Willful Blindness : A Memoir of the Jihad

by McCarthy, Andrew C.

• ISBN13: 9781594032653
• ISBN10: 1594032653
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-12-08
• Publisher: Encounter Books

Summary

Long before the devastation of September 11, 2001, the war on terror raged. The problem was that only on side, radical Islam, was fighting it as a war. For the United States, the frontline was the courtroom. So while a diffident American government prosecuted a relative handful of "defendants," committed militants waged a campaign of jihad-holy war-boldly targeting Americas greatest city, and American society itself, for annihilation.

Author Biography

Andrew C. McCarthy was a top federal prosecutor, investigating some of the most significant cases in recent history. In 1995, he led the seditious conspiracy prosecution against Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman and eleven other jihadists for conducting a war of urban terrorism against the United States-a war that included the bombing of the World Trade Center and an even more ambitious plot to strike several New York City landmarks. Decorated with the Justice Departments highest honors, he retired from government in 2003, after helping launch the 9/11 investigation. He has become one of Americans most persuasive voices on national security tissues. Currently, he is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute in Washington, D.C., and a contributing editor at National Review.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Paperback Edition	p. vii
"Imagine the Liability!"	p. 3
Battalions and Illusions	p. 14
"We Are Terrorists!"	p. 24
The Blind Sheikh Emerges	p. 41
Afghanistan? Who Needs to Know?	p. 51
Feeding the Beast	p. 59
Jihad in America	p. 72
The Real Dealà Under Our Nose	p. 91
Upheaval	p. 112
Conspiracy? What Conspiracy?	p. 125
The Informant	p. 137
The Jihadist Way: Victory and Vengeance	p. 154
Divorce	p. 162
No Indication?	p. 176
Aftermath	p. 190
Spy Games	p. 201
Siddig Ali Takes Center Stage	p. 213
Recruited for the Jihad	p. 220
The Landmarks Plot	p. 231
Planning the End Game	p. 245
"The Projects Are a Duty!"	p. 255
DonÆt Deport Him, Indict Him	p. 265
The Salem Tapes	p. 278
Trial and Error	p. 294
None So Blindà	p. 307
Notes	p. 319
Index	p. 345
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