The Triple Agent: The alQaeda Mole who Infiltrated the CIA

NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the PulitzerPrize winning reporter, a stunning narrative account of the mysterious Jordanian who penetrated both the inner circle of alQaeda and the highest reaches of the CIA, with a devastating impact on the war on terror.Warwick is a brilliant reporter...A gripping truelife spy saga.Los Angeles TimesIn December 2009, a group of the CIAs top terrorist hunters gathered at a secret base in Khost, Afghanistan, to greet a rising superspy: Humam Khalil alBalawi, a Jordanian doubleagent who infiltrated the upper ranks of alQaeda. For months, he had sent shocking revelations from inside the terrorist network and now promised to help the CIA assassinate Osama bin Ladens top deputy. Instead, as he stepped from his car, he detonated a thirtypound bomb strapped to his chest, instantly killing seven CIA operatives, the agencys worst loss of life in decades.In The Triple Agent, Pulitzer Prizewinning reporter Joby Warrick takes us deep inside the CIAs secret war against alQaeda, a war that pits robotic planes and laserguided missiles against a cunning enemy intent on unleashing carnage in American cities. Flitting precariously between the two sides was Balawi, a young man with extraordinary gifts who managed to win the confidence of hardened terrorists as well as veteran spymasters. With his breathtaking accounts from inside alQaedas lair, Balawi appeared poised to become Americas greatest doubleagent in half a centurybut he was not at all what he seemed. Combining the powerful momentum of Black Hawk Down with the institutional insight of Jane Mayers The Dark Side, Warrick takes the readers on a harrowing journey from the slums of Amman to the inner chambers of the White House in an untold true story of miscalculation, deception, and revenge.