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The triple agent : the al-Qaeda mole who infiltrated the CIA /

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In December 2009, Khalil al-Balawi, a Jordanian double agent and a go-between for the CIA and al-Qaeda, detonated a suicide bomb at a CIA base, killing seven agents. Here, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Joby Warrick chronicles how this tragedy happened, examining al-Balawi's journey through th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Warrick, Joby
Corporate Author: Listening Library
Other Authors: Malhotra, Sunil
Format: CD Audio Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House Audio, Landmark Audiobooks, Prince Frederick, MD : ℗2011.
Edition:Unabridged.
Subjects:
Balawi, Humam Khalil al-
Qaida (Organization) > Biography.
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency > Biography.
Counterinsurgency > Middle East.
Suicide bombers > Afghanistan > Khowst > Biography.
Informers > Jordan > Biography.
Spies > Jordan > Biography.
Physicians > Jordan > Biography.
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Summary:In December 2009, Khalil al-Balawi, a Jordanian double agent and a go-between for the CIA and al-Qaeda, detonated a suicide bomb at a CIA base, killing seven agents. Here, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Joby Warrick chronicles how this tragedy happened, examining al-Balawi's journey through the spy world and how the CIA failed to recognize the danger he posed.
Item Description:Subtitle from container.
Compact discs.
Sound recording.
Physical Description:6 sound discs (7 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time:07:00:00
ISBN:9780307878120
0307878120