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Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud, Sultan,
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–78,
266
–68,
270
,
273
–74

bin Laden and,
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–78,
266
,
268

CIA interrogation of,
171
,
174
–77,
273
–74,
392

Bedford “jinga” trucks,
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–42

Berlin,
153
–54

Berntsen, Gary,
xv
,
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,
290
,
296
–97

“Bill,”
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bin Laden, Osama,
48
,
52
,
71
,
123
,
166
,
231
,
253
,
269
,
274
,
310
,
338

in Afghanistan,
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,
117
–20,
127
,
135

Arab followers of,
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bayat
oath of loyalty to,
44

Dr. Bashir and,
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–78,
266
,
268

entourage of,
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–62

killing of,
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,
382
,
414

Pakistan sanctuary of,
74
,
260
,
296
,
382

radio broadcasts of,
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–96

Saudi background of,
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,
57
–58,
177

Taliban policy on,
53
–54,
61
–63,
75
,
81
–84,
86
,
112
–13,
118
–20

terrorist enterprises of,
4
–5,
43
–44,
74
,
84
,
419

Tora Bora sanctuary of,
258
–59,
295
–96

U.S. pursuit of,
43
–45,
53
,
56
–59,
66
,
73
,
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81
–84,
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–89,
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–20,
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–97,
339
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379
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384
–86

biological weapons,
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,
366
–67

Black, Cofer,
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,
60
,
64
,
65
,
74
,
81
–84

Blackwill, Robert “Bob,”
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,
347
,
369
–70

Blair, Tony,
5
,
97
,
103

Blakeman, Chat,
xviii
,
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BLU-82 bomb,
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Bonn Conference,
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,
252
,
279
,
360
–61

Boston, Mass.,
13
–15,
27
–28

Back Bay area of,
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Dorchester area of,
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Boston College,
14
–15

Boykin, Jerry,
xvii
,
382

Brahvi, Abdul Karim,
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,
208
,
220
–21

Bremer, Paul “Jerry,”
368
–69

Brennan, John,
xv
,
389
,
390
–91

Brief History of Time, A
(Hawking),
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British Airways,
69

British army,
359

British Cabinet,
7

British High Commission,
128
–29

British-Indian army,
72

British Raj,
48

Brooks, David,
375

Burgess, Ron,
xvii
,
382

burqas,
63
–64

Bush, George H. W.:

administration of,
22
,
23
,
38
,
56

as CIA director,
56

Bush, George W.,
400
–401

administration of,
5
,
7
,
24
,
55
–57,
59
–60,
78
,
90
,
93
,
97
,
103
,
112
–15,
121
,
255
,
267
–70,
374
–75,
395
,
401
–3,
409
,
410

daily intelligence briefing of,
56
,
390

democratic change commitment of,
381

Iraq policy of,
375
,
377

second inaugural address of,
381

2001 State of the Union speech of,
5
,
97
,
112
,
115

War Cabinet of,
7
,
90
,
192

White House and security staff of,
55
,
59
,
72
,
113

C-17 transports,
291
,
319

Caesar, Gaius Julius,
408

Cambone, Steve,
xvii
,
337
–38,
399
,
406

Cambridge, Mass.,
14

Camp David,
3
,
6
,
90

Cape Cod, Mass.,
64

Card, Andrew,
55
,
402
–3

Central Command (CENT-COM), U.S.,
7
,
90
,
107
,
168
–70,
193
,
224
,
288
–89,
397

