operation dark heart index

8/19/2019 operation dark heart index

1/9

IN EX

Abizaid,John Philip, 208

Able Danger, 17-18, 164-79,272- 75

9 11 attacks and, 175-76

9 11 Commission and, 164-65,

177-79,246-47,249,273-74

Atta and, 165, 176-77,247,274-75

Brooklyn cell,

170,

172-73, 175-76,

178

Dark Heart compared with, 168, 189

data mining,

165,

168-70

initial involvement in, 166-67

NFN 662 and,

165,

168, 170-71, 178

Schoonmaker and, 106, 166-67, 170,

173-74, 178,275

Abrams, Creighton, 280

Abu

Ghraib

prison, 259

ADVON advanced operations), 251,

264-66

Afghanistan. ee

also

specific places

heading into, 23-35

how to win. ee winning in

Afghanistan

second voyage to, 251-59

Afghan Militia Forces AMF), 193-94

Afghan National Army, 72, 77-79,

81

AFSAC Air Force Special Activities

Center), 13-14

aliases, 8,

14,

15,26

Christopher

Anthony Stryker, 2,

23-28 204 268-69

al Qaeda

Able Danger.

ee

Able Danger

Brooklyn cell, 170, 172-73, 175-76, 178

in

Federally Administered Tribal

Area, 140-45

goals against, 147-48

Nairobi embassy bombing,

165, 167

9111 attacks 2001), 2, 18, 164-66,

175-76

Operation Dark

Heart.

ee Operation Dark Heart

Operation

Winter

Strike, 192,

194-98 240-41 253

in

sub-Saharan Africa, 18-19

Task Force

121.

ee Task Force

121

Task Force Stratus Ivy, 17-19,24-25,

155,

165-66

videotape propaganda, 48-51

World Trade Center

bombing 1993),

166-67,

169, 170

IN EX

Abizaid, John Philip, 208

Able Danger, 17-18, 164-79,272-7 5

9 11 attacks and, 175-76

9 11 Commission and, 164-65,

177-79, 246-47,

249,

273-74

Atta and,

165,

176-77,247,274-75

Brooklyn cell, 170, 172-73, 175-76,

178

Dark Heart compared with, 168, 189

data mining,

165,

168-70

initial involvement in, 166-67

nd,

165,

168, 170-71,

178

Schoonmaker and, 106, 166-67,

170,

173-74,178,275

Abrams, Creighton, 280

Abu Ghraib prison, 259

ADVON

advanced operations), 251,

264-66

Afghanistan. ee also specific places

heading into, 23-35

how

to

win. ee winning in

Afghanistan

second voyage to, 251-59

Afghan Militia Forces AMF), 193-94

Afghan Nation al Army, 72, 77-79,

81

al Qaeda

Able Danger.

ee

Able

Danger

Brooklyn cell, 170, 172-73, 175-76, 178

in Federally Administered Tribal

Area, 140-45


Nairobi embassy bombing, 165, 167

9/11 attacks 20Gl), 2,

18,

164-66

175-76

Operation

Dark

Heart.

ee Operation

Dark

Heart

Operation

Winter

Strike, 192,

194-98 240-41 253

in


Task Force 1099.

ee

Task Force 1099

Task

Force Stratus Ivy, 17-19,24-25,

155,165-66


World

Trade

Center bombing 1993),

166-67, 169,

170


2/9

292

INDEX

Al

Qaeda Hotel, 139-45, 147-61, 180

186

Amanpour, Christiane,

117

American Airlines Flight 11 176

AMF (Afghan Militi a Forces), 193 -94

Anderson, Mike, xiii, 243-50, 262-66,

268

pocalypse

Now

(movie), 93

145

146-47

Ariana Hotel, 41-43, 46, 126, 149

152-53

Army Rangers

by-name request, 246, 250, 264-65

Task Force 5 153

Task Force 121 1-7,

192-98 209-29

Army Reserve, 14-15,272

Asadabad, 2-7, 212-22

asymmetric warfare, 256-57

Atta, Mohamed, 165 176-77,247,

274-75

Ault, Colonel Robert,

65

70, 72-73

Austin, Lloyd James, III , xiii, 183, 241

Bagby, Byron S., xiii, 80, 164-65, 177

178 181

183-89

Bagram

Disney Boulevard, 239

improvised explosive device, 131-32,

136-38

Russian Road, 37-39,47, 136-38

secret prison, 257-59

Bagram Air Base,

2 3-4

26, 27-35,

131-34,239-40,251-52

Bagram Collection Point (BCP),

67

120-21, 150

Baldwin, Alec,

149

Baltimore-Washington International

Airport, 25

Barno, David, xiii, 248, 264

Operation Dark

Heart

182-89

Operation Shadow Matrix, 255-56

BDUs (battle-dress uniforms),

78

beards, 27

Beatles, the,

27

Beatty, Ned,

15

Big Bad John

(movie),

15

bin Laden, Osama, 2-3, 53-54, 140,

191-92, 194,283

Black Hawk helicopters, 73 117-18,

183-84

black ops, 8

Pakistan border, 147-61, 180-98,

240,255-56

Black Taliban, 285

Blackwater, 242

Boardman, Robert, xiii, 57-58, 82

156-57, 160-61

Bolle sunglasses, 212

Brady,Jim (alias), xiii, 142,230-31

Operation Dark

Heart

149-61

Brando, Marlon, 93,146

Bronze Star

awarding

of

203-5

DIA

controversy, 244-45, 246

Brooklyn cell,

170

172-73, 175-76,

178

Broom, Kelly, 80-81

Burton, Dan,

176

Bush, George W.,

19

176 181-82,

253-54,259,261

C-130 Hercules airplanes, 23-24,

26-28

Cambone, Stephen,

259

Camp Peary, 13-14

Casablanca

(movie),

51

Caso, Russ, 273

Cavalry, U.S., 192-93

cell phone, and

PTT

improvised raid,

119-33

CENTCOM

(Central Command),

58

167 174

Cent er for Advanced Defense Studies,

276,283

Centr al Intell igence Agency. See

CIA

CH-47

helicopters.

