{"product_id":"9780895260482","title":"Losing bin Laden: How Bill Clinton's Failures Unleashed Global Terror","description":"Years before the public knew about bin Laden, Bill Clinton did.  Bin Laden first attacked Americans during Clinton's presidential transition in  December 1992. He struck again at the World Trade Center in February 1993. Over  the next eight years the archterrorist's attacks would escalate killing hundreds  and wounding thousands - while Clinton did his best to stymie the FBI and CIA  and refused to wage a real war on terror.\u003cp\u003e  Why?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The answer is here in investigative reporter Richard Miniter's stunning exposé,  \u003ci\u003eLosing bin Laden: How Bill Clinton's Failures Unleashed Global Terror\u003c\/i\u003e, that  includes exclusive interviews with both of Clinton's National Security Advisors,  Clinton's Counter-Terrorism Czar, his first Director of Central Intelligence,  his Secretary of State, top CIA and FBI agents, lawmakers from both parties and  foreign intelligence officials from France, Sudan, Egypt, and the United Arab  Emirates, as well as on-the-scene coverage from Sudan, Egypt, and elsewhere.  Bill Clinton had countless opportunities to nab Osama bin Laden during his  presidency, but time and time again, bin Laden slipped out of the Clinton  administration's grasp,In \u003ci\u003eLosing bin Laden\u003c\/i\u003e you'll learn:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e  \u003cli\u003eHow the Northern Alliance was criticized by the Clinton Administration for  trying to kill bin Laden-and why they kept trying anyway.  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe never-before-told story of the Saudi government attempt to assassinate bin  Laden.  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy Bill Clinton refused to meet with his first Director of Central  Intelligence.  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrawn from secret Sudanese intelligence files, the never-before-told story of  bin Laden's role in shooting down America's Black Hawk helicopters in Mogadishu,  Somalia-and how Clinton manipulated the news media to keep the worst off  America's TV screens.  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow the Clinton administration turned down repeated offers from Sudan to hand  over bin Laden to the U.S. because they didn't want him in a U.S. court.  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow the Clinton administration never took a look at offered Sudanese  intelligence files, a database of names, movements and locations of bin Laden  and hundreds of al Qaeda operatives.  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe 1993 World Trade Center attack-why Clinton never visited the site; why the  CIA was kept out of the investigation; how one of the FBI's most trusted  informants was actually a double agent working for bin Laden.  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy the CIA never funded bin Laden-despite the liberal myths.  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe untold story of a respected congressman who repeatedly warned Clinton  officials about bin Laden in 1993-and why he was ignored.  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRevealed for the first time; how Clinton and a Democratic senator stopped the  CIA from hiring Arabic translators-while phone intercepts from bin Laden  remained untranslated.  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow the Predator spy plane-which spotted bin Laden three times-was grounded by  bureaucratic infighting.  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy the Clinton administration refused to retaliate for the attack on the  U.S.S. Cole.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Plus much more, including appendices of secret documents and photos, as well as  the established links between bin Laden and Saddam Hussein's Iraq.  \u003ci\u003eLosing bin Laden\u003c\/i\u003e is a dramatic, page-turning read, a riveting account of a  terror war that bin Laden openly declared, but that Clinton left largely  unfought. With a pounding narrative, upclose characters, and detailed scenes, it  takes you inside the Oval Office, the White House Situation Room, and some of  the deadliest terrorist cells that America has ever faced. If Clinton had fought  back, the attacks on September 11, 2001, might never have happened.  \u003ci\u003eLosing bin Laden\u003c\/i\u003e is a story-and one hell of a lesson-that the reader will never  forget.    \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Regnery Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022933475568,"sku":"9780895260482","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780895260482_p0.jpg?v=1763857260","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780895260482","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}