347 taken into Iranian custody: Author interviews with U.S. intelligence officials, Washington, D.C., June 6, 2003.
348 “As long as”: Ahmed Zaidan, interview by author, Islamabad, Pakistan, July 2004.
348 “close the 9/11 chapter”: Roger Cressey interview; “death would signal”: Author interview with Robert Grenier; “other advantages”: John McLaughlin, interview by author, December 7, 2009, Washington, D.C.
348 seen as a divisive force: Jamal Ismail, interview by author, July 29, 2004, Islamabad, Pakistan.
348 Americans being taken hostage: author interview with U.S. official; and Michael Scheuer, former head of the CIA’s bin Laden unit, interview with author, Washington, D.C. December 23, 2009.
348 His former bodyguard: Khalid al-Hammadi, “Bin Laden’s former ‘bodyguard’ interviewed,” Al-Quds al-Arabi, August 3, 2004 and March 20 to April 4, 2004.
348 “I have sworn”: The Guardian Website has a useful chronology of statements by bin Laden and Zawahiri at http://www.guardian.co.uk/alqaida/
page/0,,839823,00.html, where bin Laden’s February 20, 2006, statement can be found.
349 size twelve shoes: Author interview with Julie Sirrs, Washington, D.C. 2003.
349 Saad bin Laden: Mary Louise Kelly, “Bin Laden son reported killed in Pakistan,” NPR, July 22, 2009, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/
story.php?storyId=106903109.
349 “his blood”: Al-Hammadi op. cit.
349 2008 survey of opinion: Pew Global Attitudes Project, “Global public opinion in the Bush years,” December 18, 2008. http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.
php?ReportID=263.
349 “mission is accomplished”: author interview with Michael Scheuer, Washington, D.C., December 23, 2009.
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