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Reign of Terror

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by Spencer Ackerman


  Duss, Matt, 314

  Eatinger, Robert, 213

  Egypt, 43, 66, 179–80

  Eikenberry, Karl, 143

  Elayyan, Lina, 19, 21, 26

  El-Gamal, Sharif, 161, 164

  Ellison, Keith, 177

  Elohim City, 1–4, 6, 7, 9, 27, 185, 219, 229

  Emanuel, Rahm, 127, 129, 130, 192

  Emerson, Steven, 5

  Enright, Michael, 163

  Erdogan, Recep Tayyip, 278–80

  Esper, Mark, 301–2, 313, 318–20

  Faddis, Sam, 72

  Fadhil, Zaydoon, 76

  Falkenrath, Richard, 84

  Falwell, Jerry, 59

  Fauci, Anthony, 310

  FBI, 3, 4, 6, 11, 13, 15, 20, 27–32, 40, 51, 87, 95, 104, 106, 107, 126, 133, 134, 138–39, 159, 162, 165, 169, 171, 173, 190, 210, 225, 234–36, 249, 252, 253, 264, 265, 286–90, 296, 322

  Crossfire Hurricane probe of, 272–73, 287, 294, 296–97

  Feingold, Russ, 30–32, 88

  Feinstein, Dianne, 90, 94, 203, 211–13, 227, 254

  Feith, Douglas, 66

  Ferguson shooting and protests, 215–18

  Fields, James, 284, 323

  Fishback, Ian, 80

  Flanigan, Timothy, 25

  Fleischer, Ari, 56

  Flournoy, Michèle, 143

  Floyd, George, 316, 317, 330

  Flynn, David, 145, 146

  Flynn, Mike, xvi, 144, 227, 233, 254, 255, 262–65, 270–73, 287, 288, 290, 295, 322, 333

  Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), 32–36, 135, 199, 200, 204, 206, 208, 288–90, 297

  Fortier, Mike, 4

  Fox News, 9, 20, 82, 119, 156, 162, 165, 170, 231, 242, 244, 249, 254, 262, 277, 281, 304, 310

  Francke, Rend Rahim, 97

  Franks, Tommy, 37, 39, 64

  Fredman, Jonathan, 47

  Freeman, Neal B., 57

  French, Antonio, 216

  Friedman, Thomas, 100

  Frum, David, 69–70

  Gabriel, Brigitte, 167, 180, 254

  Gaetz, Matt, 318, 324

  Gaffney, Frank, 159, 166–70, 176, 180, 182, 185

  Gallagher, Eddie, 281

  Garcia, Michael, 90

  Garner, Eric, 260, 316

  Garza, Alicia, 215–16

  Gates, Bob, 223

  Gawthrop, William, 138–39, 165

  Geller, Pamela, 161–63, 167, 185

  Gellman, Barton, 67, 203

  Gentile, Gian, 195

  Gephardt, Dick, 94, 99

  Gerecht, Reuel Marc, 66

  Giglio, Mike, 230

  Gilday, Mike, 313

  Gingrich, Newt, 10, 179, 180, 182

  Giuliani, Rudy, 21, 117, 162, 246, 252, 292–94, 296, 322

  Gohmert, Louie, 171

  Goita, Assimi, 269

  Goldsmith, Jack, 35, 36

  Golsteyn, Mathew, 281

  Gonzalez, Alberto, 189

  Goodman, Eugene, 334

  Gore, Al, 98

  Gorka, Sebastian, 271

  Goss, Porter, 83, 210, 294

  Graham, Billy, 56, 58

  Graham, Franklin, 58, 59

  Graham, Lindsey, 130–31, 226, 231

  Graner, Charles, 79

  Greene, Taylor, 332

  Greenwald, Glenn, 127, 187, 203

  Grenell, Richard, 294–96, 306, 309, 332

  Grenier, Robert, 336

  Ground Zero Mosque, 160–64, 176, 178, 226

  Guandolo, John, 217

  Guantanamo Bay, 46–49, 79, 80, 82, 94, 117, 134, 147, 156, 177, 178, 191, 192, 197, 222–24, 226, 240, 242, 259–61, 285, 337

