{"id":15431,"date":"2022-07-20T10:52:45","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T17:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/?p=15431"},"modified":"2023-03-10T19:46:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T02:46:13","slug":"c-span-on-triple-cross-the-true-story-of-al-qaedas-master-spy-and-how-the-fbi-and-doj-failed-to-stop-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/?p=15431","title":{"rendered":"Al Zawahiri&#8217;s death by drone strike. Examine his place in the bloody history of terrorism, in the context of his proteg\u00e9: Ali Mohamed,  al Qaeda&#8217;s master spy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Al%20Zawahiri%27s%20death%20by%20drone%20strike.%20Examine%20his%20place%20in%20the%20bloody%20history%20of%20terrorism%2C%20in%20the%20context%20of%20his%20proteg%C3%A9%3A%20Ali%20Mohamed%2C%20%20al%20Qaeda%27s%20master%20spy\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8680\" src=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-16-at-8.46.00-PM1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-16-at-8.46.00-PM1.png 228w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-16-at-8.46.00-PM1-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/>By Peter Lance Aug. 2nd, 2022<\/strong> In light of the killing of of Dr. Ayman Al Zawahiri, in Afghanistan, you can see how he fits into <a href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Triple-Cross-Timeline.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>the TIMELINE<\/strong><\/a> of FBI failures on the road to 9\/11, in the context of one of his principal proteg\u00e9s: al Qaeda&#8217;s master spy, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/?p=1703\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ali Mohamed,<\/a> <\/strong>who eluded the Bureau and DOJ for years as he moved Al Zawahiri and bin Laden in and out of Afghanistan, planned the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/history\/famous-cases\/east-african-embassy-bombings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">East African Embassy bombings<\/a> <\/strong>and infiltrated the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_F._Kennedy_Special_Warfare_Center_and_School\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>JFK Special Warfare Center &amp; School<\/strong> <\/a>at Fort Bragg.<\/p>\n<p>For much of that Ali he was acting as an informant for The Bureau. This presentation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?288073-1\/triple-cross\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>recorded by C-Span<\/strong><\/a> on the publication of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scoop.co.nz\/stories\/HL0611\/S00352.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRIPLE CROSS,<\/strong><\/a> my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/blogs\/authors\/peter-lance-2014522357413\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>third HarperCollins book<\/strong><\/a> on counter-terrorism, opens with the story of how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/mr-fitz-in-your-threat-to_b_233530\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald,<\/strong><\/a> the most powerful Fed in the DOJ at the time (below The Attorney General) spent months trying to keep the full truth of his failure to stop &#8220;Ali the American&#8221; from coming out.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6724 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-09-at-3.56.49-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"160\" \/>This is a link to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peterlance.com\/Fitzgerald_Libel_Claim_Letters_HCP_Response.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>the 32 pages of threat letters<\/strong> <\/a>Fitzgerald, then, U.S. Attorney in Chicago and Special Prosecutor in the Valerie Plame <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/politics\/special\/plame\/Plame_KeyPlayers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CIA leak investigation<\/strong><\/a><strong>,<\/strong> sent to HarperCollins demanding that they &#8220;cease publication&#8221; of the hardcover edition of the book, which was already in book stores and that the trade paperback edition never see the light of day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-15437\" src=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-31-at-11.48.40-AM-1024x763.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-31-at-11.48.40-AM-1024x763.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-31-at-11.48.40-AM-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-31-at-11.48.40-AM-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-31-at-11.48.40-AM-800x596.jpg 800w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-31-at-11.48.40-AM.jpg 1026w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>The pushback from the Justice Department was so relentless that Fitzgerald&#8217;s former colleague, ex-SDNY Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew McCarthy attacked the hardcover edition of the book, within days of its publication in an interview I did with former Ohio Governor (and later Presidential candidate) John Kasich, who was guest hosting <a href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/?p=7166\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The O&#8217;Reilly Factor on Fox.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/a>\u00a0You can read <a href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/?p=38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CHAPTER ONE <\/strong><\/a>and order TRIPLE CROSS from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Triple-Cross-Ladens-Master-Penetrated-ebook\/dp\/B003JBHVLS\/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2ZMBAR1ZG4DUA&amp;keywords=Peter+Lance&amp;qid=1659292675&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=peter+lance%2Cstripbooks%2C204&amp;sr=1-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>,<\/strong> where you can also buy my latest book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Homicide-Rough-Point-Peter-Lance\/dp\/0996285598\/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HOMICIDE AT ROUGH POINT<\/strong><\/a> in any one of four editions. <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-15496\" src=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Triple-Cross-Timeline-1-715x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Triple-Cross-Timeline-1-715x1024.jpg 715w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Triple-Cross-Timeline-1-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Triple-Cross-Timeline-1-768x1100.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Triple-Cross-Timeline-1-800x1146.jpg 800w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Triple-Cross-Timeline-1.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Al%20Zawahiri%27s%20death%20by%20drone%20strike.%20Examine%20his%20place%20in%20the%20bloody%20history%20of%20terrorism%2C%20in%20the%20context%20of%20his%20proteg%C3%A9%3A%20Ali%20Mohamed%2C%20%20al%20Qaeda%27s%20master%20spy\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>By Peter Lance Aug. 2nd, 2022 In light of the killing of of Dr. Ayman Al Zawahiri, in Afghanistan, you can see how he fits into the TIMELINE of FBI failures on the road to 9\/11, in the context of one of his principal proteg\u00e9s: al Qaeda&#8217;s master spy, Ali Mohamed, who eluded the Bureau [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15431"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15431"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15743,"href":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15431\/revisions\/15743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}