See

Chinook

helicopters

challenge coins, 250

Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 1

Charleston Air Force Base, 266

Cheney, Dick,

176

Chicken Street, 40-41

childhood

of

Antho ny Shaffer, 9-11

Chinook helicopters,

1-5 89-92

90-92,117-18,219-24,225-26

CIA (Central Intelligence Agency),

41-43

Asadabad sweep, 2-3, 212-22, 225

226,229

292

INDEX

Al Qaeda Hotel, 139-45, 147-61, 180,

186

Amanpour, Christiane,

117

American Airlines Flight 11 176

AMF

(Afghan Milit ia Forces), 19 3-94

Anderson, Mike, xiii, 243-50, 262-66,

268

145

146-47

Army Rangers

246 250 264-65

Army Reserve, 14-15,272

Asadabad, 2-7,212-22

asymmetric warfare, 256-57

Atta, Mohamed, 165 176-77,247,

274-75

Ault, Colonel Robert, 65 70, 72-73

Austin, Lloyd James, II I, xiii, 183,241

Bagby, Byron S., xiii, 80, 164-65,

177

178 181

183-89

Bagram


improvised explosive device, 131-32,

136-38

Russian Road, 37-39,

47

136-38

secret prison, 257-59

Bagram Air Base,

2 3-4 26

27-35,

131-34,239-40,251-52

Bagram Collection

Point

(BCP),

67

120-21,

150

149

Barno, David, xiii, 248, 264

Operation

Dark Heart

182-89

Operation Shadow Matrix, 255-56

BDUs (battle-dress uniforms), 78

beards,

27

Beatles, the,

27

Beatty, Ned,

15

Big Bad John (movie), 15

bin Laden, Osama, 2-3, 5 3-54, 140,

191-92,194,283

Black Hawk helicopters, 73,117-18,

183-84

black ops, 8

Pakistan border, 147-61, 180-98,

240,255-56

Black Taliban, 285

Blackwater, 242

Boardman, Robert, xiii, 57-58, 82,

156-57, 160-6 1

Bolle sunglasses, 212

Brady, Jim (alias), xiii, 142,230-31

Operation Dark

Heart

149-61

Brando, Marlon, 93,146

Bronze Star

awarding

of

203-5

DIA

controversy, 244 -45, 246

Brooklyn cell, 170 172-73, 175-76,

178

Broom, Kelly, 80-81

Burton, Dan,

176

Bush, George W.,

19 176

181-82,

253-54,259,261

C-130 Hercules airplanes, 23-24,

26-28

Cambone, Stephen, 259

Casablanca

(movie),

51

Caso, Russ, 273

Cavalry, U.S., 192-93

cell phone, and PTT improvised raid,

119-33

CENTCOM

(Central Command), 58

167 174

Center for Advanced Defense Studies,

276,283

Centra l Intelligence Agency.

See CIA

CH-47

helicopters. See Chinook

helicopters

.

challenge coins, 250

Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 1

Charleston A ir Force Base, 266

Cheney, Dick, 176


childhood

of

Anthon y Shaffer, 9-11

Chinook helicopters,

1-5 89-92

90-92,117-18,219-24,225-26

CIA

(Central Intelligence Agency),

41-43

Asadabad sweep, 2-3, 212-22, 225

226,229


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INDEX 293

Bagram secret prison, 257-59

madrassah bombing, 207 208-9

Operation Dark

Heart

and, 153-56,

159-60

Special Activities Division,

192

llenetand 152 208

training, 13-14

cigars, 68-69,

134

161-62,201,231

Civil War, 279-80

CJSOllF (Combined Joint Special

Operations llask Force), 86-87,

88, 119-20, 197

Clark Air Force Base, 9

Clark, Jerry, 171-72

clean sheet approach, 167-68

Cold War, 12, 15

Cole,

USS, 174

collateral damage, 282

Comba t Search and Rescue (CSAR),

2-7,219-29

Combined Forces Command (CFC),

182-83

Combined Joint Special Operations

llask Force (CJSOllF), 86-87, 88,

119-20, 197

Combined Joint llask Force 5

24

149-61, 191

195

Combined Joint llask Force 180,24,

29-30, 182-83, 197-200

Conner, Chuck, 11

CONOP

(Concept

of

Operations), 49

82

198

Conrad,Joseph, 146-47

Cotter, Brian, 48

CSAR (Combat Search and Rescue),

2-7,219-29

Culler, Rob, xiii,

67

156 157-61

Cushing, Peter, 41

Dadullah Akhund, Mullah,

52

Daniels, Brad, 132-38,209-10,241

Dar

es

Salaam embassy bombing, 165

167

Dark Heart. See Operation Dark Heart

dark side

of

the force,

8-9

data mining, 165 168-70

Davis-Monthan Air Force Base,

266

Dean, Jimmy,

15

Death Star (llactical Operations

Center), 196-97,206-7,226-27

Deep Blue, 272-73

Defense Intelligence Agency. See DIA

Defense Security Service, 42

defilade position, 66-67, 79

Deh Chopan, 66, 69-81

Depm ted,

The

(movie),

149

Desert One Base, 195

DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency),

16-19,23-24,31-35,243-50,252

Able Danger.

See Able Danger

administr ative leave, 272-73

black ops, 61-62, 147-61, 180-98,

255-56

blue baggage,

26

Bronze Star controversy, 244-45,

246

dismissal from, 267-71

Fort Belvoir desk assignment,

243-44

Inspector General investigation, 28

244,267-68,270,274-75

intelligence information exchange,

55-60

Mountai n Viper. See Operation

Mountain Viper

Operating Base Alpha, 18-19,25,

28,42

Operation Enduring Freedom, 2

24

Pllll

improvised raid, 119-20,

122-30

llask Force Stratus Ivy 17-19,24-25,

155,165-66

Disney Boulevard,

239

Disney, Jason, 239

DOCEX

(Document Exploitation)

