Africa Division of, 65, 312
Alec Station “Bin Laden Unit” in, 378–80, 407
anti-Taliban program of, 59–61, 63–66, 95–96, 99, 104, 113, 130–36
assassination barred in, 45, 57–58
“black sites” of, 291, 333, 393, 399, 401
British ties to, 97–103
Clinton administration relations with, 25, 26
coercive interrogation techniques of, 291, 333, 394–96, 400–406
Counter-Proliferation Branch of, 26–27, 28, 173
counterproliferation work of RLG in, 26–27, 28, 173
counterterrorism goals of, 24, 43, 45, 70, 333, 364, 380
Counterterrorist Center (CTC) of, 60, 65–66, 74, 75, 98, 108, 110, 143, 156–57, 161, 163, 166, 173, 183, 204–5, 208, 217, 219–21, 233, 236, 238–40, 243, 246, 270–71, 288–90, 302, 317, 324–25, 330, 332, 335–36, 376–83, 388–93
dangers of work in, 18, 19, 20, 325–27
deputy director for operations (DDO) in, 23, 27–29, 31, 92–93, 204, 205, 247, 348, 374
devotion of RLG for, 20, 21, 23, 30, 31, 45, 324
Directorate of Intelligence (DI) in, 20–21, 205, 219, 377, 389–91
Directorate of Operations (D0) in, 15–18, 20–21, 27–28, 205, 271, 276, 374–77, 402
domestic field offices of, 166
espionage school (“the Farm”) in, 6, 29–30, 181, 338
FBI relations with, 303–4, 318
global intelligence system of, 302
Global Response Center (GRC) of, 156–57, 161, 217, 402
“Ground Branch” paramilitary officers in, 192
GW Bush administration relations with, 113, 374–75, 401–3
Incident Response Team (IRT) of, 330, 332
insular culture of, 81, 105, 127
Iraq Operations group in, 22
ISI liaison with, 171–72, 174, 176, 179, 198, 205, 230, 260, 265–66, 269–73, 294, 305, 317–20, 330–31, 337, 349–50
“jawbreaker” team of, 142–43, 145, 153, 207, 288
Karzai contact with, 137–42, 145–46, 182–85, 189–96, 198–203, 205, 220, 222–28, 231
Latin American Division of, 17
National Clandestine Service (NCS) in, 15–18, 23, 28–30, 45, 81, 139, 167, 190, 205, 232, 271, 276, 373, 376, 383, 392, 397, 406–7
National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs) of, 21, 24
National Intelligence Officers (NIOs) in, 21–22, 24, 376
Near East and South Asia Division (NE) of, 17–18, 21–24, 26–27, 31, 101, 104, 114, 130, 132–33, 204, 207, 239, 247, 265, 271–73, 347, 376
Office of Technical Service of, 314
Office of Terrorism Analysis in, 389
paramilitary specialists in, 225
post–Cold War cutbacks in, 29
Presidential Findings in, 22, 57, 60
recruitment and handling of agents by RLG for, 18–20, 29–30
reform and change in, 28, 29
reporting sources “principal agents” (PAs) of, 57, 58, 100–101
RLG as director of CTC in, 377–83, 388–93, 396–98, 404–8
RLG as Iraq Mission manager in, 366–73
RLG as Islamabad station chief in, 4, 20–22, 31–32, 35–36, 40, 42, 45–66, 76, 90, 93–103, 132, 160, 196–98, 337
RLG code of ethics adopted by, 30
RLG’s early career and advancement in, 17–32
RLG’s first interview with, 10, 15–17, 18, 20
RLG’s retirement from, 408–9
secure video teleconferences (SVTC) of, 90–91, 93, 101–2, 104–9, 114, 162, 167, 176, 204, 207, 215, 219–20, 247, 381–82
situation reports (sitreps) of, 277
South Asia Task Force of, 204, 208
Special Activities Division of, 195
Special Forces liaison with, 163, 189, 192, 207–8, 221, 335, 359, 365
Special Operations Group of the Counterterrorist Center (CTC/SO) of, 98, 106, 110, 161, 167, 180–83, 188–89, 191, 204–7, 208, 236, 243–45, 288, 289
spying activity in, 139, 176, 339
Team Alpha of, 183
Team Echo of, 141, 221, 224–27, 238, 249, 252, 277, 284, 312
Team Foxtrot of, 221, 240, 243–44, 246, 275–76, 284, 312
Team Juliet of, 288