  closure of, 126, 128–32, 222–24

  Guardian, 95, 158, 195, 203, 230, 235

  Gugino, Maritn, 324–25

  Gulf War, 3, 8, 70, 92, 96

  Gunhus, Erik, 145

  Hagee, John, 118

  Haines, Avril, 214, 240, 315

  Hallman, Andrew, 294

  Hamid, Nawred, 300

  Hammons, Cheryl Bradley, 5

  Hamoody, Yahya Jhrodi, 76

  Hannity, Sean, 180

  Harpham, Kevin William, 177

  Harrington, Kevin, 271

  Harris, DeAndre, 284

  Harrison, Sarah, 207

  Hart, Gary, 88

  Harvey, Derek, 263, 265, 273, 290, 294

  Harward, Robert, 273

  Hasan, Nidal Malik, 132, 133

  Haspel, Gina, 45, 128, 178, 210–12, 214, 263, 267, 291, 301

  Hassoun, Adham, 20, 30–31, 104–7, 130, 257–58, 265, 297–98, 311–12, 327–31, 334

  Hastings, Michael, 144

  Hawley, Josh, 333, 336

  Hayden, Michael, 32–37, 202, 210, 213, 214, 244, 286, 315

  Hayes, Chris, 118–19

  Haynes, Jim, 131

  al-Hazmi, al-Badr, 28

  al-Hazmi, Nawaf, 15

  Hermsmeier, Lukas, 216

  Herrera-Niles, Dorothy, 260

  Heyer, Heather, 284

  Hicks, Craig, 234

  Higgins, Rich, 282

  Hill, James, 311

  Hitchens, Christopher, 60, 69

  Hoekstra, Pete, 83, 282

  Hogue, Ilyse, 191

  Holbrooke, Richard, 98, 366n

  Holder, Eric, 128, 131, 151, 171, 175, 191, 192, 201

  Homeland Security, Department of (DHS), xvii, 88–91, 122, 126, 136, 137, 172, 173, 184, 217, 218, 262, 279, 295, 298, 323, 325, 328

  Countering Violent Extremism program of, 136–37, 234–35

  Hooper, Ibrahim, 59

  Horowitz, Michael, 296–97

  Howe, Carol, 6

  immigration, 28, 89–90, 92, 94, 171–75, 215, 237–38, 240, 329

  Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 90–91, 173, 258–60, 277, 279, 286, 297, 298, 311, 312, 327

  Bush’s plan on, 85, 172

  children and, 261–62

  coronavirus pandemic and, 310–11

  Customs and Border Protection (CBP), 172, 173, 259–60, 277, 286, 320

  deportation and, 28, 91, 156, 172–75, 182, 185, 258, 277

  detention and, 258–62, 297–98, 311–12

  Immigration and Naturalization Service, 28

  Obama and, 156, 172–75, 237, 258

  of refugees, 57, 165, 239–40, 248, 251, 261, 271, 311, 329

  Romney and, 182, 183

  service members and, 276–77

  Show Me Your Papers law and, 171, 182

  Trump and, 240–42, 258–64, 276–78, 310–11

  Inglis, Chris, 206

  Ingraham, Laura, 262

  Ingram, Michael, 144

  Iran, xiii, 26, 66, 69, 154, 232, 241, 267, 271, 278, 299–302

  Iraq, 22, 66, 96–97, 108, 238, 299–302, 315

  al-Qaeda connections to, 64–67, 71, 72

  al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), 64, 77, 79, 109, 150, 228, 230

  civil war in, 62, 97, 107

  Coalition Provisional Authority in, 73–75

  Gulf War against, 3, 8, 70, 92, 96

  weapons of mass destruction in, 67, 68, 70–71, 81, 83, 96, 97, 99–100

  Iraq war, xii, xiv, xv, 62–85, 91, 108–11, 113–14, 116–18, 122, 191, 196, 218, 224–25, 228–29, 238, 239, 286, 302