Detachment, 23-24, 48-50, 198

Dover Air Force Base, 251-52

drinking, 10 12-13,

16

EA-6 Prowlers, 227

EBOs (Effects Based Operations),

60

18th Airborne Corps, 29

82nd Airborne Division, 29 184

Eisenhower, Dwight D., 278-80

enablers, 55 64-65, 101 170

enemy combatants, 95-96, 99

INDEX

293

Bagram secret prison, 257-59

madrassah bombing, 207 208-9

Operation Dark Heart and, 153-56,

159-60

Special Activities Division,

192

llenetand 152 208

training, 13-14

cigars, 68-69,

134 1 6 1 ~ 6 2 201 231

Civil 279-80

Clark Air Force Base, 9

Clark, Jerry, 171-72

clean sheet approach, 167-68

Cold War, 12 15

Cole, USS,

174

collateral damage,

282

Comba t Search and Rescue (CSAR),

2-7,219-29

Combined Forces Command (CFC),

182-83

Combined Joint Special Operations

llask Force

86_

Combined Joint llask Force 180 24,

29-30, 182-83, 197-200

Conner, Chuck, 11

CONOP (Concept of Operations), 49,

82 198

Conrad,Joseph,146-47

lled Smith, 48

CSAR (Combat Search and Rescue),

2-7,219-29

John Hays,

67

156 157-61

Cushing, Peter, 41

Dadullah Akhund, Mullah, 52

Daniels, Brad, 132-38,209-10,241

Dar

es Salaam embassy bombing, 165

167

Dark Heart. See Operation Dark Heart

dark side of the force,

8-9

data mining, 165 168-70

Davis-Monthan Air Force Base,

266

Dean, Jimmy, 15

Death Star (llactical Operations

Center), 196-97,206-7,226-27

Deep Blue, 272-73

Defense Intelligence Agency. See DIA

Defense Security Service, 42

defilade position, 66-67,

79

Deh Chopan, 66, 69-81

Departed, The (movie),

149

Desert One Base, 195

DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency),

16-19,23-24,31-35,243-50,252

Able Danger. See Able Dange r

administrative leave, 272-73

black ops, 61-62, 147-61, 180-98,

255-56

blue baggage, 26

Bronze Star controversy, 244-45,

246

dismissal from, 267-71

Fort Belvoir desk assignment,

243-44

Inspector General investigation, 28,

244,267-68,270,274-75


55-60

Mountain Viper. See Operation

Mountain Viper


28,42

Operation Enduring Freedom, 2 24

Pllll


122-30

llask Force Stratus Ivy 17-19,24-25,

155 165-66


Disney, Jason, 239

DOCEX (Document Exploitation)

Detachment, 23-24,48-50, 198

Dover Air Force Base, 251-52

drinking,

10

12-13, 16

EA-6 Prowlers, 227

EBOs (Effects Based Operations),

60

18th Airborne C orps,

29

82nd Airborne Division, 29 184

Eisenhower, Dwight D., 278-80

enablers,

55

64-65, 101

170

enemy combatants, 95-96, 99


4/9

294

INDEX

enhanced interrogation methods,

94-95,257-59

Ennis, Michael, 265-66

Executive Order

12333 172

Fahim, Mohammad Qasim, 81-82

FATA (Federally Administered Tribal

Area), 140-45

FBI (Federal Bureau ofInvestigation),

173,275

Ghaffari and, 87 94-95, 100-103,

107,114

INF Treaty negotiations, 15

Kabul lED and, 132-33, 135

137

PTT improvised raid, 119-30

17th November group, 33

1st Corps Support Command, 29

Fletcher, Jim, 41

Foreign Officer Recruitment Activity,

14-15

Fort Belvoir, 14 170-71

Fort Gordon,

11

FortIIuachuca, 11-12,83

Forward Operating Base (FOB) Alpha,

18-19,25,28,42

Forward Operating Base (FOB)

