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The terrorist watch : inside the desperate race to stop the next attack / Ronald Kessler.

Van Pelt Library HV6431 .K424 2007
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Kessler, Ronald, 1943-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Terrorism--Prevention.
Terrorism.
Terrorism--Government policy--United States.
Terrorism--Government policy.
United States.
Intelligence service--United States.
Intelligence service.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Physical Description:
viii, 260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Crown Forum, [2007]
Contents:
"We're at war"
Double whammy
"The wall"
Cross-examining agents
Risk aversion
Pocket litter
Second wave
KSM
Stirring up librarians
"Spying on Americans"
Eavesdropping on bin Laden
The terrorist mind-set
An American MI5
Dumb cops
"You okay, Dad?"
Leaks
An assassination attempt
Saddam's friend
Threat matrix
Neutralizing bin Laden
Preempt, disrupt, defeat
Dr. Strangelove
On the hunt
Countering spin
10,000 threats
Pulling off a nuclear attack
The CEO of the war on terror.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9780307382139
0307382133
OCLC:
162501990

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