1000 Years for Revenge: International Terrorism and the FBI—the Untold Story

Peter Lance

Harper Collins, Mar 17, 2009 - Political Science - 560 pages

1000 Years for Revenge is a groundbreaking investigative work that uncovers startling evidence of how the FBI missed dozens of opportunities to stop the attacks of September 11, dating back to 1989. Award-winning journalist Peter Lance explains how an elusive al Qaeda mastermind defeated the entire American security system in what the author calls "the greatest failure of intelligence since the Trojan Horse." Threading the stories of FBI agent Nancy Floyd, FDNY fire marshal Ronnie Bucca, and bomb-maker Ramzi Yousef, Lance uncovers the years of behind-the-scenes intrigue that put these three strangers on a collision course. An unparalleled work of investigative reporting and masterful storytelling, 1000 Years for Revenge will change forever the way we look at the FBI and the war on terror in the twenty-first century.

Contents

• Introduction: 1
• PART I: 7
• Black Tuesday: 9
• The Flying Firefighter: 15
• Blowback: 22
• The First Shots Fired: 29
• Al Qaedas New York Cell: 38
• Operation Iraqi Freedom One: 47
• A Nest of Vipers: 53
• Blood in the City: 64
• Truth from the Ashes: 72
• Ice Water and Bombs: 80
• A Very Dangerous Job: 95
• Dot after Dot after Dot: 105
• The Black Bottomless Pit: 116
• PART II: 125
• The Fifth Battalion: 127
• The Ryder Sideshow: 138
• The 1 5 Million Man: 150
• The Bootleg Tapes: 160
• Into the Abyss: 174
• The Hunt for Rashed: 187
• Prepping for the Big Noise: 198
• The Western Front: 209
• The Temptress and the Spy: 221
• Delivering the Chocolates: 231
• How Many More Fires?: 245
• The Third Plot: 253
• Miracles from God: 262
• PART III: 271
• Truth from a Value Meal: 273
• Brad Smiths Biggest Get: 283
• A Chilling Warning: 294
• John Doe No 2: 308
• The Devil Himself: 319
• The Bomb Maker and the Made Guy: 333
• Shut It Down: 341
• Ingenious Diabolical and Ruthless: 349
• Reconnaissance: 357
• The Drums Get Louder: 370
• An Egyptian Mole in the FDNY?: 381
• The Lost Chance in Malaysia: 395
• Someday Someone Will Die: 408
• The Black Hole: 421
• Operation Iraqi Freedom Two: 431
• Epilogue: 448
• A Note on Sources: 453
• Notes: 457
• FBI 302 Re Interrogation of Abdul Hakim Murad May 11 1995: 499
• Memo to Orrin G Hatch Re Investigation into Terrorism December 5 1995: 519
• Index: 523

Popular passages

Page 291 - I don't think anybody could have predicted that these people would take an airplane and slam it into the World Trade Center, take another one and slam it into the Pentagon; that they would try to use an airplane as a missile, a hijacked airplane as a missile.‎

Page 466 - In our investigation, we have not uncovered a single piece of paper — either here in the United States, or in the treasure trove of information that has turned up in Afghanistan and elsewhere — that mentioned any aspect of the September 1 1 plot."42 The absence of convincing evidence for the "nineteen Arabs...‎

Page 131 - This action was done in response for the American political, economical, and military support to Israel the state of terrorism and to the rest of the dictator countries in the region.‎

Page 132 - American people must know, that their civilians who got killed are not better than those who are getting killed by the American weapons and support. The American people are responsible for the actions of their government and they must question all of the crimes that their government is committing against other people. Or they - Americans - will be the targets of our operations that could diminish them.‎

Page 132 - ... on until there is no more tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in Allah; but if they cease, let there be no hostility except to those who practise oppression.‎

Page 71 - Hit hard and kill the enemies of God in every spot to rid it of the descendants of apes and pigs fed at the tables of Zionism, communism, and imperialism'.‎

Page 250 - Unfortunately, our calculations were not very accurate this time. . . . However, we promise you that next time it will be very precise, and the World Trade Center will continue to be one of our targets in the US, unless our demands are met.‎

Page 444 - did not take control of a plane and fly it into the World Trade Center." The Minneapolis agent said that the headquarters agent told him, "[Tjhat's not going to happen. We don't know he's a terrorist. You don't have enough to show he is a terrorist. You have a guy interested in this type of aircraft - that is it.‎

Page 131 - For your own information, our army has more than hundred and fifty suicidal soldiers ready to go ahead. The terrorism that Israel practices (which is supported by America) must be faced with a similar one. The dictatorship and terrorism (also supported by America) that some countries are practicing against their own people must also be faced with terrorism. The American people must know, that their civilians who got killed are not better than those who are getting killed by the American weapons and...‎

About the author

Peter Lance is the author of three previous works of investigative journalism, 1000 Years for Revenge, Cover Up, and Triple Cross. A former correspondent for ABC News, he covered hundreds of stories worldwide for 20/20, Nightline, and World News Tonight. Among his awards are the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Prize and the Sevellon Brown Award from the Associated Press. He lives in California.

Bibliographic information

• Title: 1000 Years for Revenge: International Terrorism and the FBI—the Untold Story
• Author: Peter Lance
• Publisher: Harper Collins, 2009
• ISBN: 0061738123, 9780061738128
• Length: 560 pages
• Subjects: History / Military / Intelligence & Espionage; Political Science / International Relations / Diplomacy; Political Science / World / Middle Eastern