Gardez, 91-116

Foster, Jack (alias), xiii, 254-56, 257-59,

264-65

Fox News Radio, 243-44

Fulda Gap, 58

Gardez, 86-117

General Defense Intelligence Program,

16

General Order No.1, 85-86

Ghaffari, Ali, xiii, 87-88, 93-96,

98-99,

102

105-15

Ghaffari, Arash, xiii

capture of 86-89

interrogation of. See interrogation,

of Ghaffari

glossary of terms, xv-xvii

Goodftllas (movie), 93

good paper, 252

Goshen Scout Reservation, 19-22

Graham, Tom, xiii

Grant, Tom, xiii, 240,

243

Grant, Ulysses S. 279-80

Grenada,

184

Grey Fox, 192

Groundhog ay

(movie), 254

Grubbs, Major, 61-62

Guantanamo, 95,99-1 00, 102, 103 110

GulfWar, 14

IIadley, Stephen,

176

Hank the Cowboy, 248-50, 255

Harding, Robert Bob, xiii,

18

152-53, 167-68, 174 267-68

Hawk, Michael, xiii,

28

eart

o

arkness (Conrad), 146-47

Hekmatyar, Gulbuddin, xiii, 53-54, 88

194

assault on compound, 2-7, 228-31

Herat,109

Herrick, Rick, 268-69

Hersh, Seymour,

259

Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (IIIG),

53-54

IIezbollah, 286-87

High Value Targets (IIVTs), 32

57

191-94,248,257-58

Hindu Kush Mountains, 192-98,211

Holland, Charles, 174

Hoover, Randy Big Red (alias), xiii,

250

Operation Dar k Heart, 151-55

Operation Mountain Viper, 62 66

Task Force 121,207-8,218-19,

230-31,235-38

Horse Soldiers (Stanton), 275

House Armed Services Committee,

273,274

House Government Reform

Committee,

274

Howard, Chris, xiii, 183-89,219

Huachuca Cannon Run, 83

Hughes, Pat, xiv 18 152-53, 267-68

HUMINT

Iluman Intelligence

Program), 16,61, 185 197-98

HUMINT Support Detachment

(HSD),197

Huntingt on, Bill,

xiv

19 250

Hussein, Saddam, 192

194

Hussy, Peter, xiv 41-43, 154-55

HVTs

(IIigh Value Targets),

32

57

191-94,248,257-58

294

INDEX

enhanced interrogation methods,

94-95, 257-59

Ennis, Michael, 265-66

Executive Order

12333

172

Fahim, Mohammad Qasim, 81-82

FATA (Federally Administered Tribal

Area), 140-45

FBI (Federal Bureau ofInvestigation),

173,275

Ghaffari and, 87 94-95, 100-103,

107 114

INF Treaty negotiations, 15

Kabul

lED

and, 132-33, 135 137


17th November group,

33

1st Corps Support Command, 29

41

Fort

11

Fort IIuachuca, 11-12,83

Forward Operating Base (FOB) Alpha,

4

Foster, Jack (alias), xiii, 254-56, 257-59,

264-65

Fox News Radio, 243-44

Fulda Gap,

58

General Defense Intelligence Program,

16

General Order No.1, 85-86

Ghaffari, Ali, xiii, 87-88, 93-96,

98-99,

102

105-15

Ghaffari, Arash, xiii

capture of 86-89

interrogation of. See interrogation,

of

Ghaffari

glossary of terms, xv-xvii

Goodftllas

(movie),

93

good paper, 252

Goshen Scout Reservation, 19-22

Greg Becker, xiii, 240,

243

Grant, Ulysses S. 279-80

Grenada, 184

Groundhog

ay (movie), 254

Grubbs, Major, 61-62

Guantanamo,

95

99-100, 102

103 110

Gulf War, 14

IIadley, Stephen, 176

IIank the Cowboy, 248-50,

255

IIardi ng, Robert Bob, xiii, 18

152-53,167-68,174,267-68

IIawk, Michael, xiii, 28

eart

o

arkness (Conrad), 146-47

IIekmatyar, Gulbuddin, xiii, 53-54, 88

194

assault on compound, 2-7, 228-31

IIerat, 109

IIerrick, Rick, 268-69

IIersh, Seymour,

259

IIezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (IIIG),

53-54

IIezbollah,286-87

IIigh Value Targets (HVTs), 32

57

191-94,248,257-58

IIindu Kush Mountains, 192-98,211

IIolland, Charles, 174

IIoover, Randy Big Red (alias), xiii,

250

Operation Dark

Heart,

151-55

Operation Mountain Viper, 62 66

Task Force 1099,207-8, 218-19,

230-31,235-38

Horse

Soldiers (Stanton), 275

IIouse Armed Services Committee,

273 274

IIouse Government Reform

Committee, 274

Medford Chris, xiii, 183-89,219

IIuachuca Cannon Run,

83

Hughes, Pat,

xiv

18 152-53, 267- 68

IIUMINT

(Human Intelligence

Program), 16,61, 185 197-98

IIUMINT Support Detachment

(IISD),197

IIuntingto n, Bill, xiv 19,250

IIussein, Saddam,

192

194

Jacob Walker, xiv 41-43, 154-55

IIVTs

(IIigh Value Targets), 32

57

191-94,248,257-58


5/9

INDEX

295

IDAD (Internal Defense and

Development) program, 280-81

IEDs (improvised explosive devices),

35,37, 131-32, 136-38,227

illegal drugs, 42, 64

improvised raid on PTT 119-30

India, 286-87

INF

treaty, 15

nsomnia (movie),

68

Inspector General (IG), 28, 244,

267-68,270,274-75

intelligence

t I L J ~ I N T 16,61, 185, 197-98

exchange of information, 55-60,

7

SIGINT 30,147,194

training, 11-14

International Red Cross, 52

International Security Assistance

Force. See ISAF

interrogation,

of

Ghaffari, 92-116,

258-59

final approach to, 112-16

first meetings with, 93-96

master list of questions, 97-98

Springfield connection, 87, 88-89,

98-99, 101, 102-3, 105,

117

strategy for, 107-12

interrogation techniques, 94-95,

257-59

Inter-Services Intelligence (lSI), 67,

187,192-93,286-87

Iran, 286-87, 288

Ghaffari and, 87-88, 105-6, 107-8,

110-17

hostage crisis,

195

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps

(IRGG), 17, 105-15

Iraq war, 19,58,106,182,194,259,

260-61

Ireland, 285-86

ISAF (International Security

Assistance Force),

55,

56,

81-82,

113, 126, 132-34, 161, 182-83,

286

Isler, Rod, 18, 174-75

Jedi Knights, 14

jingle trucks, 39

John Wayne Pass,

118

Joint Task Force

5. See

Task Force 5

Joint Task Force 180. See Combined

Joint Tas k Force 180

Jolie, Pierre, 155

JSOC Goint Special Operations

Command), 195-97,254

JSTARS Goint Surveillance Target

Attack Radar System), 73

Kabul

the boy and the bomb, 36-37,

43-46


PTT improvised raid, 119-20,

122-30

Russian Road, 37-39, 47, 136-38


155, 165-66

Kabul International Airport, 132,

183-84,189

Kabul Safe House,

59,

151-55, 161,211,

247,250,255,262

Kandahar,

50,

54 61-62 66-71 81

148

Karzai, Hamid,

24,

52, 80-82, 257,

280-81,285

Keller, Bill,

xiv,

254

Task Force 121, 191-95,206-13,

215-16,218,226-28,230-31,

235-38

Key Personnel Program,

12

Khowst, 50,61, 67, 81, 187, 253

kill, capture, or spy, 56-57, 59-60

Kimberlight a g i c 272-73

Kirkland,

John

(alias),

xiv,

33-34

departure from Afghanistan, 132

Ghaffari and, 87, 88-89, 92-116,

