Berntsen Gary - Jawbreaker: the attack on Bin Laden and Al Qaeda: a personal account by the CIAs key field commander

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JAWBREAKER

The Attack on Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIAs Key Field Commander

GARY BERNTSEN

and Ralph Pezzullo

Crown Publishers / New York

Dedicated to the brave men and women of our clandestine service, their families (including my own), and the people of Afghanistan

Key Characters

(*The following names have been changed to guard their identity.)

(The following names have been changed at the direction of CIA censors.)

CIA

* A.C. Black-bearded tech wizard from Science and Technology and member of Jawbreaker.

* Amir Arab-American member of Jawbreaker who was sent to work with Afghan warlord

* Bilal Arab-American former Marine who deployed with me to in 1999 and later joined Team Juliet in Tora Bora.

Cofer Black Very capable and aggressive Director of CTC, 19982004.

* Breen My young team leader in Taloqan, assigned to work with warlord Berryelah Khan.

* Brock No-nonsense team leader of Jawbreaker 2000.

* Coleman Chief in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, at the time of the U.S. Embassy bombing.

* Craig CIA team leader assigned to work with Hamid Karzai in southern Afghanistan near Kandahar.

* Davis Blond-haired, blue-eyed former Marine Recon and CIA Case Officer who became my right-hand man in the Panshir and Kabul.

Dawson CIA analyst and Uzbek speaker who was sent into Qala-i Jangi fortress with Mike Spann.

* Donna Bin Laden expert who was part of the Emergency Deployment Team to Tanzania.

* Dusty CIA contractor and former JSOC soldier who joined Juliet Forward in Tora Bora and directed air strikes on the al-Qaeda camp at Milawa.

* Halsey Case officer serving in Uzbekistan who became a member of Jawbreaker 2000 deployment and had been a student of mine at the Farm.

* Hamid Ivy League law school graduate and Muslim-American member of Jawbreaker 2001 used on the Shomali Plains as the primary translator.

Hank Hard-as-nails director of CTC/ (CTC/) formed after 9/11/01.

* Harold Former U.S. Special Forces Sergeant and my deputy in the Hezbollah element of CTC.

* Hoss CIA Special Activities Division officer and former SEAL who deployed with Billy Waugh.

* Johann East European-born officer who inspected al-Qaeda training, chemical and weapons facilities.

John Hanks deputy at CTC/, who was scheduled to retire after 9/11.

* Adam Khan Muslim-American and Pushtun speaker who played a key role with Team Juliet in Tora Bora, December 2001.

* Klesko Aggressive Special Activities Division officer and member of Agency Team Delta who captured the number-two and number-three Taliban intel officials.

* Lance JSOC soldier assigned to Juliet Forward who directed air strikes on the al-Qaeda camp at Milawa.

* Lawrence Chief in Uzbekistan, who helped abort Jawbreaker 2000.

* Marlowe Science and Technology expert and former Navy Seal who was a member of Jawbreakers 2000 and 2001.

* Mary Chief of CIA Career Service Training Program (Recruitment).

* McQueen Emergency Deployment Team leader from Special Operations who was with me in Tanzania.

* Nelson Muscular African-American officer who inspected al-Qaeda training, chemical and weapons facilities.

Jeff OConnell Director of the Counter Terrorism Center (CTC) in 199799.

* Parker CIA officer and former SF officer who entered Kabul with Bismullah Khans men and later joined Juliet Forward in Tora Bora to direct air strikes on the al-Qaeda camp at Milawa.

Jim Pavitt CIA Deputy Director of Operations,
19982004.

* Phillip CIA Directorate of Intelligence South Asia expert who worked with Special Representative James Dobbins.

* Reno Air Force Combat Controller assigned to JSOC who joined Juliet Forward in Tora Bora and directed air strikes on the al-Qaeda camp at Milawa.

Rich Chief of the Bin Laden Group who succeeded me in late December 2001.

* R.J. Chief of CIA Team in Mazar-e Sharif who worked with General Dostum.

Mike Spann CIA first-tour officer killed at Qala-i Jangi fortress.

* Stan Russian-speaking case officer who originally deployed on the Shomali Plains with Gary Schroen.

* Storm Big, red-bearded Special Activities Division officer and member of Jawbreakers 2000 and 2001, who led the effect to free the SNI hostages.

* Ted (aka FBI Ted) FBI detailee to the Hezbollah working group who led Emergency Deployment Team to Nairobi, Kenya, in August 1998.

George Tenet Director of the CIA, 19982004.

* Todd Loyal Hooters customer and commo officer of Jawbreakers 2000 and 2001.

Billy Waugh Legendary seventy-two-year-old Special Forces Sergeant Major and CIA Special Activities Division contractor, joined Jawbreaker in late November 2001, later deployed south with Team Romeo.

* Yale Workaholic first tour officer and member of Jawbreaker 2001.

U.S. MILITARY

* Colonel Al Alexander -American SF officer detailed to CIA Special Activities Division, who led SF team into Tora Bora.

Master Sergeant John Bolduc Leader of Special Forces A Team 585 deployed in Taloqan.

Major General Dell Dailey Head of Joint Special Operations Command (Delta Force) and highest-ranking U.S. military officer in Afghanistan during the fighting in Tora Bora.

Chief Warrant Officer David Diaz Leader of the Triple Nickel (555) Special Forces A Team members deployed on the Shomali Plains.

General Tommy Franks Commander in Chief of CENTCOM.

Lt. Colonel Chris Haas Commander of Special Forces A Team 555 (Triple Nickel) assigned to the Panshir and Shomali Plains, and later entered Kabul.

Brigadier General Gary Harrell Former commander of Delta Force and CENTCOMS Director of Security, sent by General Franks to direct humanitarian effort in Afghanistan.

Colonel John Mulholland 5th Special Forces Group Commander in charge of all Special Forces teams in Afghanistan.

* Lt. Colonel Mark Sutter Leader of three-man JSOC advance team sent to Afghanistan in late November 2001.

NORTHERN ALLIANCE

Dr. Abdullah Abdullah Northern Alliance Foreign Minister; met with U.S. Special Representative James Dobbins in Uzbekistan.

Engineer Aref Dapper, suspicious and canny head of Northern Alliance intelligence (aka, the Director).

Mohammad Atta Tajik Northern Alliance military commander in northern Afghanistan who helped liberate Mazar-e Sharif.

General Babajan Portly Northern Alliance subcommander on the Shomali Plains, under Bismullah Khan.

Babrak Pashai warlord who joined the Eastern Alliance and fought in Tora Bora.

Abdul Rashid Dostum Hard-nosed Uzbek warlord who led an army in northern Afghanistan that liberated the Uzbek city of Mazar-e Sharif.

Mohammed Qasim Fahim Massouds successor as the military leader of the Northern Alliance.

Hamid Karza i Pushtun leader who led a small army in southern Afghanistan and was named leader of the interim government in December 2001.

Dr. Karim Khalili Hazara leader and Northern Alliance commander.

Berryelah Khan Northern Alliance commander in the north near Taloqan.

Bismullah Khan Commander of Northern Alliance forces on the Shomali Plains.

Ismail Khan Northern Alliance military commander in western Afghanistan, near the city of Herat.

Majid Massouds protge and my main liason with the Northern Alliance; worked for both the foreign ministry and NA intel.