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Jalalabad, 10, 53, 97, 98, 137, 189, 195, 203–4, 217, 230, 273
Kandahar, 51
McRaven in, 104, 109, 140
mujahideen in, 41, 72
O’Neill in, 10–11, 15, 96–99
SEALs’ return to, after Abbottabad raid, 148–49, 266–73
Soviet invasion of, 40, 41, 72, 304–5
as starting point for Abbottabad raid, 141, 142, 146–47, 189, 194, 244
Taliban in, see Taliban
Tora Bora, 4, 23, 106, 210, 211, 300
U.S. invasion and war in, 4, 17, 56, 62, 72, 134, 167, 207, 211
withdrawal of U.S. forces from, 306–7, 310
Afridi, Mona, 126
Afridi, Shakil, 70–73, 71, 125–27, 292–93, 314–15
Aleppo, 143
Al Jazeera, 306
Allen, Michael, 102–3
Al Qaeda, 2, 15–17, 19, 23, 41, 64, 67–68, 139, 210, 211, 278, 282, 284 Abbottabad air strike proposal and, 123
Abbottabad raid’s role in defeating, 146, 167, 279, 280, 284, 298
Afghanistan base lost by, 304–5, 307
arrest of bomber from, 111
al-Balawi and, 57
bin Laden as ideological leader of, 21, 98, 301
bin Laden’s goal of second strike against U.S. by, 302
bin Laden’s micromanagement of, 301
bin Laden’s recruiting for, 80
couriers and messages between bin Laden and, 5, 22, 134
decline of, 304–7, 310
interrogations of prisoners from, 4–5
al-Kuwaiti linked to, 3, 5, 7
9/11 attacks connected to, 3, 14, 45
Obama administration’s targeting of leadership of, 303
Pakistan and, 72, 73, 85, 98
Patek and, 113
plots against U.S. targets, 303, 304
possibility of retaliation from, for bin Laden’s death, 223, 266, 290
pre-9/11 attacks against U.S. by, 41–42
Saddam and, 81
Taliban and, 4, 41, 305
training camps of, 41, 42
United Nations analysis on, 305
U.S. embassy attacks by, 41–42, 305
al-Zawahiri in, 57, 304, 306, 308
Al Qaeda Central, 304
Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), 301–2
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), 304
Al Shabaab, 304
Apprentice, The, 61
Arab Spring, 100, 101, 111, 112, 133, 134, 207, 302, 303
Army Green Berets, 104, 139–40
Asadabad, 15
al-Assad, Bashar, 112, 143
Baghdad, 66
al-Baghdadi, Abu Bakr, 304, 306
Bainbridge, USS, 152–54
al-Balawi, Humam, 57–59
Balestreri, Ted, 94–95, 278, 311
Bali, 113
Ban Ki-moon, 288
Bash, Jeremy, 2, 3, 54, 55, 78, 82, 124, 131, 144, 145, 185 bin Laden raid success and, 272, 276, 281
bin Laden raid viewed by, 254, 258
at SEAL training site in North Carolina, 164, 165, 167–69
Bauer, Bob, 202
Ben Ali, Zine El Abidine, 100
Benghazi consulate attack, 312
Bhutto, Benazir, 278
Biden, Joe, 23, 63, 133, 207, 210–11, 220–21 Afghanistan withdrawal announced by, 306–7
bin Laden raid success and, 267, 272, 281, 284, 297, 298
bin Laden raid viewed by, 245, 250, 252
elected president, 310
bin Laden, Khalid, 177, 261
bin Laden, Osama, 3, 14, 33, 41, 307, 309 Abbottabad compound of, see Abbottabad compound
Al Qaeda in Iraq and, 301–2
Al Qaeda micromanaged by, 301
as Al Qaeda’s ideological leader, 21, 98, 301
Al Qaeda training camps set up by, 41
Arab Spring and, 302, 303
al-Balawi and, 57
books read by, 302
CIA allowed to execute, 42
CIA assumptions about, 38
CIA’s warnings about, prior to 9/11, 43–44, 296
couriers and messages between Al Qaeda and, 5, 22, 134
escape and disappearance of, 4, 73
false alarm missions against, 165, 171
as fighter alongside insurgents in Afghanistan, 41
funding for CIA operations against, 93
health of, 38
hunt for, 1, 4, 9, 18–20, 36, 38, 50, 57–59, 65, 66, 68
al-Kuwaiti linked to, 5
McRaven’s wanted poster of, 321–22
Morell’s tracking of, 36–37