258-59

PTT

improvised raid, 122-30

Knowles, ~ a r y (alias), xiv, 69-70,

140-45, 157-61

Korean War, 86

Lambert, Geoffrey, 275

Leadership Targeting Cell (LTC), 32,

33-35, 185,241

Libby, Lewis Scooter,

176

Liberia, 18-19

INDEX

295

IDAD (Internal Defense and

Development) program, 280-81

IEDs

(improvised explosive devices),

35,37,131-32,136-38,227

illegal drugs,

42,

64

improvised raid on

PTT

119-30

India, 286-87

INF treaty, 15

nsomnia (movie), 68

Inspector General (IG),

28,

244,

267-68,270,274-75

intelligence

t I L J ~ I N T 16,61, 185, 197-98

exchange

of

information, 55-60,

7

training, 11-14

International Red Cross,

52

International Security Assistance

Force. See ISAF

interrogation,

of

Ghaffari, 92-116,

258-59

final approach to, 112-16

first meetings with, 93-96

master list

of

questions, 97-98

Springfield connection, 87, 88-89,

98-99, 101, 102-3, 105,

117

strat egy for, 107-12

interrogation techniques, 94-95,

257-59

Inter-Services Intelligence (lSI), 67,

187,192-93,286-87

Iran, 286-87, 288

Ghaffari and, 87-88, 105-6, 107-8,

110-17

Iraq war,

19, 58,

106,

182,

194,259,

260-61

Ireland, 285-86

ISAF (International Security

Assistance Force), 55, 56, 81-82,

113, 126, 132-34,

161,

182-83,

286

Isler, Rod, 18, 174-75

Jedi Knights, 14

jingle trucks, 39

John Wayne Pass, 118

Joint Task Force 180. See Combined

Joint Task Force 180

155

JSTARS Goint Target

Attack Radar System), 73

Kabul

the boy and the bomb, 36-37,

43-46


PTT


122-30

Russian Road, 37-39,47, 136-38


155,

165-66

Kabul International Airport,

132,

1 189

Kandahar, 50, 54 61-62 66-71 81

148

Karzai, Hamid,

24,

52, 80-82, 257,

280-81,285

Keller, Bill, xiv, 254

TaskForce 1099, 191-95,206-13,

215-16,218,226-28,230-31,

235-38

Key Personnel Program, 12

Khowst, 50, 61,

67,

81,

187, 253

kill, capture,

or

spy, 56-57, 59-60

Kirkland,

John

(alias),

xiv,

33-34

departure from Afghanistan,

132

Ghaffari and,

87,

88-89, 92-116,

258-59


Knowles, ~ a r y (alias), xiv, 69-70,

140-45, 157-61

Korean War, 86

Lambert, Geoffrey, 275

Leadership Targeting Cell (LTC), 32,

33-35,185,241

Libby, Lewis Scooter,

176

Liberia, 18-19


6/9

296

INDEX

Libya, 12

Lippold, Kirk, 174

LlWA (Land Information Warfare

Activity), 168-70, 173, 175-76,

178

logistical footprint, in Afghanistan,

284

Longenecker,John, xiv, 245-48

Loudermilk, Tim, xiv, 33, 117-18,200

Bronze Star ceremony, 20 3-4

Ghaffari and, 86, 88-91,93-96,

100-101


57-58

Operation Dark Heart, 156, 157-61

Taliban videotape, 48-49, 53-54

Love My Way (song), 47, 163

LTC (Leadership Targeting Cell), 32,

33-35, 185,241

M-4A3 rifles, 32-33

M-ll rifles, 32-33

MacArthur, Douglas,

279

Massoud, Ahmad Shah, 50-51,

136

McChrystal, Stanley, xiv, 256, 280

background of, 209-10

Task Force 121, 191-92, 193,209-12,

216,226-28,233,235,236,238

McFarlane, Ben, 200

McMillan, Kent, 132-38

Merchant o Venice (Shakespeare), 202-3

MH-6 Little Bird helicopters, 233-34

iami

Vice (TV show), 13

MIDB (Military Intelligence

Database), 168-72, 247

Milner, Rich, xiv, 29-34

Bronze Star of, 245

Ghaffari and, 88-89


58,

59

Operation Dark

Heart,

153, 183

Task Force 180, 31, 241

Mr. Pink, 5-7,217-19,228-33

Mr. Warlord, 211-16, 228

Mr. White, 5-7, 225-28, 230-33

mobile phone, and

PTT

improvised

raid, 119-33

Moffitt, Mary, xiv,

18

morale calls,

103

More tti, Ray (alias), xiv, 31-32, 161

Operation Mountai n Viper, 62-73,

77

80

Morrison, Mo,

212,

215-20

Mountain Viper.

See

Operation

Mountain Viper

Mullen, Marc,

xiv, 265

Nairobi embassy bombing, 165, 167

National Commission on Terrorist

Attacks Upon the United States.

See

9 11

Commission

National Guard, 11, 89-90

National Imagery and Mapping

Agency (NIMA), 32,

152

National Security Agency. See NSA

National Security Council (NSC), 176,

177

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty

Organization),

126,

182-83

Navy SEALs, 74, 196,221,225-38

New York City, 243-44

New Zealand Defence Force,

55,

56,

69, 140

NFN

(National File Number) 662,

165,168,170-71,178

night letters, 52-53, 143, 147-48

Night

Stalkers (160th Special

Operations Aviation-Regiment),

192,219-22,229-30

NIMA

(National Imagery and

Mapping Agency), 32,

152

9/11

attacks

2001), 2,

18, 164-66, 175-76

9 11 Commission, 164-65, 177-79,

246-47,249,273-74,275

9 11

Report, 273

Nixon, James, 219-22

North

Carolina National Guard,

89-90

Northern Alliance, 29, 50-51,

136,

277-78

Northern Ireland, 285-86

North Korea, 15,

17

NSA (National Security Agency),

30,

38,

154,

171, 181


55-60 '

PTT


122-30

296

INDEX

Libya,

12

Lippold, Kirk, 174

LlWA (Land Information Warfare

Activity), 168-70, 173, 175-76,

178

logistical footprint,

in

Afghanistan,

284

Chris Boston, xiv, 245-48

Loudermilk, Tim,

xiv,

33,117-18,200

Bronze Star ceremony, 203-4

Ghaffari and, 86, 88-91, 93-96,

100-101


57-58

Operation Dark

Heart,

156, 157-61

Taliban videotape, 48-49, 53-54

Love My Way (song), 47, 163

LTC (Leadership Targeting Cell), 32,

33-35, 185, 241

M-4A3 rifles, 32-33

M-11 rifles, 32-33

MacArthur, Douglas, 279

Massoud, Ahmad Shah, 50-51,

136

McChrystal, Stanley, xiv, 256, 280

background of, 209-10

Task Force 1099, 191-92, 193,209-12,

216,226-28,233,235,236,238

McFarlane, Ben, 200

McMillan, Kent, 132-38

erchant

o Venice

(Shakespeare), 202-3

MH-6 Little Bird helicopters, 233-34

iami Vice

(TV show), 13

MIDB (Military Intelligence

Database), 168-72, 247

Bill Wilson,

xiv,

29-34

Bronze Star of,

245

Ghaffari and, 88-89


58, 59

Operation Dark

Heart,

153, 183

Task Force 180,31,241

Mr. Pink, 5-7,217-19,228-33

Mr. White , 5-7, 225-28, 230-33

mobile phone, and

PTT

improvised

raid, 119-33

Susan Cane, xiv,

18

morale calls,

103

Moretti, Ray (alias), xiv, 31-32, 161

Operation Mountai n Viper, 62-73,

77,80

Mountain Viper. See Operation

Mountain Viper

Phil Trent, xiv, 265

Nairobi embassy bombing,

165,

167

National Commission on Terrorist

Attacks Upon the United States.

