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Some argued it would save the U.S. after 9/11. Instead, the CIA's
enhanced interrogation program came to be defined as American
torture. The Forever Prisoner, a primary source for the recent HBO
Max film directed by Academy Award winner Alex Gibney, exposes the
full story behind the most divisive CIA operation in living
memory.Six months after 9/11, the CIA captured Abu Zubaydah and
announced he was number three in Al Qaeda. Frantic to thwart a
much-feared second wave of attacks, the U.S. rendered him to a
secret black site in Thailand, where he collided with retired Air
Force psychologist James Mitchell. Arguing that Abu Zubaydah had
been trained to resist interrogation and was withholding vital
clues, the CIA authorized Mitchell and others to use brutal
"enhanced interrogation techniques" that would have violated U.S.
and international laws had not government lawyers rewritten the
rulebook.In The Forever Prisoner, Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy
recount dramatic scenes inside multiple black sites around the
world through the eyes of those who were there, trace the twisted
legal justifications, and chart how enhanced interrogation, a key
"weapon" in the global "War on Terror," metastasized over seven
years, encompassing dozens of detainees in multiple locations, some
of whom died. Ultimately that war has cost 8 trillion dollars,
900,000 lives, and displaced 38 million people--while the U.S.
Senate judged enhanced interrogation was torture and had produced
zero high-value intelligence. Yet numerous men, including Abu
Zubaydah, remain imprisoned in Guantanamo, never charged with any
crimes, in contravention of America's ideals of justice and due
process, because their trials would reveal the extreme brutality
they experienced.Based on four years of intensive reporting, on
interviews with key protagonists who speak candidly for the first
time, and on thousands of previously classified documents, The
Forever Prisoner is a powerful chronicle of a shocking experiment
that remains in the headlines twenty years after its inception,
even as US government officials continue to thwart efforts to
expose war crimes.Silenced by a CIA pledge to keep him imprisoned
and incommunicado forever, Abu Zubaydah speaks loudly through these
pages, prompting the question as to whether he and others remain
detained not because of what they did to us but because of what we
did to them.
Deception reveals how Pakistan built a nuclear arsenal with US aid
money and sold the technology to countries hostile to the West,
while giving shelter to the resurgent Taliban and al-Qaeda. It also
reveals the much larger deception: how every American
administration from Jimmy Carter to George W. Bush has actively
condoned Pakistan's nuclear activity, destroying and falsifying
evidence provided by US and Western intelligence agencies, lying
about Pakistan's intentions and capability, and facilitating the
spread of the very weapons we so fear terrorists will obtain. This
definitive book is the essential account of our time.
Organic dusts are particles of vegetable, animal, and microbial
origin and are found in a wide range of occupational and general
environments. This comprehensive handbook discusses organic dusts
and their effects on man. Organic Dusts describes the different
environments in which organic dusts are present; it also explains
the major components of dusts and which diseases they can induce
after inhalation. The first book to completely cover this important
environmental exposure, this valuable reference presents a
systematic approach to disease pathology and offers revised
terminology for diagnosis based on the latest information on cell
reactions and the functioning of the immune system.
Some argued it would save the U.S. after 9/11. Instead, the CIA’s
enhanced interrogation program came to be defined as American
torture. The Forever Prisoner, a primary source for the recent HBO
Max film directed by Academy Award winner Alex Gibney, exposes the
full story behind the most divisive CIA operation in living memory.
