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National Security and Terrorism Beat
The Brian Ross Investigative Unit looked at various national security issues including the Seattle Bomb Plot, the killing of Osama bin Laden, the war in Libya, the killing of Anwar al Awlaki and the killing of a Saudi ambassador to the U.S. that was thought to have been sought by the Iranian government.
Tags: broadcast; terrorism; Seattle Bomb Plot; Osama bin Laden; Libya; Anwar al Awlaki; national security
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The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America
This book is Bamford's latest expose' of the National Security Agency. Among his findings, Bamford reveals that the agency had been targeting the Yemeni home that served as Osama bin Laden's operations center prior to 9/11 but had never told the FBI that the al-Qaida terrorists were there. Bamford's book demonstrates an unparalleled ability to penetrate the most secretive of institutions.
Tags: National Security Agency; NSA; al-Qaida; al-Qaeda; national security; 9/11; September 11; Pentagon; CIA; Central Intelligence Agency; secrecy; FBI; Federal Bureau of Investigation
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The Osama Bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader
Bergen writes a detailed story of the Osama bin Laden's journey to become the leader of al Qaeda. Starting with his days before creating al Qaeda in 1988, Bergen traces both the terrorist group and the personal life of its leader to the present.
Tags: Osama bin Laden; terrorism; September 11; al Qaeda; Egyptian Isalamist; Middle East
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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
Lawrence Wright examines the rise of terrorist organization al-Qaeda, and how the U.S. intelligence community was unable to check it. Sources included Arabic press, captured al-Qaeda documents, jihadis and members of U.S. and Saudi Arabian intelligence.
Tags: al-Qaeda; Osama Bin Laden; terrorist groups; extremists; hijacking; terroorist attacks; Sept. 11, 2001
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The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America's Pursuit of its Enemies Since 9/11
Suskind identifies the doctrine, formulated by Vice President Cheney,as one that "separates analysis from action and embraces suspicion as a threshold for the use of American power." Suskind says Cheney was "the primary architect of U.S. foreign policy" during the period the book profiles, from immediately following 9/11/2001 until 2004. Suskind says in his IRE contest questionnaire that he was able to reassure several sources that he was willing to go to jail for an indefinite period of time to avoid nasming sources; and gave an example of his unwillingness "to reveal sources within ther government to quash the disinformation from ther FBI. Suskind says "The incident is, tereby, instructive in regard to new rules of engagement: the government will release information to cloud an independent report if they are convinced the reporter will be unable, or unwilling to reveal his sources."
Tags: FBI; CIA; NSA; NSC; Iraq; Pentagon; bin Laden; Zawahiri; White House; war on terror; al Qaeda; disinformation; Weapons of Mass Destruction; WMD; Chemical weapons; human sources; humint; sigint; George Tenet; Condoleeza Rice; Zubaydah; DCI
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Reporting Series on Al Qaeda: Unmasking the Insurgents, Jihad Express, Women of Al Qaeda
This extensive investigation by the Newsweek staff and their foreign correspondents uncovers the evolution of Al Qaeda in Iraq. The series includes a closer look at the world's most dangerous terrorist organization's new followers including Europe-born insurgents and female suicide bombers. The series also looks at the first elections in Iraq and intelligence about Zarqawi.
Tags: al Qaeda; Iraq; War on Terrorism; insurgents; jihad; Osama bin Laden; elections; Zarqawi; CAR
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102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
This book is a "dramatic and moving" account of what happened inside the World Trade Center the morning of September 11, 2001. The authors used hundreds of interviews, oral histories, emails and emergency radio transcripts to piece together this account of what happened that morning.
Tags: terrorism; World Trade Center; Al Qaeda; Osama Bin Laden; airplanes; Homeland Security
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Secrets and Lies: bin Laden, Damra and the Birth of Terror in America
This investigation uncovered the strong ties between Fawaz Damra, a seemingly peaceful spiritual leader of Ohio's largest mosque, and Osama bin Laden. The investigators found that before moving to Ohio, Damra headed a radical mosque in Brooklyn, to which the people behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing belonged. Furthermore, he was directly involved in fund-raising for terrorist "charities." Damra's charity was the predecessor of Al Qaeda, and gave bin Laden a foothold in America.
Tags: homeland security; Palestinian Islamic Jihad; Al Qaeda; WTC; national defense; FBI
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Kingdom on the Brink
Following the kidnapping and beheading of Paul Johnson, CNN investigates terrorist incidents in Saudi Arabia. By interviewing a number of different Saudis, from working class to the royal family, this investigation tells the story through the eyes of the people who live it. Despite language and security difficulties, the story looks at the changing world of the Saudis, Islam and how the royal family struggles to crack down on al Qaeda militants.
Tags: Saudi Arabia; Osama bin Laden; military; al Quaeda; Saudi royal family; Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Alsaud; Islam; September 11
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Predator and the Hunt for bin Laden
Three years after 9/11, one of the dominant news stories of the year remaind how and why US intelligence agencies allowed Al Qaeda terrorists to strike America on September 11, 2001. NBC's Senior Investigative Correspondent Lisa Myers and the NBC Investigative Unit highlighted serious shortcomings in the Clinton and Bush Administrations in responding to the lethal threat of Osama bin Laden.
Tags: Osama bin Laden; Al Qaeda; September 11; 9/11 Commission