See 9 11 Commission

National Guard, 11,89-90

National Imagery and Mapping

Agency (NIMA), 32, 152

National Security Agency. See NSA

National Security Council (NSC), 176,

177

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty

Organization), 126, 182-83

Navy SEALs, 74, 196,221,225-38

New York 243-44

night letters, 52-53, 143, 147-48

Nigh t Stalkers (160th Special

Operations Aviation-Regiment),

192,219-22,229-30

NIMA

(National Imagery and

Mapping Agency),

32,

152

9/11 attacks

2001), 2,

18, 164-66, 175-76

9 11

Commission, 164-65, 177-79,

246-47,249,273-74,275

9 11

Report,

273

Nixon,James, 219-22

North Carolina National Guard,

89-90

Northern Alliance, 29,50-51, 136,

277-78


7/9

INDEX

297

NSC (National Security Council), 176

177

NVGs (night-vision goggles), 75

Officer Candidate School (OCS),

11

14

Ohio Army National Guard,

11

Olivero,Jose, xiv 143

Able Danger, 164-65



57-58

introduction to,

32 34

Operation Dark

Heart,

155-61

Task Force 121 191-92, 199-201

Olson, Eric,

235

Omar, Mullah Mohammed, xiv 31-32,

50,62,63-64

160th Special Operations Aviation

Regiment ( Nig ht Stalkers ), 192

219-22,229-30


28,42

Operation Body Guard, 283

Operation Copper Green, 257-59

Operation Dark

Heart,

147-61,201,

248

Able Danger compared with, 168

189

General Barno disaster, 182-89

General Vines briefing, 155-61,

181-82

goals

of

147-48

tipping point for, 180- 90

Operation Desert Storm, 157

Operation Enduring Freedom,

2

24

Operation Iraqi Freedom, 184

Operation Mountain Viper, 60-83,

148 182 193

Deh Chopan op, 66, 69-81


57,61

Shadow Matrix compared with,

247-48, 252-53

Operation Shadow Matrix, 240-41,

247-48, 253-59

Operation Urgent Fury, 184

Operation Winter Strike,

192

194-98,

240-41,253

Orion Scientific Systems,

169

Pakistan border, 54-55

black ops, 60-83, 147-61, 180-98,

240,252-56

Federally Administered Tribal Area,

140-45

Pakistani-Indian cold war, 286-87

Pashtu tribe, 128, 278-79

Patton, George, 45-46,

145

Pearson, Bill, xiv 260-64

Pentagon Athletic Club, 53

Peshawar, 140,264- 65

Phillpott, Scott, 166, 170-73,

249

polygraphs, 42, 211

Porta-Johns, 35 86

Post Telephone and Telegraph

Company

PTT),

119-20,

122-30

Predator drones,

282

Preisser, Eileen, 175-76, 177,249

PRTs (Provisional Reconstruction

Teams),277

Psychedelic Furs, 47 163

Qaeda,

a1.

ee al Qaeda

Quetta, 54-55, 140,264-65

Rahman, OmarAbdul, 170-71

Rashid, Ahmed, 140

Reagan, Ronald, 172

Reese, Kate (alias), xiv 67-69, 83-85,

134,161-63,201-3,231,242

Reichert, Major, 61-62

Return of Forces in German y

(REFORGER),

12

Revolutionary Organization

17

November,

33

Ring helicopter system, 89-92

risk taking,

17

Ritchie,John,

xiv

240, 243 248

Operation Dark Heart, 183-89,

201

Rivera, Geraldo, 244

Roppongi Prince Hotel, 161

rules of engagement (ROE), 40, 78

Rumsfeld, Donald H., xiv 24 53 106,

182,253-54,257,259

Russian Road, 37-39,47, 136-38

Russian tank graveyard, 134-35

INDEX

297

NSC (National Security Council),

176

77

NVGs

(night-vision goggles), 75

Officer Candidate School (OCS),

11

14

Ohio Army National Guard, 11

Juan Negro, xiv 143

Able Danger, 164-65



57-58

introduction to, 32 34

Operation Dark He art, 155-61

Task Force 1099 191-92, 199-201

Olson, Eric, 235

Omar, Mullah Mohammed, xiv 31-32,

50,62,63-64

160th Special Operations Aviation

Regiment ( Night Stalkers ), 192

219-22,229-30


28,42

Operation Body Guard, 283

Operation Dark Heart , 147-61,201,

248

Able Danger compared with, 168

189

General Barno disaster, 182-89

General Vines briefing, 155-61,

181-82

goals of, 147-48

tipping point for, 180-90

Operation Desert Storm, 157

Operation Enduri ng Freedom,

2

24

Operation Iraqi Freedom, 184

Operation Mountain Viper, 60-83,

148 182

193

Deh Chopan op, 66, 69-81


57,61

Shadow Matrix compared with,

247-48, 252-53

Operation Shadow Matrix, 240-41,

247-48,253-59

Operation Urgen t Fury, 184

Operation Winter Strike, 192 194-98,

240-41,253

Orio n Scientific Systems,

169

Pakistan border, 54-55

black ops, 60-83, 147-61, 180-98,

240,252-56

Federally Administered Tr ibal Area,

140-45

Pakistani-Indian cold war, 286-87

Pashtu tribe, 128, 278-79

Patton, George, 45-46,

145

George Anderson, xiv 260-64

Pentagon Athletic Club, 53

Phillpott, Scott, 166, 170-73,

249

polygraphs, 42, 211

Porta-Johns, 35 86

Post Telephone and Telegraph

Company PTT), 119-20,

122-30

Predator drones, 282

Preisser, Eileen, 175-76, 177,249

PRTs (Provisional Reconstruction

Teams),277

Psychedelic Furs, 47 163

Qaeda, a1.