Six months after 9/11, the CIA captured Abu Zubaydah and announced
he was number three in Al Qaeda. Frantic to thwart a
much-feared second wave of attacks, the U.S. rendered him to a
secret black site in Thailand, where he collided with retired Air
Force psychologist James Mitchell. Arguing that Abu Zubaydah had
been trained to resist interrogation and was withholding vital
clues, the CIA authorized Mitchell and others to use brutal
“enhanced interrogation techniques†that would have violated
U.S. and international laws had not government lawyers rewritten
the rulebook. In The Forever Prisoner, Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian
Levy recount dramatic scenes inside multiple black sites around the
world through the eyes of those who were there, trace the twisted
legal justifications, and chart how enhanced interrogation, a key
“weapon†in the global “War on Terror,†metastasized over
seven years, encompassing dozens of detainees in multiple
locations, some of whom died. Ultimately that war has cost 8
trillion dollars, 900,000 lives, and displaced 38 million
people—while the U.S. Senate judged enhanced interrogation was
torture and had produced zero high-value intelligence. Yet numerous
men, including Abu Zubaydah, remain imprisoned in Guantanamo, never
charged with any crimes, in contravention of America’s ideals of
justice and due process, because their trials would reveal the
extreme brutality they experienced. Based on four years of
intensive reporting, on interviews with key protagonists who speak
candidly for the first time, and on thousands of previously
classified documents, The Forever Prisoner is a powerful chronicle
of a shocking experiment that remains in the headlines twenty years
after its inception, even as US government officials continue to
thwart efforts to expose war crimes. Silenced by a CIA pledge to
keep him imprisoned and incommunicado forever, Abu Zubaydah speaks
loudly through these pages, prompting the question as to whether he
and others remain detained not because of what they did to us but
because of what we did to them.
The extraordinary inside story of Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda in
the years after 9/11. Following the attacks on the Twin Towers,
Osama bin Laden, the most wanted man in the world, eluded
intelligence services and Special Forces units for almost a decade.
Using remarkable, first-person testimony from bin Laden's family
and closest aides, The Exile chronicles this astonishing tale of
evasion, collusion and isolation. In intimate detail, The Exile
reveals not only the frantic attack on Afghanistan by the United
States in their hunt for bin Laden but also how and why, when they
found his family soon after, the Bush administration rejected the
chance to seize them. It charts the formation of ISIS, and uncovers
the wasted opportunity to kill its Al Qaeda-sponsored founder; it
explores the development of the CIA's torture programme; it details
Iran's secret shelter for bin Laden's family and Al Qaeda's
military council; and it captures the power struggles, paranoia and
claustrophobia within the Abbottabad house prior to the raid. A
landmark work of investigation and reportage, The Exile is as
authoritative as it is compelling, and essential reading for anyone
concerned with history, security and future relations with the
Islamic world.
A compelling case for the connection between Freemasonry and the
notorious Oak Island treasure, written by a historian and Curse of
Oak Island guest expert. If you think you know everything about the
secrets of Oak Island, think again. Oak Island: A Masonic Quest
makes the strongest and most compelling case ever for the truth
behind the treasure at Nova Scotia's Oak Island. It also connects
two of the world's most baffling mysteries: the secrets of the
arcane and cryptic Freemasons, and the equally enigmatic Oak Island
treasure. Through years of extensive research, Scott Clarke --
author, amateur historian, and guest expert on the History
Channel's The Curse of Oak Island -- has discovered numerous
captivating connections, published here for the first time, that
truly show these mysteries to be intertwined, including: Previously
unknown connections between Freemasonry and Oak Island dating from
before the discovery of the Money Pit in 1795 Masonic and family
connections between two of the most famous treasures of the late
eighteenth century and Oak Island The strongest and most
evidence-based theory yet for what the treasure at Oak Island might
consist of A logical, yet sure-to-be-controversial theory that
could rewrite Masonic history The discovery of two previously
unknown, centuries-old "treasure maps" that both point to treasure
in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. With forty images, including maps and
illustrations, Oak Island Odyssey: A Masonic Quest offers the
freshest and most original take on the mystery yet.
John Murray said of him, "Dr. Vos is, in my judgment, the most
penetrating exegete it has been my privilege to know, and I
believe, the most incisive exegete that has appeared in the
English-speaking world in this century." The uniqueness of Vos's
emphasis on the centrality of the covenantal work of Jesus Christ
in history and our possession of that work through His mediation
draws us back time and again to his powerful and passionate
sermons. Translated to the realm of glory itself through the
proclamation of the accomplished work of our covenant Lord, and by
the gift of His Spirit, we partake of unparalleled communion with
God and possess Him as our highest treasure presently in Christ as
our covenant God. Short of the consummation we have made His glory
and joy in His people our chief end in this pilgrim life.
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