The Resource The triple agent : the al-Qaeda mole who infiltrated the CIA, Joby Warrick
The triple agent : the al-Qaeda mole who infiltrated the CIA, Joby Warrick
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- Summary
- A narrative account of the mysterious Jordanian who penetrated both the inner circle of al-Qaeda and the highest reaches of the CIA, with a devastating impact on the war on terror. In December 2009, a group of the CIA's top terrorist hunters gathered at a secret base in Khost, Afghanistan, to greet a rising superspy: Humam Khalil al-Balawi, a Jordanian double agent who infiltrated the upper ranks of al-Qaeda. For months, he had sent shocking revelations from inside the terrorist network and now promised to help the CIA assassinate Osama bin Laden's top deputy. Instead, as he stepped from his car, he detonated a thirty-pound bomb strapped to his chest, instantly killing seven CIA operatives, the agency's worst loss of life in decades. Joby Warrick, a reporter, takes us deep inside the CIA's secret war against al-Qaeda, a war that pits robotic planes and laser guided missiles against a cunning enemy intent on unleashing carnage in American cities. Flitting precariously between the two sides was Balawi, a young man with extraordinary gifts who managed to win the confidence of hardened terrorists as well as veteran spymasters. With his breathtaking accounts from inside al-Qaeda's lair, Balawi appeared poised to become America's greatest double agent in half a century, but he was not at all what he seemed
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xv, 244 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Obsession
- Haunted
- The doctor
- Humiliation
- The informant
- Targets
- The jihadist
- Pressure
- Chief
- The double agent
- Dangle
- Rehearsal
- The triple agent
- No God but God
- The martyr
- Fallen
- Resolve
- Memorial Day
- Isbn
- 9780385534185
- Label
- The triple agent : the al-Qaeda mole who infiltrated the CIA
- Title
- The triple agent
- Title remainder
- the al-Qaeda mole who infiltrated the CIA
- Statement of responsibility
- Joby Warrick
- Subject
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- Balawi, Humam Khalil al-
- Balawi, Humam Khalil al-
- Balawi, Humam Khalil al-
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Counterinsurgency
- Counterinsurgency -- Middle East
- Counterinsurgency -- Middle East
- Informers
- Informers -- Jordan -- Biography
- Jordan
- Middle East
- Physicians
- Physicians -- Jordan -- Biography
- Afghan War, 2001-
- Qaida (Organization)
- Qaida (Organization) -- Biography
- Qaida (Organization) -- Biography
- Since 2001
- Spies
- Spies -- Jordan -- Biography
- Spies -- Jordan -- Biography
- Suicide bombers
- Suicide bombers -- Afghanistan -- Biography
- Suicide bombers -- Afghanistan | Khowst -- Biography
- United States, Central Intelligence Agency
- United States, Central Intelligence Agency -- Biography
- United States, Central Intelligence Agency -- Biography
- Physicians -- Jordan -- Biography
- Afghanistan -- Khowst
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A narrative account of the mysterious Jordanian who penetrated both the inner circle of al-Qaeda and the highest reaches of the CIA, with a devastating impact on the war on terror. In December 2009, a group of the CIA's top terrorist hunters gathered at a secret base in Khost, Afghanistan, to greet a rising superspy: Humam Khalil al-Balawi, a Jordanian double agent who infiltrated the upper ranks of al-Qaeda. For months, he had sent shocking revelations from inside the terrorist network and now promised to help the CIA assassinate Osama bin Laden's top deputy. Instead, as he stepped from his car, he detonated a thirty-pound bomb strapped to his chest, instantly killing seven CIA operatives, the agency's worst loss of life in decades. Joby Warrick, a reporter, takes us deep inside the CIA's secret war against al-Qaeda, a war that pits robotic planes and laser guided missiles against a cunning enemy intent on unleashing carnage in American cities. Flitting precariously between the two sides was Balawi, a young man with extraordinary gifts who managed to win the confidence of hardened terrorists as well as veteran spymasters. With his breathtaking accounts from inside al-Qaeda's lair, Balawi appeared poised to become America's greatest double agent in half a century, but he was not at all what he seemed
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Warrick, Joby
- Dewey number
-
- 363.325092
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV6433.M52
- LC item number
- Q345 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Balawi, Humam Khalil al-
- Qaida (Organization)
- United States
- Counterinsurgency
- Afghan War, 2001-
- Suicide bombers
- Informers
- Spies
- Physicians
- Balawi, Humam Khalil al-
- Balawi, Humam Khalil al-
- Qaida (Organization)
- United States
- Counterinsurgency
- Informers
- Physicians
- Spies
- Suicide bombers
- Afghanistan
- Jordan
- Middle East
- Balawi, Humam Khalil al-
- Qaida (Organization)
- United States
- Counterinsurgency
- Suicide bombers
- Spies
- Physicians
- Label
- The triple agent : the al-Qaeda mole who infiltrated the CIA, Joby Warrick
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-233) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Obsession -- Haunted -- The doctor -- Humiliation -- The informant -- Targets -- The jihadist -- Pressure -- Chief -- The double agent -- Dangle -- Rehearsal -- The triple agent -- No God but God -- The martyr -- Fallen -- Resolve -- Memorial Day
- Control code
- ocn676726648
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xv, 244 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780385534185
- Lccn
- 2011002639
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9780385534185
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)676726648
- Label
- The triple agent : the al-Qaeda mole who infiltrated the CIA, Joby Warrick
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-233) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Obsession -- Haunted -- The doctor -- Humiliation -- The informant -- Targets -- The jihadist -- Pressure -- Chief -- The double agent -- Dangle -- Rehearsal -- The triple agent -- No God but God -- The martyr -- Fallen -- Resolve -- Memorial Day
- Control code
- ocn676726648
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xv, 244 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780385534185
- Lccn
- 2011002639
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9780385534185
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)676726648
Subject
- Balawi, Humam Khalil al-
- Balawi, Humam Khalil al-
- Balawi, Humam Khalil al-
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Counterinsurgency
- Counterinsurgency -- Middle East
- Counterinsurgency -- Middle East
- Informers
- Informers -- Jordan -- Biography
- Jordan
- Middle East
- Physicians
- Physicians -- Jordan -- Biography
- Afghan War, 2001-
- Qaida (Organization)
- Qaida (Organization) -- Biography
- Qaida (Organization) -- Biography
- Since 2001
- Spies
- Spies -- Jordan -- Biography
- Spies -- Jordan -- Biography
- Suicide bombers
- Suicide bombers -- Afghanistan -- Biography
- Suicide bombers -- Afghanistan | Khowst -- Biography
- United States, Central Intelligence Agency
- United States, Central Intelligence Agency -- Biography
- United States, Central Intelligence Agency -- Biography
- Physicians -- Jordan -- Biography
- Afghanistan -- Khowst
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