ee

al Qaeda

Rahman, Omar Abdul, 170-71

Rashid, Ahmed, 140

Reagan, Ronald, 172

Reese, Kate (alias), xiv 67-69, 83-85,

134,161-63,201-3,231,242

Reichert, Major, 61-62

Return of Forces in Germa ny

(REFORGER),

12

Revolutionary Organization

17

November, 33

Ring helicopter system, 89-92

risk taking, 17

Ritchie,John, xiv 240, 243 248

Operation

Dark

Heart, 183-89,

201

Rivera, Geraldo, 244

rules of engagement (ROE), 40,

78

Rumsfeld, Donald H.,

xiv

24

53

106

182,253-54,257,259

Russian Road, 37-39,47, 136-38

Russian

tank

graveyard, 134-35


8/9

298

INDEX

Sadler,John,

xiv

19,268-71

Sanders, Hank 10

Sands o

wo

Jima The (movie), 26

SAWs (Squad Automatic Weapons),

78

Schmidt, Dennis (father), 9-10,

242

Schoonmaker, Peter

Able Danger, 106, 166-67, 170

173-74,178,274,275

Ghaffari and, 106-7, 111-12,

117

Schwarzkopf, Norman 14

SCIF (Sensitive Compartmented

Informati on Facility), 29-30, 72-75

Seagal, Steven, 62-63, 248

securit y clearance, 16 273-74

Senate Judiciary Co mmittee , 274

September 11 attacks (2001), 2 18

164-66,175-76

September 11 Commission.

See 9111

Commission

75th Ranger Regiment, 192-98,

209-29

Shadow Matrix.

See

Operation Shadow

Matrix

Shaffer, Anthony Alexander Alex

(son), 16 20-22, 90, 104, 252,

276

Shaffer,

John

Robert (stepfather) 9-10

Shaffer, Karen (ex-wife, now Kar en

Denise Palya), 16 20

Shaffer, Rina (wife, Norina, nee

MacNeil), 25-26,

85

87 103-4,

149,242,243-44,252,276

Shaffer, Ryan Austin (son), 276

Shaffer, Sylvia Sue (mother), 9-1 0

Shakespeare, William, 202-3

shaping attack, 73-74

sharia, 147

Shays, Christopher,

176

Sheen, Martin ,

146

Shelton, Hugh, 167 174,247,274

Shinseki, Eric,

106

SIGINT

(signals intelligence), 30,

147

194

Smith,J. D.,

169

Snow, T o n ~ 2 4 3 4 4

SOCOM

(Special Operation s

Command), 19 166-69, 171-78,

274,275

Somalia, 18-19,

157

South Waziristan,

141

Soviet Union

Afghanistan occupation,

29

53 102

132 135-36

tank graveyard, 134-35

Special Forces, 92-93, 197,280-81

Speicher, Michael Scott, 26

standards

of

conduct, 85-86

Starbucks, 139

Statue

of

Liberty,

12

Stratus Ivy, 17-19,24-25, 155 165-66


Sullivan, Patrice, 143-44

sunglasses, 212

surveillance technology,

13

surveillance training, 13-14

Swank, Hilary, 68

Swat Valley, 288

Taliban


140-45


Mountain Viper.

See

Operation

Mountain Viper

Operation Dark Heart.

See

Operation Dark

Heart

Operation

Winter

Strike,

192

194-98,240-41,253

overrunning police outposts, 51-52,

53,62

Task Force

121. See

Task Force

121


Taliban taxis, 39-40

TAREX

(TARget EXploitation),

38-39,43,119-23,198,202

Task Force

5 24

149-61,

191 195

Task Force 121 189 191-200

concept

of

operation, 198

Death Star, 196-97,206-7,

226-27

Hekmat yar assault, 2-7, 228-31

initial strategy, 191-94

madrassah bombing,

207

208-9

setup, 194-97

special holding facility, 257-59

spring mission (Operation Shadow

Matrix), 240-41, 247-48, 253-59

Task Force 180, 24 29-30, 182-83,

197-200

298

INDEX

Allen Stein, xiv 19,268-71

Sanders, Hank, 10

SAWs (Squad Automatic Weapons), 78

Schmidt, Dennis (father), 9-10, 242

Schoonmaker, Peter

Able Danger, 106, 166-67, 170

173-74,178,274,275

Ghaffari and, 106-7, 111-12,

117

Schwarzkopf, Norman, 14

SCIF

(Sensitive Compartmented

Information Facility), 29-30, 72-75

Seagal, Steven, 62-63, 248

security clearance, 16 273-74

Senate Judiciary Com mitte e, 274

September

11

attacks (2001),

2 18

164-66,175-76

September Commission.

See 9 11

Commission

75th Ranger Regiment, 192-98,

209-29

Shadow Matrix.

See

Operation Shadow

Matrix

Shaffer, Anth ony Alexander Alex

(son), 16 20-22, 90, 104,252 ,276

Shaffer,

John

Robert (stepfather) 9-10

Shaffer, Karen (ex-wife, now Karen

Denise Palya),

16

20

Shaffer, Rina (wife, Norina nee

MacNeil), 25-26, 85 87 103-4,

149 242 243-44 252 276

Shaffer, Ryan Austin (son), 276

Shaffer, Sylvia Sue (mother ), 9-1 0

Shakespeare, William, 202-3

shaping attack, 73-74

sharia, 147

Shays, Christoph er, 176

Sheen, Martin,

146

Shelton, Hugh, 167 174,247,274

106

Smith ]. D.,

169

Snow, Tony, 243-4 4

SOCOM

(Special Operations

Command),

19

166-69, 171-78,

274,275

Somalia, 18-19,

157

South Waziristan,

141

Soviet Union

Afghanistan occupation,

29 53 102

132

135-36

tank graveyard, 134-35

Special Forces, 92-93, 197,280-81

Speicher, Michael Scot t, 26

standards

of

conduct, 85-86

Starbucks,

139

Statue

of

Liberty, 12

Stratus Ivy, 17-19, 24-25, 155 165-66


Sullivan, Patrice, 143-44

sunglasses, 212

surveillance technology,

13

surveillance training, 13-14

Swank, Hilary, 68

Swat Valley, 288

Taliban


140-45


Mountain Viper.