  Abu Ghraib and, 79–80

  Bush and, 64, 68–74, 77–79, 81, 83, 98, 99, 101, 110, 230, 295

  Democrats and, 95–101, 107–8

  Fallujah battles in, 77–78

  Obama and, 111–14, 116, 231–32

  protests against, 100, 187, 190, 191

  surge in, 108–10, 113, 117, 142, 175, 177, 23
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  withdrawal in, 110, 116–17, 123, 157, 177, 230, 231, 302

  Isaacs, Ken, 282

  ISIS, 229–33, 235–39, 241, 242, 244, 245, 248, 255, 266, 285, 299–301, 338

  Trump and, 274, 275, 278, 280

  Islam, xiv, 16, 58–60, 118, 160–61, 165–66

  al-Qaeda and, 26

  bin Laden and, 14

  Brennan’s view of, 155–56

  Bush’s view of, 54, 85, 176

  Islamophobia and, 54, 103–4, 157, 159, 164, 168, 169, 249, 271, 282

  prophet Muhammad in, 58, 59

  sharia law in, 138, 159, 165–68, 170, 182

  terrorism and, 27, 83–85, 91, 136, 138–39, 159–60, 162, 233

  women and, 60

  see also Muslims

  Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, 165–66, 176, 217

  Israel, 26, 61–62, 65, 66, 138, 179

  Jaffer, Jameel, 135

  Jan, Ahmed, 125

  Jayyousi, Kifah, 106

  Jenkins, Brian Michael, 159

  Jessen, Bruce, 40–42, 44, 127

  Jews, 1–3, 70, 246, 285

  conspiracy theories about, 2–4, 7, 19

  Judaism, 138

  Rauf and, 160–61, 164

  in Tree of Life shooting, 285

  Johnson, Benita, 47

  Johnson, Daryl, 137, 184, 283, 323, 335

  Johnson, Jeh, 130, 253–54, 326

  Johnson, Jeremiah W., 269

  Johnson, La David, 269–70

  Johnson, Larry, 118

  Johnson, Myeshia, 270

  Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), 38–39, 78, 84, 123, 131, 143–45, 227, 266, 268, 273

  Jones, Alex, 20

  Jones, Bob, 61

  Jones, Daniel, 179, 190, 210–15, 221, 291, 315

  Jones, Walter, 69

  Jordan, Jim, 296, 322

  Joseph, George, 218

  Justice Department, xvii, 11, 27–29, 35, 36, 44, 48, 51, 89, 104, 107, 131, 134, 156, 165, 171, 178, 190–92, 201, 209, 213, 215, 219, 227, 253, 254, 261, 267, 286, 287, 290, 296–98, 328, 331, 334

