Contributions

  • Kiriakou, John, author - Contributor

Publication

2017 - Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

32,000 words, Guess

Page Count

128 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101510711627
  • ISBN-139781510711624
  • OCLC Control Number936534003
  • Better World Books9781510711624
  • Open LibraryOL27229744M

Classifications

  • DDC364.67/0973
  • LCCHV6432 .H526 2017
  • LCCHV8599.U6H54 2017

Description

"The Convenient Terrorist is the definitive inside account of the capture, torture, and detention of Abu Zubaydah, the first "high-value target" captured by the CIA after 9/11. But was Abu Zubaydah, who is still being indefinitely held by the United States under shadowy circumstances, the blue-ribbon capture that the Bush White House claimed he was? Authors John Kiriakou, who led the capture of Zubaydah, and Joseph Hickman, who took custody of him at Guantanamo, draw a far more complex and intriguing portrait of the al-Qaeda "mastermind" who became a symbol of torture and the "dark side" of US security. From a one-time American collaborator to a poster boy for waterboarding, Abu Zubaydah became a "convenient terrorist"--A way for US authorities to sell their "War on Terror" to the American people."--

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Other Editions

  • The convenient terrorist: two whistleblowers' stories of torture, terror, secret wars, and CIA liesSkyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated2017-01-01

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