temporary staffers (“TDYers”) in, 47, 239
terrorist interrogation program of, 171, 174–77, 273–74, 392–406
undercover identity of RLG in, 18–20, 21
wages of malfeasance and incompetence in, 272
Central Treaty Organization (CENTO), 37
Chalabi, Ahmed, 367–70
Chamberlin, Wendy, 349
as U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, xviii, 102, 133–34, 152, 157–59, 196–97, 248, 267–69, 301, 316, 325, 350–51
Chapri Post, 262, 292
Chechens, 290, 318
chemical weapons, 274, 366–67
Cheney, Dick, 113, 367–70, 394–95, 400
“one percent doctrine” of, 267
Chinese Uigurs, 290, 318
Chitral, 322
Christianity, 113, 325, 326
conversion to, 126, 127
fundamentalist, 155
scripture of, 138
Churchill, Winston, 304–5, 407
Clausewitz, Carl von, 72
Clinton, Bill:
administration of, 24–25, 31, 44, 56, 57
CIA and, 25, 26, 56
foreign policy of, 25, 31
Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), 368, 369–70
Cohen, David, xv, 27-29
Cold War, 14, 37, 347, 418
“peace dividend” of, 29
“Colonel Pete,” xvi, 190–91
communism, 148, 159
Concord Academy, 13–14
C-130 planes, 181, 184, 185, 191
Congress, U.S., 5, 21, 24, 326–27, 338, 377, 388–90, 394–95
foreign policy inclinations of, 38, 40
oversight committees of, 22, 395
see also House of Representatives, U.S.; Senate, U.S.
Constantinople, 73
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 395–96
counterinsurgency (COIN) doctrine, 409, 411–12
counterproliferation, 26–27, 28, 38
counterterrorism, 38, 70, 111, 347
Coup d’État: A Practical Handbook (Luttwak), 118–19
Covey, Stephen, 31
Crouch, J. D., xviii, 401–2
Cuba, 395
U.S. Bay of Pigs invasion of, 17
see also Guantánamo Bay detention facility
Curry, Dayna, xix, 126, 128, 152, 210, 255
D
Dadullah-Lang, Commander, 250, 278
Dalbandin, 169, 196
Damascus, 290
“Dan,” xv, 233
Dar es-Salaam, 44, 303
Dari language, 83, 144, 209, 211, 249
Dartmouth College, 12–14
Philosophy Department of, 13
RLG’s education at, 12–14
“Dave,” xv, 104–6, 166–67, 215, 217, 219, 221, 247, 316–17, 319, 330, 332
character and personality of, 106
RLG and, 105–6, 133, 154, 161, 177–78, 182–83, 232, 234, 244–45, 265, 323–24
Dearlove, Richard, 97
de Borchgrave, Arnaud, 291–94
Decatur, Stephen, 11
Dedham, Mass., 15
Deek, Khalil, 47–48
Defense Department, U.S., 22, 64, 107–8, 110, 169, 223, 236, 291, 361, 367–68, 371
CIA relations with, 381–82, 398–99
Joint Staff of, 382
Defense Intelligence Agency, 390
Deh Ra’ud, 189, 193, 194, 231, 249
democracy, 38, 40, 50, 381
Democratic Party, 56, 375, 395
Dera Juy, Battle of, 141, 201–2
“Detroit,” xv, 330, 331–32
Dobbins, James, 250–51
Doha, 361, 39
7
Donohue, David, xviii, 126–27, 209–10, 212, 255
Dorris, Mike, 304
Dostum, Abdur-Rashid, xvi, 183, 184, 191, 250, 276
“Dotty,” 10, 15–16, 18, 20
Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), 105, 364
“Duane,” xv, 236, 237, 243
Dulles, Allen, 338
dupatta, 68
Durrani Pashtun tribal confederation, 138
E
Early, Joe, 10
Eatinger, Bob, 401
Ehsan ul-Haq, Lieutenant General, xvii, 159, 179, 198, 205–6, 265, 268–69, 316, 349–53
Emerati hunting camp (“Camp Rhino”), 244, 311
enhanced interrogation techniques (EITs), 394–96, 400–406
in “black sites,” 291, 333, 393, 399, 401
of “high-value detainees,” 393–94
public rejection of, 395
sleep deprivation as, 394
waterboarding as, 394
Executive Order 12333, 57
F
F-16 fighter planes, 38
Fahim, General, 207–8, 217, 224
Faisalabad, 329–32
Falco, Dave, xviii, 331–32
Far East, 18
“Farid, Brigadier,” 122
Farsi language, 80–81, 207
