{"product_id":"the-convenient-terrorist-two-whistleblowers-stories-of-torture-terror-secret-wars-and-cia-lies-9781510711624","title":"The Convenient Terrorist: Two Whistleblowers' Stories of Torture, Terror, Secret Wars, and CIA Lies","description":"\u003cb\u003eA startling spotlight on the darkest corners of America's \"War on Terror,\" where nothing is quite what it seems.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Convenient Terrorist\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive inside account of the capture, torture, and detention of Abu Zubaydah, the first \"high-value target\" captured by the CIA after 9\/11. But was Abu Zubaydah, who is still being indefinitely held by the United States under shadowy circumstances, the blue-ribbon capture that the Bush White House claimed he was? Authors John Kiriakou, who led the capture of Zubaydah, and Joseph Hickman, who took custody of him at Guantanamo, draw a far more complex and intriguing portrait of the al-Qaeda \"mastermind\" who became a symbol of torture and the \"dark side\" of US security. From a one-time American collaborator to a poster boy for waterboarding, Abu Zubaydah became a \"convenient terrorist\"--a way for US authorities to sell their \"War on Terror\" to the American people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Kiriakou\u003c\/b\u003e is a former CIA operative and senior investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. A target of the Obama administration's war on whistleblowers, he remains the only US official to serve time behind bars after revelations of CIA \"enhanced interrogation\" practices, despite openly opposing the torture program. He maintains that his case was about exposing torture, not leaking information, adding, he \"would do it all over again.\" He currently resides in Arlington, Virginia, with his family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph Hickman\u003c\/b\u003e spent most of his life in the military, first as a Marine, then as a soldier in both the Army and the National Guard. He has deployed on several military operations throughout the world, sometimes attached to foreign militaries. The recipient of more than twenty commendations and awards, he was awarded the Army Achievement Medal and the Army Commendation Medal while he was stationed with the 629th Military Intelligence Battalion in Guantanamo Bay. He is currently working as freelance journalist covering national security issues, and corporate fraud. He is also an independent researcher, and Senior Research Fellow at Seton Hall Law School's Center for Policy and Research. His revelations about the abuse of prisoners at Gitmo resulted in a National Magazine Award-winning story in \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and a 2015 book, \u003ci\u003eMurder at Camp Delta\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also written for \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVICE News\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAl-Jazeera America\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Talbot\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBrothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Chessboard\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the founder and former editor-in-chief of \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e and has written for the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in San Francisco.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hot Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51779425435922,"sku":"9781510711624","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_abaffaaf-02c1-4360-8a6a-53c16bda08e9.jpg?v=1765370557","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-convenient-terrorist-two-whistleblowers-stories-of-torture-terror-secret-wars-and-cia-lies-9781510711624","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}