mujahideen aided by, 41
9/11 attacks connected to, 45
Operation Enduring Freedom launched against, 4
as priority for Obama, 19–21, 57, 59, 64, 68, 282
second strike against U.S. as goal of, 302
sister of, 72
U.S. embassy attacks and, 41–42
video messages of, 4, 21, 80, 302–3
wives of, 264, 300
bin Laden, Osama, killing of aftermath of, 287–99
burial at sea, 245, 267, 280–81
catharsis offered by, 290
DNA tests and, 275, 277
facial recognition report and, 275, 277
and goal of defeating Al Qaeda, 146, 167, 279, 280, 284, 298, 303–4, 310
identification of body, 266, 273–75, 277, 292
mission for, see Abbottabad compound, raid on
Muslim world’s reaction to, 288
Obama’s speech following, 277–84, 283, 287, 289
Pakistan informed of, 277–78
photographs of body, 269, 275
possibility of retaliation from Al Qaeda for, 223, 266, 290
removal of body from house, 267, 269–70
shooting, 263, 264–68, 271, 297, 303, 315, 317
Blinken, Tony, 23
Bloomberg, Michael, 287
Boxer, USS, 153, 154
Bravo (Panetta’s dog), 54, 55, 59–60, 60, 92–93, 111
Brennan, John, 18, 82, 111, 113, 114, 127–31, 133, 145, 193–94, 215, 222–23, 280, 301, 307, 313
British Special Air Service (SAS), 242
Bush, George H. W., 108
Bush, George W., 19, 42, 64, 186 Ground Zero visited by, 285
informed of bin Laden’s death, 279
Morell as daily briefer of, 42–44, 296
Morell’s briefing of, on bin Laden raid, 295–96
9/11 attacks and, 3–4, 44, 45, 45, 249, 296
Saddam and, 43, 56
Bush, Laura, 296
Cairo (dog), 47–49, 49, 52–53, 115–18, 117, 156, 164, 177–79, 189, 196, 295, 317–20 on bin Laden mission, 244–45, 253, 254, 256, 260–62, 267, 270, 271, 289
book about, 320
death of, 319–20
Obama’s meeting of, 298
PTSD suffered by, 319
Califano, Joseph, Jr., 56
California State University, Panetta Institute for Public Policy at, 54–55, 92, 311–12
Camp Hero, 88
Capitol, storming of, 310
Card, Andy, 44, 45, 45
Carl Vinson, USS, 280–81
Carter, Jimmy, 101, 212
Cartwright, James “Hoss,” 94, 111, 120, 133, 135, 145, 207, 217
Chesney, Will, 47–53, 49, 115–18, 155–56, 298, 299, 317–20 and aftermath of bin Laden mission, 289
on bin Laden mission, 244–47, 251, 253–54, 256, 260–61, 267–68, 270–71, 289
in bin Laden mission dress rehearsal in Nevada, 189
in bin Laden mission training in North Carolina, 163, 164, 166, 167
book written by, 320
Cairo and, 47–49, 49, 52–53, 115–18, 117, 156, 164, 177–79, 189, 196, 295, 317–20
Cairo on bin Laden mission with, 244–45, 253, 254, 256, 260–62, 267, 270, 271, 289
childhood of, 49–50
deployed to Afghanistan for bin Laden mission, 195–96, 224
grenade injury of, 3
18
parents of, 50, 195, 196, 318
return to U.S. following bin Laden mission, 295
SEALs joined by, 50
SEAL Team 6 joined by, 51
China, 67
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 66, 208, 311–14 Abbottabad compound information and, see Abbottabad compound
Abbottabad raid as operation of, 222
Abbottabad raid success and, 276, 293
and assumptions about bin Laden’s hiding place, 38
bin Laden execution approval for, 42
bin Laden warnings of, 43–44
Courses of Action (COA) proposals for Abbottabad raid, 122–23, 134, 140
covert action and, 68
creation of, 66–67
discarding of plan for Abbottabad raid led by, 146
Forward Operating Base Chapman attack against, 57–59
funding for bin Laden operations of, 93
al-Kuwaiti investigated and tracked by, 5–8
Morell’s joining of, 39–40
National Clandestine Service of, 181
organization of bin Laden hunt at, 58–59
