Triple Cross: How bin Laden's Master Spy Penetrated the CIA, the Green Berets, and the FBI - Softcover

Lance, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061189413 ISBN 13: 9780061189418

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2009

Synopsis

This is the story of the most dangerous triple-agent in US history. Peter Lance, author of the highly acclaimed "1000 Years for Revenge and Cover Up", returns to uncover the story of Ali Mohamed, a trusted security advisor of Osama bin Laden who hoodwinked the United States for more than a decade. As Lance reveals for this first time, this one man served in a series of high-security position within the United States security establishment, as a Special Forces advisor, FBI informant, and CIA operative, while simultaneously helping orchestrate the al Qaeda campaign of terror that led to 9/11. In October 2000, after tricking three U.S. intelligence agencies for almost two decades, Ali Mohamed appeared in handcuffs and a blue prison jumpsuit in a Federal District courtroom on Manhattan's Lower East Side, where he pleaded guilty five times. His crimes included brokering terror summits, financing an attack on two Black Hawk helicopters, training jihadis in improvised bomb building and the creation of secret cells. And yet, for decades Mohamed had lived the life of a Silicon Valley computer executive. How did this evildoer move in and out of and around the U.S.? is just one of the questions answered. From the Able Danger scandal of the Clinton Administration to today's CIA Leakgate, Mohamed appears at nearly every crucial turn of America's terror probes. An important final piece to the 9/11 investigation, "Triple Cross" penetrates Mohamed's secret past and the dark reaches of Al Qaeda to reveal the danger that still threatens America and its internal security.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Lance is the author of three previous works of investigative journalism, 1000 Years for Revenge, Cover Up, and Triple Cross. A former correspondent for ABC News, he covered hundreds of stories worldwide for 20/20, Nightline, and World News Tonight. Among his awards are the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Prize and the Sevellon Brown Award from the Associated Press. He lives in California.

Review:

Praise for 1000 Years of Revenge: “Compelling and briskly told.” (Washington Post)

Praise for 1000 Years of Revenge : “A brilliant investigative read.” (Nicholas Pileggi)

Praise for 1000 Years of Revenge “Astounding... a 500-page smoking gun.” (Kristin Breitweiser, co-chair, September 11 advocates)

Praise for Cover Up: “A disturbing indictment of those we trust to care for the common good.” (Santa Barbara News Press)

Praise for Cover Up: “[Lance] has no reservations about pointing fingers... disquieting.” (Toronto Sun)

Praise for Cover Up: “The cumulative evidence is startling.” (New York)

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061189413
• ISBN 13: 9780061189418
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 688