58 Craig Whitlock and Karen DeYoung, “Al-Qaeda Figure Is Killed in Pakistan; Senior Commander Blamed in Bombing at US Afghan Base,” Washington Post, February 1, 2008.
59 Schmitt, “Senior Qaeda Commander Is Killed”; Jawad, “Al-Libi, the ‘Face of Al-Qaeda.’”
60 Ali and Whitlock, “Al-Qaeda Commander Moved Freely in Pakistan.”
75 Jane Perlez and Ismail Khan, “Air Strikes Kill 9 in Pakistan Region That Harbors Militants,” New York Times , March 17, 2008.
76 Robin Wright and Joby Warrick, “US Steps Up Unilateral Strikes in Pakistan; Officials Fear Support from Islamabad Will Wane,” Washington Post, March 27, 2008.
77 Schmitt and Sanger, “Pakistan Shift Could Curtail Drone Strikes.”
78 Wright and Warrick, “US Steps Up Unilateral Strikes.”
79 Schmitt and Sanger, “Pakistan Shift Could Curtail Drone Strikes”; David Cloud, “CIA Drones Have Broader List of Targets,” Los Angeles Times , May 5, 2010.
80 Wright and Warrick, “US Steps Up Unilateral Strikes.”
81 Jane Perlez and Ismail Khan, “Air Strikes Kill 9 in Pakistan Region That Harbors Militants,” New York Times , March 17, 2008.
82 Michele Norris, “Attack Reveals Snags in US Terror Fight in Pakistan,” All Things Considered, February 19, 2008.
83 Warrick and Wright, “Unilateral Strike Called a Model.”
84 Warrick and Wright, “Unilateral Strike Called a Model”; David Ignatius, “Terrorists in the Crosshairs,” Washington Post, February 17, 2010.
85 Peter Bergen and Katherine Tiedemann, “The Drone War,” New Republic , June 3, 2009.
86 Matthew Rosenberg, “Pakistan Lends Support for US Military Strikes,” Wall Street Journal , February 18, 2009.
87 Bergen and Tiedemann, “The Drone War”; Walsh, “Mysterious Chip Is CIA’s Latest Weapon.”
88 Michael Scheuer, “Al-Qaeda’s New Leader in Afghanistan: A Profile of Abu al-Yazid,” Terrorism Focus, July 3, 2007.
89 Steven Emerson, statement before the Committee on House Select Intelligence, April 9, 2008; Scheuer, “Al-Qaeda’s New Leader in Afghanistan.”
90 Scheuer, “Al-Qaeda’s New Leader in Afghanistan”; Mohamed al Shafey, “Sheikh Said: Al-Qaeda’s Financier,” Asharq Al-Awsat, August 8, 2008.
91 Scheuer, “Al-Qaeda’s New Leader in Afghanistan.”
93 Shafey, “Sheikh Said: Al-Qaeda’s Financier”; Greg Miller and Craig Whitlock, “Al-Qaeda No. 3 Yazid Reported Killed by U.S. Drone,” Washington Post, June 1, 2010.
94 Shafey, “Sheikh Said: Al-Qaeda’s Financier”; “Al-Arabiya Talk Show Discusses Al-Qa’idah’s ‘Third Man,’” Al Arabiya/ BBC Monitoring, August 31, 2008.
95 “Al-Qaeda’s Closer Ties with Pasdarans,” Intelligence Online, July 20, 2007; “Al-Qa’idah Leader for Afghanistan Sees US Suffering More Defeats, Losses ,” Today’s Encounter, Al-Jazeera/BBC Monitoring, June 21, 2009.
96 Shafey, “Sheikh Said: Al-Qaeda’s Financier”; “Qaeda Says Top Leader Yazid Dead: Monitors,” Agence France Presse, June 1, 2010.
97 “Little-Known Egyptian Is Key Al-Qaeda Figure,” Associated Press, October 15, 2009.
98 Katarina Kratovac, “Afghan al-Qaida Commander Warns of Attacks on West,” Associated Press, September 5, 2008; Eric Schmitt, “Top Militant Killed by US in Pakistan, Qaeda Says,” New York Times , June 1, 2010.
101 “Qaeda Vows to Fire Pakistan Nukes at US,” english.aljazeera.net , June 22, 2009; “Al-Qa’idah Leader for Afghanistan Sees US Suffering.”
