{"product_id":"the-forever-prisoner-9780802158932","title":"The Forever Prisoner","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSome argued it would save the U.S. after 9\/11. Instead, the CIA’s enhanced interrogation program came to be defined as American torture. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Forever Prisoner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a primary source for the recent HBO Max film directed by Academy Award winner Alex Gibney, exposes the full story behind the most divisive CIA operation in living memory.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSix months after 9\/11, the CIA captured Abu Zubaydah and announced he was number three in Al Qaeda.  Frantic to thwart a much-feared second wave of attacks, the U.S. rendered him to a secret black site in Thailand, where he collided with retired Air Force psychologist James Mitchell. Arguing that Abu Zubaydah had been trained to resist interrogation and was withholding vital clues, the CIA authorized Mitchell and others to use brutal “enhanced interrogation techniques” that would have violated U.S. and international laws had not government lawyers rewritten\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Forever Prisoner\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors’ Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Comprehensive . . . Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy—who have published several previous books on similar themes—interweave the stories of captive and interrogator, showing how fatally unprepared they were to understand each other . . . Impressively thorough.”—\u003cb\u003eRobert F. Worth, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“British journalists Scott-Clark and Levy team up again to take a hard look at the CIA’s program of rendition and torture after 9\/11 . . . Building on \u003ci\u003eThe Exile\u003c\/i\u003e, the authors deliver an impressively researched investigation of government malfeasance and ineptitude. A forceful book that demands greater oversight of the nation’s intelligence services and justice for the wrongly imprisoned.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Journalists Scott-Clark and Levy chronicle the CIA’s post-9\/11 torture program in this disturbing and deeply reported history . . . A crucial record of how the U.S. government betrayed its ideals to wage the war on terror.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The Forever Prisoner\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful investigation into the origins of the US official policy of torture.  Focusing on the case of Abu Zubaydah, the ‘patient zero’ of the CIA’s ‘enhanced interrogation’ techniques, Scott-Clark and Levy manage to get to virtually everyone, which allows them to tell a riveting tale and the authoritative account.”—\u003cb\u003eAlex Gibney, acclaimed documentarian and winner of the Academy, Emmy, and Grammy awards\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A deeply reported and well written account of Abu Zubaydah’s descent into the darkest reaches of the war on terror and of Jim Mitchell who engineered the CIA’s coercive interrogation program. It is a key account of the post-9\/11 era.”—\u003cb\u003ePeter Bergen, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Being kidnapped and tortured as an innocent person, the prospect of never seeing my family again, was the worst feeling in the world. The nightmare became a reality after the death of my mother. Eventually, I did win my freedom, however. Abu Zubaydah is still held incommunicado, along with others. This book gives him a voice for the first time and gets to the heart of what it is like to be a forever prisoner.”—\u003cb\u003eMohamedou Ould Slahi, author of \u003ci\u003eGuantanamo Diary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe Exile\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“[Scott-Clark and Levy] set out to do what few had done before in the West: to see the September 2001 terror attacks and their aftermath from the other side. They traveled widely in the region, listened intently, interviewed aggressively, read newly released accounts and government documents deeply (and wrote lengthily). The result is a breathtaking tale.” —\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Remarkable . . . They have produced the best account yet of what happened to al-Qaeda after 9\/11: it is an astonishingly good piece of work.” —\u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“A tour de force and the first detailed account told by al-Qaeda members themselves, making good use of the diaries of Abu Zubaydah, the captured al-Qaeda facilitator, as well as extensive interviews with one of its religious thinkers . . . It tells us lots of things we knew, but in far more detail.” —\u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Magnificent . . . \u003cem\u003eThe Exile\u003c\/em\u003e is a truly impressive feat of journalism, both the closest we're ever likely to come to a day-by-day account of Bin Laden's life in those years and also an intensely gripping reading experience.” —\u003cem\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“[Scott-Clark and Levy’s] latest, \u003cem\u003eThe Exile: The Flight of Osama bin Laden\u003c\/em\u003e, is perhaps their best yet . . . The book fills in many important gaps in our knowledge of al-Qaeda . . . a gripping inside account.” —\u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Remarkable . . . The book’s fascinating perspective exposes layers of human complexity in individuals who are often shrouded by intrigue, and brings nuance to the general Western understanding of jihadi groups. This extensively researched, eminently readable work greatly enhances public knowledge of these dramatic years and will be welcomed by specialists and general readers alike.” —\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“A tour de force of investigative research.” —\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“[A] huge tour-de-force of a read . . . The authors have brought the personality of bin Laden into a sharper focus than could ever have been imagined. The detail mustered is little short of incredible, and evidently the result of forensic research only the best of investigative journalists could dig out . . . An exceptional account of those lost years when bin Laden and his family went to ground . . . Big it might be, but it is also a page-turner. There have been many books before on bin Laden and al-Qaeda, but this is one of the best.” —\u003cem\u003eGlasgow Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grove Press \/ Atlantic Monthly Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884656832855,"sku":"9780802158932","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780802158932.jpg?v=1722532890","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-forever-prisoner-9780802158932","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}