The convenient terrorist
Subtitle: two whistleblowers' stories of torture, terror, secret wars, and CIA lies
By: Joseph Hickman & John Kiriakou
Contributors: Kiriakou, John, author
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781510711624
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Prisoners of war; United States; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; Government policy; Torture; Detention of unlawful combatants; Military interrogation; Intelligence service; Abuse of; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp; Evaluation
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."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Cast of characters; title: Author's note; title: Introduction; title: Foreword; title: Chapter one: The takedown; title: Chapter two: Born without a country; title: Chapter three: The true meaning of Jihad; title: Chapter four: Life as a Jihadist; title: Chapter five: The Peshawar seven; title: Chapter six: The millennium bomb plot; title: Chapter seven: Will the real Abu Zubayadah please stand up?; title: Chapter eight: The dead pool; title: Chapter nine: The road to torture; title: Chapter ten: Life in Guantanamo; title: Endnotes.