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),
xii
,
55
,
372
–85

Afghanistan operations of,
98
,
137
–42,
182
–96

Africa Division of,
65
,
312

Alec Station “Bin Laden Unit” in,
378
–80,
407

anti-Taliban program of,
59
–61,
63
–66,
95
–96,
99
,
104
,
113
,
130
–36

assassination barred in,
45
,
57
–58

“black sites” of,
291
,
333
,
393
,
399
,
401

British ties to,
97
–103

Clinton administration relations with,
25
,
26

coercive interrogation techniques of,
291
,
333
,
394
–96,
400
–406

Counter-Proliferation Branch of,
26
–27,
28
,
173

counterproliferation work of RLG in,
26
–27,
28
,
173

counterterrorism goals of,
24
,
43
,
45
,
70
,
333
,
364
,
380

Counterterrorist Center (CTC) of,
60
,
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–66,
74
,
75
,
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,
108
,
110
,
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,
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–57,
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–5,
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–40,
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–71,
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–90,
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–25,
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,
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,
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–36,
376
–83,
388
–93

dangers of work in,
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,
19
,
20
,
325
–27

deputy director for operations (DDO) in,
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,
27
–29,
31
,
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–93,
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,
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,
247
,
348
,
374

devotion of RLG for,
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,
21
,
23
,
30
,
31
,
45
,
324

Directorate of Intelligence (DI) in,
20
–21,
205
,
219
,
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,
389
–91

Directorate of Operations (D0) in,
15
–18,
20
–21,
27
–28,
205
,
271
,
276
,
374
–77,
402

domestic field offices of,
166

espionage school (“the Farm”) in,
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,
29
–30,
181
,
338

FBI relations with,
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–4,
318

global intelligence system of,
302

Global Response Center (GRC) of,
156
–57,
161
,
217
,
402

“Ground Branch” paramilitary officers in,
192

GW Bush administration relations with,
113
,
374
–75,
401
–3

Incident Response Team (IRT) of,
330
,
332

insular culture of,
81
,
105
,
127

Iraq Operations group in,
22

ISI liaison with,
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–72,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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265
–66,
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–73,
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,
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–20,
330
–31,
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,
349
–50

“jawbreaker” team of,
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–43,
145
,
153
,
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,
288

Karzai contact with,
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–42,
145
–46,
182
–85,
189
–96,
198
–203,
205
,
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,
222
–28,
231

Latin American Division of,
17

National Clandestine Service (NCS) in,
15
–18,
23
,
28
–30,
45
,
81
,
139
,
167
,
190
,
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,
232
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
392
,
397
,
406
–7

National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs) of,
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,
24

National Intelligence Officers (NIOs) in,
21
–22,
24
,
376

Near East and South Asia Division (NE) of,
17
–18,
21
–24,
26
–27,
31
,
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,
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,
114
,
130
,
132
–33,
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,
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,
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,
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,
271
–73,
347
,
376

Office of Technical Service of,
314

Office of Terrorism Analysis in,
389

paramilitary specialists in,
225

post–Cold War cutbacks in,
29

Presidential Findings in,
22
,
57
,
60

recruitment and handling of agents by RLG for,
18
–20,
29
–30

reform and change in,
28
,
29

reporting sources “principal agents” (PAs) of,
57
,
58
,
100
–101

RLG as director of CTC in,
377
–83,
388
–93,
396
–98,
404
–8

RLG as Iraq Mission manager in,
366
–73

RLG as Islamabad station chief in,
4
,
20
–22,
31
–32,
35
–36,
40
,
42
,
45
–66,
76
,
90
,
93
–103,
132
,
160
,
196
–98,
337

RLG code of ethics adopted by,
30

RLG’s early career and advancement in,
17
–32

RLG’s first interview with,
10
,
15
–17,
18
,
20

RLG’s retirement from,
408
–9

secure video teleconferences (SVTC) of,
90
–91,
93
,
101
–2,
104
–9,
114
,
162
,
167
,
176
,
204
,
207
,
215
,
219
–20,
247
,
381
–82

situation reports (sitreps) of,
277

South Asia Task Force of,
204
,
208

Special Activities Division of,
195

Special Forces liaison with,
163
,
189
,
192
,
207
–8,
221
,
335
,
359
,
365

Special Operations Group of the Counterterrorist Center (CTC/SO) of,
98
,
106
,
110
,
161
,
167
,
180
–83,
188
–89,
191
,
204
–7,
208
,
236
,
243
–45,
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,
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