The Black Banners: Inside the Hunt for Al Qaeda

The ultimate insider\'s account of the battle against terrorism, The Black Banners describes for the first time Ali Soufan\'s nerve-wracking, history-making decade as the FBI\'s lead investigator into al-Qaeda, thwarting plots around the world and winning vital confessions from terrorists - without laying so much as a hand on them.

From the interrogation rooms where Soufan would share food and films with the suspects so he could bond with them, to the hideouts of bin Laden - and why the CIA have insisted on redacting parts of this book - Ali Soufan\'s gripping book reveals with intimate, first-hand knowledge, the shocking truth about the global \'War on Terror\'.

\'This book goes behind the scenes and allows readers to experience the high stakes intellectual dance between foes . . . Soufan\'s story provides a new and important window on America\'s battle with al-Qaeda.\' Washington Post

\'One of the most valuable and detailed accounts of its subject to appear in the past decade.\' Economist