Fazl, Muhammad, 187–88, 250
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 105, 331, 390
CIA relations with, 303–4, 318
Legal Attaché Office of, 318
Feith, Douglas, xvii, 198, 367, 368, 370
Ferguson, John, xv, 347–49
First American-Afghan War, 8, 9, 124, 133–37, 324, 409, 412
casualties and costs of, 133, 227, 241, 247, 275, 278, 286
U.S. bombing in, 128, 134–35, 137, 144, 147, 150, 181, 193, 199, 226–30, 258, 263, 312, 358
see also specific battles and military forces
First Gulf War of 1990–91, 22, 43, 108, 132, 207
“Flanagan, Jimmy,” xv, 195
see also ”Jimmy”
Foggo, Kyle “Dusty,” xv, 376
Ford, Gerald R., 403
Fox, Lieutenant Colonel, 253, 277
France, 16, 412
Franks, Tommy, xvii, 208, 313, 340
as CENT-COM head, 7, 90, 93–96, 107, 162–63, 167–70, 195, 206, 224
character and personality of, 94, 168
four-phase campaign plan of, 239
RLG and, 162–63, 167–68
Frontier Corps, 258-61, 263-64, 294, 339-43
Frontier Crimes Regulation of 1901, 386
G
Gardez, 209
Garmabak, 96
Garner, Jay, 368–69
Germany, 153–55, 275
Gettysburg, Battle of, 70, 157
Gettysburg, Pa., 157
Ghazni, 210–11
Ghojurak, 200
Ghulam Khan, 336
Goss, Porter, xv, 76
as CIA director, 373–76, 380, 383, 400, 402, 405–6
Graham, Bob, 76
“Gray Fox” program, 236–38
Green, Barbara, 325
Green, Milton, 325
Green, Zachary, 325
Green Berets, see Special Forces, U.S.
“Greg,” xv, 139–42, 144–46, 149, 160–61, 180, 182–84, 188–95, 203, 206, 222–27, 246, 249–54, 277–80, 282–84
“Greg R,” xviii, 148
Grenier, Douglas (son), childhood and education of, 22, 29, 30, 31, 60, 110, 322, 324–25
Grenier, (father), 11–12, 15
construction business of, 12, 15
death of, 324
relationship of RLG and, 10, 12, 20
Grenier, (mother), 20, 324
Grenier, Paula (wife), 27, 31, 60
character and personality of, 19
courtship and marriage of RLG and, 14–15
education of, 14–15
extended family of, 10, 14, 20
motherhood of, 22
nursing career of, 15, 19, 325
relationship of RLG and, 14–15, 17, 19, 126, 321–22, 324–25, 377, 407
Grenier, Robert L., 10–32
character and personality of, 12–17, 26, 30–32, 51
childhood and adolescence of, 10–13
criticism of, 30
early jobs of, 13–15
education of, 10–14, 15, 16
family and religious background of, 10–11
golfing of, 323–24
international political interests of, 14
language abilities of, 16, 17
social life and friends of, 19, 126
as “subversive,” 31–32
see also Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Guantánamo Bay detention facility, 291
terrorist detainees at, 319, 361, 395, 398–99, 401
Gul, Hamid, 171
Gulistan, 216
H
“Hadad, Major,” 230
Hadley, Stephen, xviii, 55, 72, 73–74, 345, 398
Hailey, Pat, xv, 168–69, 224, 288–89
Hangu, 261
“Hank,” xv, 106, 110–11, 183, 204, 220, 237–39, 288–89, 340
RLG and, 111, 290
Hanoi, 109
Hanover, N.H., 17
Haqqani, Jalaluddin, 59, 187
Harvard University, 13
Hawking, Stephen, 73
Hazara people, 42, 159, 313
helicopters, special-ops, 30
Herat, 41, 110, 123, 145, 147
heroin, 221
Hindu Kush, 73
Holbrooke, Richard, 412
Hong Kong, 20
House of Representatives, U.S., 103, 400, 401
Armed Services Committee of, 403
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of, 373
Hughes, Karen, 281
Hunter, Duncan L., 403
Husayn, Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad, see Abu Zubayda
Hussein, Saddam, 26, 132
sons of, 367
U.S. campaign against, 22, 23, 43, 366–67, 404
I
Iftikhar Hussein Shah, 264
Imam, Colonel, see Tarar, Sultan Amir
improvised explosive devices (IEDs), 411
Inam ul-Haq, 352
India, 73, 261, 412
former British rule of, 36, 48, 259, 262
