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and hit list, 6–7

and insurgents, targeting of, 144

and international criminal court, 8–9

and interrogation and torture/techniques, 86, 87, 88, 91

and interrogation program, 85

and Iran-Contra scandal, 91

and Iraq, 3

and Iraq and 9/11–Saddam and al Qaeda connection, 14–15, 81–82, 84, 150

and Iraq insurgency, 162–163

and Iraq War, 129

and Iraqi insurgency, 111, 112

and Iraqi military, disbanding of, 111

and Iraqi WMDs, 82, 150

and Iraq/Saddam Hussein obsession, 13

and JPRA, 86

and JSOC, 48–49, 100–101

and JSOC, and global manhunt, 170, 171

and JSOC, and military and intelligence law, gray areas of, 92–94

and JSOC, legality of operations, 182–183

and JSOC, reorganization of, 98

and JSOC, transformation of, 54–55, 57

and kill/capture operations, 114

and military, reorganization of, 12–13

and military bureaucracy and commanders,

circumvention of, 93

as neoconservative leader, 9

and neoconservatives, and shadow government, 7

and 9/11 attacks, exploitation of, 19

and Pentagon, 98–99, 99–100

and Petraeus, 164

and Powell, conflict between, 57

and presidential authority, 9

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

resignation of, 215

and Saddam Hussein, capture of, 141

secret program of, 30

and secret task force, success of, 174–175

and secret wars, 9–10

and Shelton, conflict between, 53, 57

and “snowflake” memos, 97

and SOCOM, 94

and SOFs, 56–57

and SOFs, and intelligence program, 95–96

and SOFs, plans for, 93–101

and SOFs, reorganization of, 98

and Somalia, 122

and Special Operations Command, reorganization of, 98

and SSB, 100–101

and unified task force in Afghanistan and Iraq, 138

and Yemen prison break, 210

Ruppersberger, Charles Albert “Dutch” III, 505

Rush, Bobby, 107

Rushdie, Salman, 379

Rustamyar, Ghulam Dastagir, 338

Sabir, Mohammed, 335–337, 339, 344, 346

US interrogation of, 337

Saddam Hussein, 5, 8

capture of, 140–141

Cheney/Rumsfeld obsession with, 13

and code name Black List One, 139–140

hunt for, 139–140

imprisonment of, 166

and WMDs, 15, 28–29, 150

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

Sadr, Moqtada al-, 112, 141

Salahuddin Center, 200

Saleh, Ahmed Ali Abdullah, 32–33, 462

Saleh, Ali Abdullah, 61–66, 384

and al Qaeda, 62, 65–66

and al Qaeda, collusion between, 210–214

and al Qaeda resurgence, 130–133

and Arab Spring, 430–432, 460

and Awlaki, Anwar, imprisonment of, 186–187, 187–188, 190

and bin Fareed, 304

and drone strikes, in Yemen, 76, 77, 79

and Guantánamo, and Yemeni prisoners, transfer of, 256, 257–258, 259

and Houthi rebellion, 131–132, 280

and Iran, propaganda campaign against, 230

and Kappes, meeting with, and AQAP, 259–260

and Majalah massacre, 308, 313, 323

and mujahedeen-Soviet Afghan war, 62

and Obama, 256, 257–258

and Petraeus, meeting between, 322–323

and Shabwani incident, 357–358

and Shaye, 398–399

and terrorist rehabilitation program, 132, 256, 257, 260

and Townsend, interview with, 212–213

and US (Bush administration), deal between, 63–66, 211–212

and US funds, request for, 280

and US (Obama administration), deal between, 236–237, 262, 279–281, 284, 322–323, 356, 359–360, 386, 388–389

