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02374aam a22003978i 4500 001 B90B1B72047611EB89AE83802EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201002011536 008 200612s2020 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020023446 020 $a 0393343499 020 $a 9780393343496 (softcover) 020 $a 0393540723 020 $a 9780393540727 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HV6432.5.Q2 $b S682 2020 082 00 $a 363.325/160973 $2 23 100 1 $a Soufan, Ali H., $e author. 245 14 $a The black banners (declassified) : $b how torture derailed the War on Terror after 9/11 / $c Ali Soufan, with Daniel Freedman. 260 $a New York, NY : $b W.W. Norton & Company, $c [2020] 263 $a 2009 300 $a 594 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 21 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "The definitive account of an FBI special agent's al-Qaeda story, unredacted for the first time. In the fight against al-Qaeda, former FBI special agent Ali H. Soufan became a legend on the basis of his deft questioning of prisoners, which often short-circuited al-Qaeda plots in the pipeline. Physical or mental violence played no part in this success. He never laid a hand on the suspected terrorists. Other U.S. intelligence agencies took orders directly from the Oval Office, using other methods. Terrorists who had already given Soufan crucial intelligence were subsequently water-boarded repeatedly. The CIA's decision to employ "enhanced interrogation techniques" backfired, says Soufan. It made the job of defending the United States more difficult and dangerous. The original edition of this book was heavily redacted by the CIA, preventing the public from reading Soufan's full story. Now Soufan's extraordinary account can be set forth in its entirety for the first time"-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 20 $a Qaida (Organization) 650 0 $a September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001. 650 0 $a Terrorism $z United States $x Prevention. 650 0 $a War on Terrorism, 2001-2009. 650 0 $a Torture $z United States. 700 1 $a Freedman, Daniel, $d 1982- $e author. 941 $a 2 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20201103010505.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20201002012209.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B90B1B72047611EB89AE83802EECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search