Panetta appointed director of, 54–55, 57, 68, 92
Panetta informs Congress about bin Laden operations of, 93, 102–3, 129–31
Petraeus appointed director of, 206, 207, 216
reputation of, 56, 92
secret prisons of, 4
CIA Counterterrorism Center Monday meetings of, 1–2
Pakistan-Afghanistan Department of, 2, 59, 66, 67, 77, 158
Clapper, James, 133, 281
Clinton, Bill, 7, 41–42, 56, 127, 134 informed of bin Laden’s death, 279
Clinton, Hillary Rodham, 81–82, 128, 130, 281, 285 bin Laden operation planning and, 133–34, 144, 147, 207, 208, 211–12, 279
bin Laden raid viewed by, 245, 250, 253, 258
Ground Zero visited by, 285
in presidential election of 2008, 20, 63
in presidential election of 2016, 310
on SEALs’ conduct in raid, 308
White House Correspondents’ Dinner and, 222
Clooney, George, 228–29
Cold War, 67, 108
Cole, USS, 305
Concepts of Operation (CONOPs), 84
Congress, U.S. Panetta informs leaders about CIA’s bin Laden operations, 93, 102–3, 129–31
question of whether to inform leaders when bin Laden operation was underway, 208
Coolidge, Calvin, 227
counterterrorism, 41, 80–81, 106, 283–84, 288, 289, 305, 307–8 decapitation strategy in, 303–4
Pakistan’s cooperation with U.S. on, 73, 85, 135
United Nations analysis on, 305
Daley, Bill, 21, 280
Damascus, 143
Davis, Raymond, 112–14, 145, 182
Defense Department, 94, 113, 209 Panetta appointed secretary of defense, 206–7, 293, 311
Delta Force, 104
Democratic National Convention, 62–63
Democrats, 19–20, 61, 102
dogs, 48, 50–52 Bravo, 54, 55, 59–60, 60, 92–93
Cairo, see Cairo
Falco, 51–52
Dominguez, Frank, 29, 30
Dominguez, Jerome, 25–35, 199 brother’s life saved by, 29
death in World Trade Center attack, 26, 32–35, 88, 89, 199–200, 288
Ferenczy and, 25–35, 28, 87–88, 199–200, 288
Ferenczy’s tributes to, 34, 87, 89–90, 288, 314
funeral for, 33
in New York Air National Guard, 26
in NYPD, 26, 27, 87
Dominguez, Jeronimo, 29, 30
Donilon, Tom, 18, 20, 23, 82, 111, 113, 114, 119–20, 124, 128, 133, 138, 150, 207–9, 215, 216, 218, 219, 221–23, 281, 307, 308 bin Laden raid viewed by, 245, 250
career of, 127
drones, 64, 77 as option for Abbottabad operation, 145, 146, 207, 211, 214
in Pakistan, 145, 182
Eastwood, Clint, 94
Egypt, 100–102, 112, 227, 302
Eisenhower, Dwight, 307
Emanuel, Rahm, 20
Entebbe, 108
Falco (dog), 51–52
Faris, Chris, 241–42
FARP (forward air refueling pod), 187, 189, 194
Ferenczy, Arpad, 28
Ferenczy, Jessica, 25–35, 86–90, 199–200, 314 Dominguez and, 25–35, 28, 87–88, 199–200, 288
and Dominguez’s death in World Trade Center attack, 26, 32–35, 88, 89, 199–200, 288
father of, 28
and news of bin Laden’s death, 287–88
in NYPD, 25, 27, 28, 32–35, 88–89, 314
retirement of, 314
tributes to Dominguez written by, 34, 87, 89–90, 288, 314
Fleischer, Ari, 44
Flournoy, Michèle, 220
flyboys, 144–45
Fort Campbell, 297–99
Forward Operating Base Chapman attack, 57–59
Freedom Tower, 287
al-Gaddafi, Muammar, 112, 133, 143
Gandhi, Mahatma, 63–64
Gary (head of Counterterrorism Center’s Pakistan-Afghanistan Department), 2–7, 22, 58, 59, 65–69, 105, 113, 130, 142, 157–61, 183, 204, 266, 308–9, 313–14 Abbottabad compound and, 76–79
Abbottabad raid operations and, 231–33, 239, 248
Abbottabad raid success and, 266, 276
and aftermath of bin Laden mission, 293
bin Laden tracked by, 65, 66, 266
CIA career of, 65–66
at SEAL training site in Nevada, 185
at SEAL training site in North Carolina, 162, 165, 166
Gates, Robert, 81–82, 94, 109, 133, 137–38, 144, 148, 187, 194, 206–8, 214, 215, 220–21, 245, 254, 297, 309