national Parliament (Lok Sabha) of, 307–8
Northern Alliance ties to, 362
nuclear arms of, 39, 40
Partition of, 36
rivalry and wars of Pakistan and, 4, 36–39, 43, 306–9, 345–53
Soviet relations with, 37
U.S. relations with, 307, 347, 353
Indian army, 37, 306, 308–9
Hindu and Sikh troopers in, 346
Pakistan army vs., 341–42, 345–46
Indian Parliament, terrorist attack on, 347, 350
Indonesia, 388
Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, 37
Indus River, 261, 322, 357
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, 389
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), 210, 398
Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI), 37, 42–43, 49, 50, 69, 70, 74, 86–88, 100, 113, 116, 122–24, 166, 237, 361, 385–86
Afghanistan section of, 123, 335
CIA liaison with, 171–72, 174, 176, 179, 198, 205, 230, 260, 265–66, 269–73, 294, 305, 317–20, 330–31, 337, 349–50
counterterrorist activities of, 156–58, 362–63
Mahmud Ahmed as director of, xvii, 49–50, 69–76, 86–89, 113–14, 122–23, 128, 157–59, 329
Pakistan section of, 215–16, 413
Iran, 21, 24, 26, 220, 221
1953 CIA-sponsored coup in, 23
1979 flight of the Shah from, 17
rogue state status of, 40
Iran-Contra affair, 156
Iranian Revolution, 21
Iraq, 22–23, 24, 26, 132, 366, 395, 408
attacks on Israel by, 108
> civil war in, 369, 371, 374
“de-Ba’athification” of, 368, 369–70
interim government established in, 370–71
oil industry of, 367
political deterioration in, 368–71
post–Gulf War insurrections in, 22
reconstruction plan for, 368–69
regional wars launched by, 367
sanctions against, 367
Shi’a majority in, 22, 369, 370
Sunni minority in, 369, 370, 371
as terrorist hub, 377
2005 national elections in, 371
UN inspections of, 367
U.S. policy of regime change in, 22, 23, 366–67
WMD program of, 366–67, 374
Iraq army, 367
dissolution of, 369–70
“New” version of, 370–71
Iraq Ba’ath Party, 368, 369–70
Iraq War, 372, 391, 408–9
terrorist/insurgent methods of, 408
U.S. invasion of 2003 in, 366, 368
U.S. troop surge in, 409
“Isfandiar,” 128, 129, 155, 209–11
Islam, 118, 318
Eid al-Adha holiday of, 314–15
forbidden behavior (haram) in, 84, 85
Friday prayers in, 322
magreb prayer in, 124
radical extremism in, 274, 306–7, 369, 379, 380–81, 419
Ramadan observance in, 292
scholars of, 127
sharia (law) of, 127, 360
see also Muslims
Islamabad, xi, 7, 39, 42–43, 49, 54, 69, 74, 87–88, 113–14, 223
attacks on U.S. and UN installations in, 35–36, 91, 325–26
Marriott Hotel, 291
RLG as CIA station chief in, 4, 31, 32, 35–36, 40, 42, 45–66, 76, 90, 93–103, 132, 160, 196–98, 337
U.S. Chancery and Cultural Center in, 35–36
U.S. Embassy in, 35–36, 40, 46, 52, 162, 325
Islamabad Golf Club, 323–24
Israel, 207
intelligence and security forces of, 31
Iraqi missile attacks on, 108
U.S. relations with, 108
see also Arab-Israeli conflict
J
Jackson, Thomas “Stonewall,” 149
Jacobabad, 141, 179, 195–96, 222, 225, 236–37, 239–40
“Jafar Amin, General,” xvii, 174, 206, 236–38
as counterterrorism “Czar,” 301–2, 304–5
RLG and, 156–58, 161, 175–77, 245, 259–64, 269–73, 293, 294, 301–6, 308–9, 336, 341
Jalalabad, 4
Jalil, Mullah (Abdul Jalil Akhund), 122
character and personality of, 79–80
Karzai and, 234
RLG and, 53–54, 79–80, 147, 229–34, 278
as Taliban deputy foreign minister, xvi, 51–54, 62–63, 81–82, 85–86, 89, 112, 116–17, 127, 128, 229–34, 250
“James,” xv, 125–26, 129
Jan Muhammad, 280
Japan, 387
“Jeff,” xv, 180, 186, 199, 201–2
88 Days to Kandahar: A CIA Diary Page 48