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  • 8 Seconds of Courage

    A Soldier's Story from Immigrant to the Medal of Honor

    In an inspiring story of valor and the making of a hero, Florent Groberg—who grew up in France and emigrated to the US—becomes the first immigrant in forty years to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor after he tackled a suicide bomber in Afghanistan.Florent “Flo” Groberg was born in the suburbs of Paris and moved to the US with his family in middle school. He became a naturalized citizen in ... Leer más

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    8 Seconds of Courage

    A Soldier's Story from Immigrant to the Medal of Honor

    Narrado por Corey Brill ...

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    In an inspiring story of valor and the making of a hero, Florent Groberg—who grew up in France and emigrated to the US—becomes the first immigrant in forty years to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor after he tackled a suicide bomber in Afghanistan.Florent “Flo” Groberg was born in the suburbs of Paris and moved to the US with his family in middle school. He became a naturalized citizen in ... Leer más

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  • Anatomy of Terror

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  • The 5 Unanswered Questions About 9/11

    What the 9/11 Commission Report Failed to Tell Us

    The 9/11 Commission Report is widely declared to be the definitive account of the most devastating attack ever to take place on American soil, but in truth the most vital questions about 9/11 have not been asked, and an ever-growing number of facts casts clouds of suspicion over the actions and motivations of many key government officials and agencies. The 5 Unanswered Questions cuts through the ... Leer más

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  • Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power

    Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power

    Series series The US Constitution and Military Law
    In his address to the nation on September 20, 2001, President Bush declared war on terrorism and set in motion a detention policy unlike any we have ever seen. Since then, the United States has seized thousands of people from around the globe, setting off a firestorm of controversy. Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power explores that policy and the intense debates that have followed ... Leer más

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  • The Muslims Are Coming!

    Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror

    de Arun Kundnani ...
    Powerful critique of UK and US surveillance and repression of Muslims and prosecution of homegrown terrorismThe new front in the War on Terror is the “homegrown enemy,” domestic terrorists who have become the focus of sprawling counterterrorism structures of policing and surveillance in the United States and across Europe. Domestic surveillance has mushroomed—at least 100,000 Muslims in America ... Leer más

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  • Seeds of Terror

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    For anyone wishing to understand the next, post-9/11 generation of al-Qaeda planning, leadership, and tactics, there is only one place to begin: Southeast Asia. In fact, such countries as the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia have been crucial nodes in the al-Qaeda network since long before the strikes on the Pentagon and World Trade Center, but when the allies overran Afghanistan, ... Leer más

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  • Open Source Intelligence in a Networked World

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    The amount of publicly and often freely available information is staggering. Yet, the intelligence community still continues to collect and use information in the same manner as during WWII, when the OSS set out to learn as much as possible about Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan by scrutinizing encyclopedias, guide books, and short-wave radio. Today, the supply of information is greater than any ... Leer más

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  • Diplomats & Terrorists - Or: How I Survived a 61-day Cocktail Party

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    American Ambassador Diego Asencio bravely reconstructs his 61 days of captivity in Bogota, Colombia. The siege takes place at the Dominican Republic Embassy and is carried out by Colombia's revolutionary M19 guerrilla organization. This book is a rare look at how the captive diplomats played a large role in securing freedom. It is also testimony that, given time and effort, the honest practice of ... Leer más

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  • Spying Blind

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  • Terror Threat

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