General Motors, 310
Giuliani, Rudy, 33
Gore, Al, 78
Green Berets, 104, 139–40
Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, 4
helicopters, in bin Laden mission, 137, 140–41, 146–49, 168, 170, 174–76, 186–91, 193–94, 218, 224, 230, 244–57, 297 departure from Afghanistan and approach, 177–80, 189, 244, 251–54
Chalk 1, 177–78, 243, 251, 252
Chalk 1 crash in, 252–57, 259, 291
Chalk 2, 177, 243, 253, 270
destruction of downed helicopter, 267, 268, 270–71, 277
in exit and return to Afghanistan, 270–73
flight plans for, 170, 174–76, 186–87
fueling of, 186–89, 194, 244, 270, 273
McRaven’s final briefing for, 237–38
Pakistani air defense and, 147, 166, 174–76, 180, 187, 225, 246–47, 267
quick reaction force (QRF), 146–47, 218, 244, 270
stealth technology in, 137, 175, 237, 242, 267
temperature and, 137, 186, 224, 291
heroin, 72
Hitler, Adolf, 64, 108
Holder, Eric, 128, 223
Hoosiers, 238–39
IEDs, 98, 106
India, 135, 174, 246, 304
Indonesia, 113
interrogations of Al Qaeda prisoners, 4–5
Iran, 81, 101 hostage crisis and Operation Eagle Claw in, 39, 94, 101, 137–38, 208–9, 211, 212, 215, 220, 237, 252
Iraq and, 81
Khomeini in, 100–101
nuclear program of, 81
Shah in, 100–101
Iraq, 2, 106 Chesney deployed to, 50, 51
insurgents in, 66, 266
Iran and, 81
ISIS in, 304
Kuwait invaded by, 108, 173
Obama’s withdrawal of troops from, 304
Saddam in, 43, 56, 81, 108, 210
U.S. invasion and war in, 19, 50, 56, 62, 66, 81, 134, 167, 304
U.S. troops withdrawn from, 310
weapons of mass destruction in, 56, 81, 210
ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), 304–6
Islamabad, 121
Israel, 101, 108, 112
Jalalabad, 10, 53, 97, 98, 137, 189, 195, 203–4,
217, 230, 273
Jalil, Zabit, 16
Jamrud Hospital, 72
Japan earthquake and tsunami in, 134
Pearl Harbor attack by, 66
JDAMS (joint direct attack munitions), 144
jihad, 57, 306
Johansson, Scarlett, 228
Johnson, Lyndon, 56
Joint Chiefs of Staff, 94, 111, 185, 186, 194, 208
Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), 104, 173–74, 292
Kandahar, 51
Karachi, 304
Karzai, Hamid, 278, 288
Kayani, Ashfaq Parvez, 277–78
Kelly, Natalie, 318, 319
Kennedy, John F., 56
Kenya and Tanzania, U.S. embassy attacks in, 41–42, 305
Kerry, John, 62
Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah, 100–101
Khyber, 71–72
Khyber Medical College, 72
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 63–64
Kosovo, 13
Kuchel, Tom, 56
Kurilla, Erik, 217–18, 321
Kuwait, 108, 173
al-Kuwaiti, Abu Ahmed, 3, 5–8, 75, 83, 84, 134, 135, 159, 177, 204, 301 Al Qaeda and bin Laden linked to, 3, 5, 7
death of, 271
investigation and surveillance of, 5–8, 22
Panetta informed about, 3, 5
real name of, 5
tracked to Abbottabad compound, 7–8, 22
Lafayette Park, 285–86, 287
La Guardia, Fiorello, 29
Lahore, 112, 114
Leiter, Michael, 20, 209, 235–36, 250, 257 wedding of, 235–36
Libya, 100, 101, 112, 133, 143, 165, 201, 303 Benghazi consulate attack in, 312
Love, Reggie, 245
al-Masri, Abu Muhammad, 305
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 320
Matthews, Jennifer, 57–58
Maya (CIA intelligence analyst), 158–59, 162, 166, 183, 203–4, 225, 261, 264, 266, 274, 275, 293
McCain, John, 20, 63
McDonough, Denis, 133, 235, 252, 258, 273, 279
McRaven, Claude, 107
McRaven, Georgeann, 107, 171
McRaven, William, 104–10, 107, 171, 209, 212, 213, 320–22 Abbottabad raid commanded by, 226, 230–31, 236, 241–42, 244, 246–50, 252, 254–55, 257, 265–66, 268–69, 290–91