Wanted Dead or Alive

A Journal of Strategic Manhunts and Counter-Terrorism

Monday, August 1, 2011

"What Happened That Night in Abbottabad"

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If you haven't read it already, pour yourself a drink and settle down to read Eric Schmidle's piece on the SEALs Abbottabad raid in...

Al-Qa'ida on the Brink? Two Dissents

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The Los Angeles Times provides some additional reporting on Douglas E. Lute's appearance at the Aspen Security Forum  Friday, quoting th...
Saturday, July 30, 2011

The Associated Press Reviews "Wanted Dead or Alive"

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This positive review is significant, because a lot of big-city papers without independent book sections, and small-to-mid-sized city papers ...

Is Al Qaeda Finished?

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There have been a slew of articles over the last few weeks (all of which I've been negligent in commenting on, as I've been swamped ...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Billy Waugh on bin Laden

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Speaking of the adulation of bin Laden's followers, here are Special Forces' legend Billy Waugh observations while surveilling the S...

Warrick's "The Triple Agent"

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An interesting review  of Washington Post reporter Joby Warrick's new book, "The Triple Agent," about the suicide bombing of t...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011

The Haqqani Network

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A couple of good pieces about the Haqqani Network that highlight the group's affiliation with al-Qa'ida: In the National Journal, ...
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Benjamin Runkle is a former paratrooper and presidential speechwriter with a Harvard PhD and a Bronze Star from Operation Iraqi Freedom. He has worked in the Department of Defense and on the National Security Council. He is the author of "Wanted Dead or Alive: Manhunts from Geronimo to bin Laden."
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