The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda

from sarahlh

One of the best books about Al-Qaeda and the FBI's investigation of them post-9/11 and onward that I've ever read. Ali H. Soufan's story is an essential one for anyone who wants to understand how we could have prevented such a tragedy in 2001; it is also a startling portrait of multi-level incomp...

from lifesshort

Ali Soufran worked for the FBI. This is his account of how they questioned suspects after 9/11 and how they were doing a better job of getting credible information until the CIA intervened and started using harsh tactics and got poor information. Biased towards FBI I guess but an interesting read...

from mara.murdoch

This is a great book! Written by one of, if not the main, FBI interrogator of the al-Qaeda operatives, it tells the story of the FBI's following of the al-Qaeda network from the 1990's until present day. The author was born in Lebanon but moved with his family to the US when he was a child. By ch...

from sarahlh

One of the best books about Al-Qaeda and the FBI's investigation of them post-9/11 and onward that I've ever read. Ali H. Soufan's story is an essential one for anyone who wants to understand how we could have prevented such a tragedy in 2001; it is also a startling portrait of multi-level incomp...

from lifesshort

Ali Soufran worked for the FBI. This is his account of how they questioned suspects after 9/11 and how they were doing a better job of getting credible information until the CIA intervened and started using harsh tactics and got poor information. Biased towards FBI I guess but an interesting read...