EAN: 9780141997131

THE BLACK BANNERS DECLASSIFIED - ALI H SOUFAN K...

A new  fully uncensored edition of the definitive insider's account of the War on Terror'A
former FBI agent's memoir on the War on Terror is declassified after 9 years' Time'One of the
most valuable and detailed accounts of its subject to appear in the past decade' EconomistThe
ultimate insider's account of the battle against terrorism  Ali Soufan's revelatory account of
his history-making decade as the FBI's lead investigator into al-Qaeda shaped our understanding
of counter-terror operations - and led to hard questions being asked of American and British
leaders. When The Black Banners was first published in 2011  significant portions of the text
were redacted. After a CIA review those restrictions have been lifted  and the result is this
explosive new edition  The Black Banners (Declassified). Alongside a new foreword by Soufan 
the declassified documents uncover shocking details on the use of torture on terror suspects 
how these 'enhanced interrogation techniques' failed to secure reliable intelligence  and in
fact actively derailed the fight against al-Qaeda. By contrast we see Soufan at work using
empathy and intelligent questioning - not force or violence - to extract some of the most
important confessions in the war.Taking us from the interrogation rooms where Soufan would
share food and films with the suspects so he could bond with them  to the hideouts of bin Laden
Ali Soufan reveals with intimate  first-hand knowledge the unbelievable truth about America's
security agencies  9 11  and the global 'War on Terror'.

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