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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Publisher: New York, NY : Hot Books, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: xix, 128 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1510711627
  • 9781510711624
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.670973
LOC classification:
  • HV 8599  T328c 2017
Contents:
Cast of characters -- Author's note -- Introduction -- Foreword -- Chapter one: The takedown -- Chapter two: Born without a country -- Chapter three: The true meaning of Jihad -- Chapter four: Life as a Jihadist -- Chapter five: The Peshawar seven -- Chapter six: The millennium bomb plot -- Chapter seven: Will the real Abu Zubayadah please stand up? -- Chapter eight: The dead pool -- Chapter nine: The road to torture -- Chapter ten: Life in Guantanamo -- Endnotes.
Summary: "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."-- Publisher's website.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HV 8599 T328c 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000121067

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Cast of characters -- Author's note -- Introduction -- Foreword -- Chapter one: The takedown -- Chapter two: Born without a country -- Chapter three: The true meaning of Jihad -- Chapter four: Life as a Jihadist -- Chapter five: The Peshawar seven -- Chapter six: The millennium bomb plot -- Chapter seven: Will the real Abu Zubayadah please stand up? -- Chapter eight: The dead pool -- Chapter nine: The road to torture -- Chapter ten: Life in Guantanamo -- Endnotes.

"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."-- Publisher's website.

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