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The Resource The convenient terrorist : two whistleblowers' stories of torture, terror, secret wars, and CIA lies, Joseph Hickman & John Kiriakou

The convenient terrorist : two whistleblowers' stories of torture, terror, secret wars, and CIA lies, Joseph Hickman & John Kiriakou

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The 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
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
xix, 128 pages
Contents
  • The takedown
  • Born without a country
  • The true meaning of Jihad
  • Life as a Jihadist
  • The Peshawar seven
  • The millennium bomb plot
  • Will the real Abu Zubayadah please stand up?
  • The dead pool
  • The road to torture
  • Life in Guantanamo
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9781510711624
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The convenient terrorist : two whistleblowers' stories of torture, terror, secret wars, and CIA lies
Title
The convenient terrorist
Title remainder
two whistleblowers' stories of torture, terror, secret wars, and CIA lies
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Joseph Hickman & John Kiriakou
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Language
eng
Summary
The 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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Hickman, Joseph
Dewey number
364.67/0973
Index
no index present
LC call number
HV6432
LC item number
.H526 2017
Literary form
non fiction
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bibliography
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Kiriakou, John
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  • ʻAbd al-Majīd, Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn Muḥammad Ḥusayn
  • Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp
  • United States
  • Detention of unlawful combatants
  • Military interrogation
  • Torture
  • Prisoners of war
  • War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
  • Intelligence service
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The convenient terrorist : two whistleblowers' stories of torture, terror, secret wars, and CIA lies, Joseph Hickman & John Kiriakou
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-128)
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rdacarrier
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text
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Contents
The takedown -- Born without a country -- The true meaning of Jihad -- Life as a Jihadist -- The Peshawar seven -- The millennium bomb plot -- Will the real Abu Zubayadah please stand up? -- The dead pool -- The road to torture -- Life in Guantanamo
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xix, 128 pages
Isbn
9781510711624
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unmediated
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rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • ocn936534003
  • (OCoLC)936534003
Label
The convenient terrorist : two whistleblowers' stories of torture, terror, secret wars, and CIA lies, Joseph Hickman & John Kiriakou
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-128)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The takedown -- Born without a country -- The true meaning of Jihad -- Life as a Jihadist -- The Peshawar seven -- The millennium bomb plot -- Will the real Abu Zubayadah please stand up? -- The dead pool -- The road to torture -- Life in Guantanamo
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xix, 128 pages
Isbn
9781510711624
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • ocn936534003
  • (OCoLC)936534003

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