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unusual facts about intelligence analysts



Al-Qaeda guest houses, Faisalabad

The American intelligence analysts who compiled the justifications for continuing to detain the captives taken in the war on terror made dozens of references to an al Qaida safe house, in Faisalabad, Pakistan.

Nibras guest house

The Nibras guest house is one of the many al Qaida guest houses, or al Qaida safe houses, or other houses that American intelligence analysts assert are part of the justifications offered for the continued extrajudicial detention of captives held in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.

Zahid Al-Sheikh

American intelligence analysts alleged, during Adel Hassan Hamad's Combatant Status Review Tribunal and Administrative Review Board hearing that Zahid was tied to terrorism and that Hamad's acquaintanceship with him was one of the factors in favor of his continued detention.


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College of Islamic and Arabic Studies

College of Islamic and Arabic Studies, Afghanistan, American intelligence analysts characterize this as a jihadist safe house

Embassy of the United States, Sarajevo

In the month following al Qaeda's bombing of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 American intelligence analysts became concerned that Arab immigrants in Bosnia and Herzegovina planned to attack the US Embassy in Sarajevo.

Frederick H. Fleitz

Rowan Scarborough, in his 2007 book "Sabotage: America's Enemies Within the CIA" (Regnery) came to a similar conclusion and wrote that Fleitz paid a professional price for defending Bolton and standing up to political pressure from rogue CIA and State Department intelligence analysts.

Jerusalem BMW attack

According to Stratfor Global Intelligence analysts, this attack represents a new militant tactic which is less lethal but could prove more difficult to prevent than suicide bombings.

The Enemy of My Enemy

Political Science Quarterly reviewed the book, writing: George Michael's The Enemy of My Enemy explores the connections and possibilities for cooperation between a threat of substantial contemporary interest to policymakers, intelligence analysts, and political scientists—militant Islamic movements like the al Qaeda organization (AQO)--and one that is, in many respects, an incipient one, Western right-wing extremism.