  Kagan, Fred, 54

  Kaleka, Satwant Singh, 184

  Kamarck, Elaine, 90

  Kamen, Jeff, 5

  Kaplan, Lawrence F., 23

  Karim, Ahmad Hatim, 76

  Karzai, Hamid, 38, 96, 140–42, 147

  Keane, Jack, 113, 177, 233

  Keep America Safe, 178, 189

  Keith, Toby, 23

  Keller, Bill, 100

  Kelly, John, 146, 148, 223–24, 227, 238, 261, 262, 264, 270, 279

  Kelly, Ray, 131, 217–18

  Kelly, Robert, 146

  Kennedy, Ted, 90, 98

  Kerry, John, 95–103, 151, 153, 181, 209, 248, 314

  Khadr, Omar, 49

  Khan, Kareem, 125

  Khan, Majid, 128

  Khan, Samir, 135, 150

  Khan-Cullors, Patrisse, 219, 246

  Kilimnik, Konstantin, 250

  King, Peter, 175–77

  King, Steve, 226, 242

  Kislyak, Sergey, 272, 273, 295

  Klein, Mark, 201

  Kobach, Kris, 27, 174

  Koh, Harold, 196

  Kolenda, Chris, 274–75

  Kollar-Kotelly, Colleen, 36

  Krauthammer, Charles, 23, 156

  Kristol, Bill, 178, 286

  Kroll, Bob, 219

  Ku Klux Klan (KKK), 3, 7

  Kurbanov, Fazliddin, 201

  Kurdi, Alan, 237

  Kushner, Jared, 250, 271

  Lamkin, Renita, 216

  Lamo, Adrian, 195

  LaPierre, Wayne, 9

  Lazio, Rick, 162

  Leahy, Patrick, 191, 211

  Lederman, Marty, 134

  Lee, Barbara, 25

  Lee, Gerald Bruce, 105–6

  Lee, Mike, 240, 332, 336

  Lee, Sheila Jackson, 177

  Leitner, Peter, 170

  Leopold, Jason, 198

  Levin, Carl, 25, 130

  Lewis, Bernard, 57, 58, 69, 357n

  Libby, Scooter, 66

  liberals, see Democrats; liberals

  al-Libi, Ibn Shaikh, 71

  Libya, 43, 153, 180–82, 248, 269

  Lichtblau, Eric, 82–83

  Lieberman, Joe, 87–92, 113

  Lietzau, Bill, 131, 222, 223

  Limbaugh, Rush, 9, 10

  Lister, Charles, 231

  Lloyd, Mark Kevin, 282

  Lopez, Clare, 169

  Lorance, Clint, 147, 281

  Los Angeles Times, 6, 11

  Lowery, Wesley, 216

  Lowry, Howard, 75

  Lynch, Isaiah, 319

  Maass, Peter, 148

  MacAskill, Ewen, 203

  MAGA, xvi, xviii, 243, 245–46, 252, 263–65, 271, 273, 281–83, 286, 288, 293, 295–97, 302, 304, 305, 308–11, 321–24, 327, 331–35, 337

