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SOFs in, 215–218

and Special Ops/CIA reassigned to Iraq, 139

Taliban and al Qaeda targets in, 217–218

and US, relationship between, 427

and US “hot pursuit” arrangement, 216

US outsourcing of war in, 177

US spy programs in, 250

See also Inter-Services Intelligence

Panetta, Leon

and Afghanistan, 282

and al Qaeda, 256, 471

and Awlaki, Anwar, targeted killing of, 503

and Awlaki lawsuit, 369, 370

and bin Laden at Abbottabad compound, 435, 436, 441, 442, 446

and CIA, 352

and CIA-JSOC divide, 297

and Davis incident, 425–426

and Pakistan, drone strikes in, 249

and secret prisons/black sites, 294

Pasha, Ahmad Shuja, 413

Patterson, Anne, 217, 411

Paul, Ron, 503

Pavitt, James, 133

Pelosi, Nancy, 6, 89

Pentagon

and Camp NAMA, 156–157, 157–158

and CIA, conflict between, 30

and CIA, conflict between, and Iraq and 9/11–Saddam and al Qaeda connection, 81–84

and CIA, conflict between, and Pakistan, 217

luncheon, February 2002, 45

and Pakistan, HVTs in, 175

and SOFs, 98–99, 99–100

Perry, Jeff (pseud.), 152, 155–156, 156–157

Personnel Recovery Academy (JPRA), 87

PET. See Danish Intelligence Service

Petraeus, David, 427

and Afghanistan, 282

and al Qaeda HVTs, strikes against, 236

and AQAP, in Yemen, 258–259

and bin Laden at Abbottabad compound, 443

as CIA director, 498

as commander of CENTCOM, 236

and counterterrorism policy, expansion of, 261

and Iraq, destruction of, 179

and Iraq insurgency, 164

and JSOC operations, expansion of, 297

and Majalah massacre, 323

and McChrystal, replacement for, 349

and McChrystal, resignation of, 349

and Obama administration, 258

resignation of, 513

and Saleh, Ali Abdullah, meeting between, 322–323

and Salvadorization of Iraq, 165

and SOFs, authorization of direct actions by, 282–283

and Special Police Commando Unit, 165

and Yemen, aid to, 322

and Yemen, AQAP in, 262

Phillips, Richard, 274–276

Phoenix Program, in Vietnam, 114

Piracy industry, in Somalia

and al Shabab, 482, 483

and Maersk Alabama, hijacking of, 273–276, 482–483

and privatized counterpiracy company, 481–485

and Puntland region, 483–484, 485

and SV Quest, capture of, 482–483

Plausible deniability, 91

PNAC. See Project for the New American Century

Political Islam Strategic Analysis Program, CIA, 15

Political Security Organization (PSO), 185, 359

Pope Air Force Base, 51

Porter, Gareth, 114, 348

Posse Comitatus Act, 52

Powell, Colin

and Cheney, conflict between, 57

and Cheney, defense plan of, 8

diplomatic agenda of, 57–58

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

and Iraq war, case for, 29

and Rumsfeld, conflict between, 57

and SOFs, 99

and Somalia, 122

and Zarqawi, 113

Presidential authority, 9, 11, 24–25

Presidential power

and Cheney, assumption of, 59

and war, 3–4

and war, right to declare, 19–20

Priest, Dana, 105, 217, 351

Prince, Erik, 177, 408

and privatized counterpiracy company in Somalia, 481–485

and Saracen International, 484, 485

Prine, Carl, 109

Prisoners

abuse of, 104, 158–160

protection and treatment of, 29–30

See also Abu Ghraib prisoner-abuse scandal

Private military contractors, 23. See also Mercenary companies

Project for the New American Century (PNAC), 7, 8, 19

Project Icon, 95

Prosper, Pierre-Richard, 484

PSO. See Political Security Organization

Puntland region, 483–484, 485

Qaddafi, Muammar el-, 5, 431