102 Adam Goldman and Brett J. Blackledge, “AP Sources: Al-Qaida’s Afghan Head Contacted Zazi,” Associated Press, October 14, 2009.
103 Schmitt, “Top Militant Killed by US in Pakistan”; “Al-Qa’idah Leader for Afghanistan Sees US Suffering.”
104 Schmitt, “Top Militant Killed by US in Pakistan.”
105 Miller and Whitlock, “Al-Qaeda No. 3 Yazid Reported Killed”; Kimberly Dozier, “Al-Qaida: No. 3 Official Killed with Family,” Associated Press Online, June 1, 2010.
106 Greg Miller and Craig Whitlock, “Al-Qaeda’s Third-Ranking Leader Is Reported Dead; U.S. Officials Believe Statement from Terrorist Group Is Accurate,” Washington Post, June 1, 2010; “Third-Ranking al-Qaida Leader Killed in Pakistan,” Voice of America News, June 1, 2010.
108 Ravi Velloor, “Al-Qaeda’s No. 3 Killed in Drone Attack; Announcement by Terror Group, If Confirmed, Marks Huge US Success,” Straits Times (Singapore), June 2, 2010.
110 Stuart Levey, “How al-Qaeda Will Miss Its Moneyman,” Washington Post, June 6, 2010.
111 Kim Sengupta, “Al-Qa’ida’s No 3 Killed by Drone Strike,” Independent , June 2, 2010.
112 Joby Warrick, “Jan 1 Attack by CIA Killed Two Leaders of Al-Qaeda,” Washington Post, January 9, 2009; “Official: Hotel Blast ‘Biggest Attack’ in 7 Years for Pakistan,” CNN, September 21, 2008.
CHAPTER 9: THE ENEMY WITHIN
1 Catherine Tsai and P. Solomon Banda, “Najibullah Zazi Terror Probe: A Timeline of Events,” Associated Press, September 21, 2009.
2 David Johnston and William Rashbaum, “Rush for Clues Before Charges in Terror Case,” New York Times, September 30, 2009.
3 “Inside the Zazi Takedown,” Newsweek , September 26, 2009. If—or how much—authorities knew of these activities at this point or if they learned of them immediately prior to his arrest remains unknown. Some sources claim authorities did not know.
4 Anne Kornblut, “Obama Team Says Zazi Case Illustrates Balanced Approach to Terror Threat,” New York Times, October 6, 2009.
5 Victoria Cavaliere, “Zazi Plot Planned Attacks on Busiest Subway Stations,” NBC New York , April 12, 2010.
6 Robert Kaplan, “Afghanistan Post Mortem,” Atlantic, April 1989.
7 “Did Zazi Heed Call to Terrorize Americans?” Associated Press, October 3, 2009.
8 Michael Wilson, “From Smiling Coffee Vendor to Terror Suspect,” New York Times, September 25, 2009.
9 Wilson, “From Smiling Coffee Vendor to Terror Suspect.”
24 Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, “Najibullah Zazi Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Use Explosives Against Persons or Property in U.S., Conspiracy to Murder Abroad and Providing Material Support to Al-Qaeda,” February 22, 2010.
25 Sebastian Rotella, “Fear of Homegrown Terror Up,” Chicago Tribune , December 7, 2009.
26 Michael Powell, “US Recruit Reveals How Qaeda Trains Foreigners,” New York Times, July 23, 2009.
27 Jerry Markon, “Al-Qaeda Leaders Said to Have Ordered Attack on New York Subway System,” Washington Post , April 24, 2010.
28 Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, “Najibullah Zazi Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy.”
29 “British Spies Help Prevent Al-Qaeda-Inspired Attack on New York Subway,” Telegraph , November 9, 2009.
30 Wilson, “From Smiling Coffee Vendor to Terror Suspect.”
31 Dina Temple-Raston, “Terrorism Case Shows Range of Investigators’ Tools,” NPR, October 3, 2009.
32 Michael Wilson, “Who Is Najibullah Zazi?” Denver Post , September 27, 2009.
33 Tsai and Banda, “Najibullah Zazi Terror Probe.”
34 Wilson, “From Smiling Coffee Vendor to Terror Suspect.”
35 US Department of Justice, “Memorandum of Law in Support of the Government’s Motion for a Permanent Order of Detention,” September 23, 2009.
36 Wilson, “From Smiling Coffee Vendor to Terror Suspect.”
37 US Department of Justice, “Memorandum of Law in Support of the Government’s Motion for a Permanent Order of Detention.”