See

Operation

Mountain Viper

Operation Dark Heart.

See

Operation Dark

Heart

Operation

Winter

Strike, 192

194-98,240-41,253

overrunning police outposts, 51-52,

53,62

Task Force

1099.

See

Task Force 1099


Taliban 39-40

Task Force 1099, 189 191-200

concept

of

operation,

198

Death Star, 196-97, 206-7,

226-27

Hekmaty ar assault, 2-7, 228-31

initial strategy, 191-94

madrassah bombing,

207

208-9

setup, 194-97

special holding facility, 257-59

spring mission (Operation Shadow

Matrix), 240-41, 247-48, 253-59

Task Force 180, 24 29-30, 182-83,

197-200


9/9

INDEX

299


155,

165-66

Task Force Warrior, 184

Tate,Julie, 37-38, 39 43-44 46

Tenet, George,

152,

208

10th Mountain Division, 1-7, 29, 92-93

ee also Operation Mountain Viper

Tier 1 targets. ee

HVTs

Tier

2 targets,

32, 57

Title 10, 153-54, 160

Title 50, 160

TOC (Tactical Operations Center)

( Death Star ), 196-97,206-7,

226-27

Tora Bora, 2-3

Torres, Raphael, 64 -65, 69-73

torture. ee enhanced interrogation

methods

Toyota Corollas, 39-4 0

Toyota Tacomas, 29

training of

Anthony Shaffer, 11-12

unity

of

command, 278-79,

282

Varicose and His Itchy Veins, 241

Vietnam War, 86, 146-47, 280

Vines,John, xiv, 30-31, 58

Operation Dark Heart, 149, 152,

155-61, 181-82

Operation Mounta in Viper, 61, 68

Wana, 54-55, 140-45, 147-61, 186,

192-93,264-65

Ward, Bob,

xiv,

197-98,240,243

Washington, Chris, 200

Wayne, John,

26

Weiding, David Dave, xiv

Al Qaeda Hotel, 139-45


55-60

introduction to, 30-31

Kabul IED, 36, 43-47

Operation Dark Heart, 149-61

Operation Mounta in Viper, 60, 61,

63-65,69-71


Taliban video, 48-55

TAREX missions, 38-39

Weldon, Curt 176,273

Werman , Lisa (alias), xiv, 119-30,

150

West Point, 12

Wilson, Tom, 174

winning in Afghanistan, 277-89

addressing root cause of regional

instability, 286-8 7

appointing a forceful leader,

279-80

changing logistical footprint, 284

controlling the border, 281

creating internal operational policy

framework,280-81

establishing peace process,

284-86

establishing true combined forces

command, 278-79

following the money, 284

price of failure, 287-88

radically rethinking analytical

approach, 282-84

reducing the violence,

282

WMDs (weapons

of

mass destruction),

19

World Trade C enter attacks 2001).

ee 9/11 attacks

World Trade Center bombing 1993),

166-67, 169, 170

World War II, 86, 278-79, 283

Wright State College, 11-12

Yemen, 173-74

York, Jerry, 150-51

Zabul, 61, 66, 69. ee

also

Operation

Mountain Viper

Zaid, Mark, 272-73

Zawahiri, Ayman AI-, xiv, 32, 194,

264

Zelikow, Philip, xiv, 177-79,246-47,

249,273

INDEX

299


155, 165-66

Task Force Warrior,

184

Tate, Julie, 37-38, 39,4 3-44, 46

Tenet, George, 152, 208

10th Mountain Division, 1-7, 29,92-9 3

ee

also

Operation Mountain Viper

Tier 1 targets. ee HVTs

Tier

2 targets,

32, 57

Title 10, 153-54,

160

Title 50, 160

TOC (Tactical Operations Center)

( Death Star ), 196-97,206-7,

226-27

Tora Bora, 2-3

Torres, Raphael, 64-65, 69-73

torture. ee enhanced interrogation

methods

Toyota Corollas, 39-40

Toyota Tacomas, 29

training of Anthony Shaffer, 11-12

unity

of

command, 278-79,

282

Varicose and

His

Itchy Veins,

241

Vietnam War, 86, 146-47,280

Vines, John,

xiv,

30-31, 58

Operation Dark Heart, 149,

152,

155-61, 181-82

Operation Mount ain Viper, 61,

68

Wana, 54-55, 140-45, 147-61, 186,

192-93,264-65

Bruce Gains, xiv, 197-98,240,243

Medford, Chris, 200

Christenson, David Dave, xiv

Al Qaeda Hotel, 139-45


55-60

introduction to, 30-31

Kabul IED, 36,43-47

Operation Dark Heart, 149-61

Operation Mountain Viper, 60, 61,

63-65,69-71


Taliban video, 48-55

Weldon, Curt, 176,273

Werman , Lisa (alias),

xiv,

119-30,

150

West Point,

12

Wilson, Tom, 174

winning in Afghanistan, 277-89

addressing root cause of regional

instability, 286-87

appointing a forceful leader,

279-80

changing logistical footprint, 284

controlling the border, 281

creating internal operational policy

framework, 280-81

establishing peace process,

284-86

establishing true combined forces

command,278-79

following the money, 284

price of failure, 287-88

radically reth inking analytical

approach, 282-84

reducing the violence, 282

WMDs (weapons of mass destruction),

19

World Trade Center attacks 2001).

ee

9/11

attacks

World Trade Center bombing 1993),

166-67, 169, 170

World War II, 86, 278-79, 283

Wright State College, 11-12

Yemen, 173-74

York,Jerry, 150-51

Zabul, 61, 66, 69. ee

also

Operation

Mountain Viper

Zaid, Mark, 272-73

Zawahiri, Ayman AI-, xiv, 32,

194,

264

Zelikow, Philip, xiv, 177-79,246-47,

249,273

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