, Mark, 282

McArthur (Blackwater antipiracy ship), 483

McCain, John, 107, 161, 237–238, 459, 469, 503, 515, 516

and Awlaki, Anwar, targeted killing of, 503

and McRaven, 469

and Obama, 245–246, 256

McCaul, Michael, 502

McChrystal, Herbert, 109

McChrystal, Stanley, 101–110, 237, 284

and Afghanistan, house raids in, 330

and Afghanistan, surge in, 328–329

and Balad Air Base, Iraq, interrogation and torture at, 161, 162

and bin Laden, hunt for, 166

and Camp NAMA, 148, 151, 156

and CFR fellowship paper, 104

and CFR military fellowship, 103–104

and CJTF, interrogation and torture, 104–105

and CJTF 180, and al Qaeda, fight against, in Afghanistan, 104–105, 106

as commander of International Security Assistance Force, 329

as commander of 3rd Battalion 75th Regiment and Rangers, 102–103, 108

as commander of US Special Operations Forces, in Afghanistan, 329, 342

and congressional briefings, 106–107

and conventional military in Iraq, relationship with, 142