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- Endless Enemies: Inside FBI Counterterrorism
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: University of Nebraska Press
summary
FBI operative Raymond W. Holcomb’s assignments took him across America, the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Africa, and involved espionage, counter narcotics, Mafia takedowns, national security, Special Weapons and Tactics, and much more. He and his men captured the terrorists behind the 1993 assault on the World Trade Center, investigated the bombings of U.S. embassies, and pursued the killers of the seventeen American sailors who died in the 2000 suicide attack on the USS Cole. After 9/11, he assisted in interrogating Yemeni prisoners who had information about the attack, which led to identifying al Qaeda and some of the hijackers. After the capture of one of 9/11’s most lethal masterminds, he went on a secret followup mission to Afghanistan. Holcomb’s memoir provides detailed information about the FBI that only a longtime bureau insider can reveal, such as prison conditions and interrogation techniques in Guantánamo and Afghanistan. He describes hunting down and grilling criminals of every ilk around the world, and then creating and leading the FBI’s elite cadre of counterterrorism agents who were at the helm of every major post-9/11 investigation, including the infiltration of homegrown conspiracies. Holcomb’s absorbing account gives anyone interested in the training and activities of the FBI’s elite tactical units a window into these highly effective organizations within the bureau.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- 1. Men in White Sheets
- pp. 1-16
- 2. Becoming a G-Man
- pp. 17-22
- 3. Cold War Warrior
- pp. 23-32
- 4. Drug Agent
- pp. 33-50
- 5. Narco Queen
- pp. 51-62
- 6. SWAT Training
- pp. 63-86
- 8. Al Qaeda in Africa: SWAT Overseas
- pp. 109-120
- 9. Tracking the Bombers
- pp. 121-132
- 10. The Secret Years
- pp. 133-138
- 11. Dream Job
- pp. 139-150
- 12. The USS Cole
- pp. 151-164
- 13. Yemen and 9/11
- pp. 165-176
- 14. Hoarding Information
- pp. 177-186
- 15. Getting in the Fight
- pp. 187-200
- 16. The Fly Team: Super Squad for Terror
- pp. 201-208
- 17. Terrorists in Our Midst
- pp. 209-220
- 18. Interrogation in Kabul
- pp. 221-236
- 19. The Next Attack
- pp. 237-254
- 20. Taking It to the Next Level
- pp. 255-266
- 21. Blood Diamonds
- pp. 267-286
- 22. We Need More Agents
- pp. 287-296
- 23. The Next Chapter
- pp. 297-304
- About the Authors
- pp. 315-316
Additional Information
ISBN
9781597975759
Related ISBN(s)
9781597973618
MARC Record
OCLC
759114762
Pages
332
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No