The Black Banners

The Black Banners is the first insider's account of the shocking realities of counter-terrorism. During a decade on the front lines as the FBI's lead investigator into Al Qaeda, Ali Soufan thwarted plots around the world and won important confessions from terrorists - without so much as laying a hand on them. Most of these stories have never been reported before, and never by anyone with such intimate firsthand knowledge. Soufan takes us into the interrogation rooms, and into the hideouts. He even gives us a ringside seat at bin Laden's personal celebration of the 9/11 bombings. This is a gripping blow-by-blow account of the ten-year hunt for the most dangerous and well-connected Islamist terrorists - some of whom are still at large.