and US spy drone Scan Eagle, 230

and USS Cole bombing, 61, 62–63, 65–66, 132–133

and weakening of regime, 465

and Yemen prison break, 210–214

and Zinjibar siege, 462

Saleh, Ammar Muhammad Abdullah, 262

Saleh, Yahya, 235

Salim, Suleiman Ahmed Hemed, 127

Salopek, Paul, 128

“Salt Pit” (secret prison), 26

Salvador Option. See Salvadorization of Iraq

Salvadorization of Iraq (aka Salvador Option), 165

Salve Regina University, 102

San Diego State University, 35

Sana’a, Yemen, US embassy in, bombing of, 235–236

Sana’a University, 184

Sanaullah, Rana, 428

Sanchez, Ricardo, 140–141, 142

SAP. See Special Access Program

Saracen International, 484–485

Sattler, John, 79

Saudi Arabia

al Qaeda in, 130, 278–279

and Guantánamo, and Yemeni prisoners, transfer of, 259

and Houthi rebellion, 131–132

most wanted list in, 278

terrorist rehabilitation program in, 254, 278

US secret air base in, 465

and Yemen, collusion between, 254–255

Savage, Charlie, 11

Saweri, Saleh al-, 387

Scan Eagle (US spy drone), 230

Scarborough, Rowan, 150

Scharping, Rudolf, 122

Scheuer, Michael, 133, 176, 236

Schloesser, Jeffrey, 59

Scholarship program for foreign students, 34

Schoomaker, Peter, 56

Schroen, Gary, 22

Schultz, Richard, 55–57

Schultz report, 55–57

Schwarzkopf, Norman, 53

Scowcroft, Brent, 8, 15, 95

Screen Hunter, 176

SEALs. See US Navy SEALs

Seche, Stephen, 262, 312

Secret bases

in Saudi Arabia, 465

in Uzbekistan, 17

See also individual bases

Secret prisons, 25–26

in Ethiopia, 128

and Obama, 294

in Somalia, 294–295, 296–297, 470, 471–473

See also Black sites; Extraordinary rendition; Interrogation and torture/techniques; Rendition

Secret wars, 12

and neoconservative movement, 9–10

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 3

SERE program. See Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape program

Shaalan, Hazim, 165

Shabwani, Ayad al-, 324

Shabwani, Ibrahim al-, 358

Shabwani, Jabir al-, 357–358

Shaffer, Anthony (alias Chris Stryker), 138–139

and Bagram Air Base, 167, 168

and Blackwater, 177

and Camp NAMA, 148

and Copper Green, 146

and Davis incident, 406, 415, 417

and Pakistan, 169, 216

and Pakistan, HVTs in, 175, 176

Shah, Wali Khan Amin, 27

Shamo Hotel bombing, 299–301

Shamshad, Faheem (aka Muhammad Faheem), 415, 418–419, 420, 421, 428

Shanklin, Michael, 484, 485

Sharabuddin, Hajji, 336, 341–342, 345–346 ( see also Gardez raid/massacre)

Sharabuddin, Mohammed Daoud, and family, 334–342

Sharaf, Kamal, 306, 382, 383–384

Sharif, Sheikh (Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed), 193, 196, 202–203, 270, 476, 490

and al Shabab, 491

and Clinton, Hillary, 277

and ICU, and US-backed Ethiopian invasion of Somalia, 206

and return to power, 227

and Saracen International, 484–485

and Shamo Hotel bombing, 300

US support for, 226

Shaye, Abdulelah Haider, 306–307

and Awlaki, Anwar, interviews with, 307, 315–316, 318–319, 360–363

capture, torture, and imprisonment of, 382–385

conviction and imprisonment of, 398–400

and Majalah massacre, 307, 308

Shelby, Richard, 3

Shelton, Hugh, 443

and Gardez raid/massacre, 346–347

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

and JSOC, 52

and Maersk Alabama, hijacking of, 275

and Rumsfeld, and JSOC, transformation of, 54–55

and Rumsfeld, conflict between, 53, 57

and SOCOM, 52

Shiffrin, Richard, 88

Shihri, Said Ali al-, 256, 306, 314, 315, 356, 467

as detainee at Guantánamo, 254

Shinn, David, 123

Shirosaki, Tsutomu, 27

Shock and Awe campaign, 105

Siad, Mohammed Farah, 474

Siad, Yusuf Mohammed (pseud. Indha Adde or White Eyes), 191–193, 194, 488