  Maguire, Joseph, 294

  Mahdi, Adil Abdul, 302

  Maher, Bill, 56

  al-Maliki, Nouri, 109, 110, 116, 230, 232

  Manafort, Paul, 250

  Manning, Chelsea, 189–90, 193–99, 202, 203, 206, 207, 209–11, 214–15, 221

  Mansour, Ahmed, 48

  al-Maqdisi, Abu Muhammad, 228–30, 233

  Martin, Trayvon, 216

  el-Masri, Khaled, 128, 355n

  Matalon, Rolando, 164

  Mateen, Omar, 236

  Mattis, Jim, 38, 39, 77, 108, 115, 262–64, 271, 272, 274–79, 321

  Mayer, Jane, 48

  McCabe, Andrew, 272

  McCain, John, 80, 117–20, 128, 157, 177, 179, 183, 231, 240, 245, 249

  McChrystal, Stanley, 78–79, 84–85, 143–45, 227, 268, 274, 329–30

  McCloskey, Mark and Patricia, 323–24

  McConnell, Mitch, xii, 128–29, 177, 179, 253

  McCord, Mary, 336

  McCurdy, Dave, 5

  McFarland, Sean, 244

  McGrath, Roger, 57–58

  McGurk, Brett, 232, 239–40, 275, 279, 280

  McMaster, H. R., 108, 193, 263, 264, 272–76, 278, 279, 282, 319

  McRaven, Bill, 131, 148, 320

  McVeigh, Timothy, 3–12, 27, 284, 317, 337

  Meetze, Alessandra Soler, 90

  Melber, Ari, 158

  al-Mihdhar, Khalid, 15

  Millar, Robert G., 2, 4, 6, 8, 11, 27, 137, 185, 219, 229

  Miller, Chris, xi–xii, 334–35

  Miller, Geoffrey, 80

  Miller, Scott, 274

  Miller, Stephen, 53, 237, 242, 250, 271

  Miller, Zell, 17, 81, 94

  Milley, Mark, 319, 321

  Miscik, Jami, 65–67

  Mitchell, James, 40–42, 44, 127

  Modley, Thomas, 313

  Mohammed, Khalid Shaikh, 131–32, 156, 189

  Monteilh, Craig, 31

  Mora, Alberto, 48, 49

  Morales, Evo, 207

  Morell, Michael, 14, 18, 66, 254–55, 291, 354n

  Morris, Jason, 146

  Morsi, Mohamed, 179–80

  MoveOn, 94, 113, 116, 191

  Mubarak, Hosni, 43, 179

  Mueller, Robert, 36, 37, 40, 138, 159, 169, 264, 288, 290–93

  al-Muhandis, Abu Mahdi, 300–301

  Mukasey, Michael, 179

  Mullen, Mike, 142–43, 196, 321

  Murphy, Brian, 184

  Murtha, Jack, 108

  Muslim Brotherhood, 167–70, 179–80, 217, 249

  Muslims, xvi, 14, 19, 21, 23, 27–31, 51–52, 57, 61, 62, 87, 90–92, 94–95, 102, 104, 133, 136–40, 159, 166–68, 176–78, 186, 209, 217–
18, 233–34, 249

  charities of, 11, 29–30, 104, 168

  criminal justice system and, 104–7

  hate crimes against, 19, 60–61, 234

  NSEERS database on, 28, 136

  Obama conspiracy theories and, xvii, 118–20, 157–58, 162, 164, 167, 175, 180

  Oklahoma City bombing attributed to, 5–6

  service members, 276

  see also Islam

  Mylroie, Laurie, 66

  Napolitano, Janet, 133, 137, 138

  al-Nashiri, Abdul Rahman, 44–45, 178–79, 210

  National Counterterrorism Center, 126–28

  National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), 62–63, 68

  National Review, 57, 58, 70

  National Rifle Association (NRA), 9

  National Security Agency (NSA), 13, 15, 32–37, 116, 123, 188–90, 200–208, 251, 286, 288–89, 296

  STELLARWIND program of, 32–36, 82–83, 112, 123, 183, 202, 205, 219, 291–92, 320

  National Security Council (NSC), 151, 256, 260–61, 263, 271, 273, 282

  nativists, 57, 69–70, 89, 157, 175–76, 179, 183, 184, 240–41, 244, 245, 249, 258, 273, 276, 286

  NATO, 98, 144, 268

  Naylor, Sean, 38

  Nazis, neo-Nazis, xviii, 2, 176, 177, 185, 243, 246

  Nazzaro, Rinaldo, 284

  neoconservatives, 57, 66, 69–70, 72, 177–78, 264, 286

  Negroponte, John, 315

  Newbold, Adam, 335

  Newbold, Gregory, 63

  New Republic, 23, 94, 100, 119, 208

  Newsweek, 82, 93, 100

  New Yorker, 22, 58, 100, 148, 234, 267

  New York Times, xiii, 32, 80, 82, 100–102, 112, 130, 134, 163, 172, 183, 191, 194–96, 210, 243, 249, 254, 290, 316, 320

  Nguyen, Tram, 19

  Niasse, Alioune, 151

  Nichols, Terry, 4, 6

  Nielsen, Kirstjen, 261, 262, 277

  9/11 attacks, xiv, 15–21, 201–2, 242, 303

  Bush and, 14, 17–19, 22, 53, 95, 306

  conspiracy theories about, 19–20

  Giuliani and, 21, 117

  hijackers in, 15, 27, 48, 56, 89, 230

  Muslims and, 19–21, 23, 26

  Republicans and, 51–85, 89–91

  Saddam as connected to, 64–67, 99, 309

  Security State following, 13–49

  9/11 Commission, 95, 306

  Nojeim, Gregory, 10–11

  Noonan, Peggy, 19

  Novak, Robert, 63

  Nunes, Devin, 263, 265, 273, 288, 290, 294, 324

  Nwanguma, Kashiya, 243

  Obama, Barack

  Afghanistan war and, 113, 115, 142–44, 157, 191, 274

  al-Qaeda as focus of, 135–37

  background of, 111

  bin Laden’s death and, 149, 178

  birtherism and Muslim conspiracy theories about, xvii, 118–20, 157–58, 162, 164, 167, 175, 180, 296

  Clinton and, 247

  drone strikes and, 122–26, 157, 188, 265, 267–68, 315

 

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