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Book SynopsisThe definitive account of an FBI special agent’s al-Qaeda story, unredacted for the first time.
Trade Review"Unfortunately, we only have one Ali Soufan. Had American intelligence listened to him, 9/11 might never have happened. No one did more to unravel the story of al-Qaeda than Ali Soufan. Thankfully, he’s left another legacy in this book. Anyone who wants to know what really happened should read it. It’s an inspiring but wrenching story told from the heart of a great American." -- Lawrence Wright, author of The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
"Paints a devastating picture of rivalry and dysfunction inside the government’s counterterrorism agencies…The account offered by the agent, Ali H. Soufan is the most detailed to date by an insider." -- Scott Shane - New York Times
"One of the most valuable and detailed accounts of its subject to appear in the past decade." -- Economist
"Soufan knows exactly what he is talking about, and does us all a service by having it set down in
The Black Banners." -- Glenn L. Carle - Foreign Policy
"Superb. An education. And the best book on al-Qaeda out there, bar none." -- Robert Baer