Qamish, Galib al-, 187, 266

Qanyare, Mohamed Afrah, 191, 192, 193, 194

and CIA-backed alliance, 118–121, 124, 127

defeat of, 201

and Fazul, 199

and ICU, and US-backed Ethiopian invasion of Somalia, 208

and kill and capture campaign, 127–129

Qaradawi, Sheikh Yusuf al-, 39

Qasaylah, Ali Mahmud al-, assassination of, 230

Qirbi, Abu Bakr al-, 313, 363, 465

QRF. See Quick Reaction Force

Quick Reaction Force (QRF), 98

Qureshi, Shah Mahmood, 422, 458

Qusay Hussein, 111

Quso, Fahd al-, 305, 318, 467

Qutb, Sayyid, 188–189

Rage, Ali Mohamud, 299, 301, 395, 396, 487, 491

and Daynile offensive, 492

Rahman, Atiya Abdul. See Mahmud, Shaykh

Rahman, Omar Abdel, 36

Ramadan offensive (Al Shabab), 396–397

Rangers, 51, 102–103, 108, 115, 138, 143, 144, 145, 159, 175, 450

rules of engagement of, 169

Ras Kamboni, 195, 394

Reagan, Ronald

and assassination ban, 5

and JSOC, 51

and presidential authority, 11

Reagan administration, 11

Real Time Regional Gateway, NSA, 162

“Rebuilding America’s Defenses,” 19

Red Cross (International Committee of the Red Cross)

and Camp NAMA, 148

and Camp NAMA report, 158

and detainee policy, violation of, 453

and interrogation and torture/techniques, 89–90

Reed, Jack, 469

Rehman, Ibadur, 419

Reid, Harry, 509–510

Reid, Richard (aka “Shoe Bomber”), 28, 320

Rendition, 26–30, 182

of Islamic Jihad members, 125

and JSOC, 182

See also Secret prisons

Reno, Janet, 108

Republican Guard (Iraq), 165

Republican Guard (Yemen), 33, 211, 462

Republican Party, xv, 9, 18, 26, 36, 76, 89, 109, 110, 161, 169, 171, 215, 244, 246, 256, 301, 302, 314, 318, 319, 320, 353, 469, 503, 515, 516, 517, 520

Republicans, and Obama, attack on, 320–321

Rhodes, Ben, 446

Rice, Condoleezza, 94

and al Qaeda, lethal action against, 18

and al Qaeda/bin Laden, 14

and al Shabab, 226

and Awlaki, Anwar, imprisonment of, 186

and covert action, in Afghanistan, 16

and covert action, in Pakistan, 411

and drone strikes, in Yemen, 78

and interrogation and torture/techniques, 88

Rice, Susan, 324

Richer, Robert, 141

Riggle, Robert, 482–483

Rimi, Qasim al-, 210, 230–231, 324, 356

as detainee at Guantánamo, 254

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, al Qaeda attacks in, 130

Rizzo, John, 25

Robow, Mukhtar, 492

Rocca, Christina, 409–410

Rodriguez, Alberto, 421

Rodriguez, Jose, 25, 30, 81, 176

and interrogation and torture/techniques, 89

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

Rolling Stone magazine, 349

Rome Statute, 8–9

Rove, Karl, 246, 302

Rowley, Richard, 164

Rumsfeld, Donald, 218, 284, 518

and al Qaeda, 13–14

and al Qaeda resurgence, in Yemen, 131

and Balad Air Base, 162

and bin Laden, 13–14

and Black, firing of, 81

and Camp NAMA, 154, 156–157

and Church Committee, 10

and CIA, conflict between, 58–59, 92, 95–96, 97, 169, 171

and CIA, oversight changes in, 23–24

and CIA-JSOC divide, 170–171

and Clinton administration, criticism of, 4, 7, 126

and Concept of Operations for HVT exploitation, 154

and congressional briefings, 107

and congressional oversight, 9

and congressional testimony on torture of detainees in Iraq, 160–161

and Copper Green, 145–146

and covert action, 9–10

and covert vs. clandestine action, 138, 171

and de-Baathification process, 111

and Djibouti, secret base in, 78–79

and drone strikes, in Yemen, 76

global military campaign of, 59–60

global war plans of, 15–16