Hayden, Michael
Hazmi, al-
Hellfire missiles
Helmand Province
Helms, Richard
Herter, Eric
Heydrich, Reinhard
Hickey, Jim
High-Value Target Cell (Pentagon)
high-value targets (targeted killing). See also assassinations; kingpin strategy
Afghanistan and
algorithms and
assassination and
bin Laden and
Bush II and
categories broadened
cell phones and
CIA and
COIN and
Colombia and
committees and
defining legitimate
drug war and
failure of, as strategy
Iraq and
Israel and
kill chain delay and
kill list and
Kosovo and
midlevel commanders as
Millennium Challenge and
new terms coined
9/11 and
Pakistan and
patterns of life and
Perry and
Phoenix program and
political sustainability and
science of
social network analysis and
targeter profession and
Waziristan and
Yemen and
Hill, The
Hiroshima
Hitler, Adolf
Hmong tribe
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Hoh, Matthew
Holland, Charles
Homeland Security Department
Hoover, J. Edgar
Horner, Charles
Huddleston, Edward
Hughes, Christopher
Hughes corporation
Hull, Edmund
Human Rights Watch
Humphreys, Todd
Humvees
Hunt, E. Howard
Hurlburt Air Force Base
Hussein, Saddam
Hussein, Uday
hydrogen bomb
IBM
ICBMs
IEDs
Igloo White
IMSI Catcher
India
Indiana Air National Guard
information superiority
infrared camera
infrared sensors
In-Q-Tel startup arm (CIA)
Instant Thunder
Institute for Defense Analysis (IDA)
intelligence. See also specific agencies and methods
automation of analysis
budget
investigations of
WWII and
Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR)
intelligence authorization bill (1998)
Intelligence Coordination and Exploitation (ICEX)
international law
Internet Relay Chat
Iran
Iran-Contra affair
Iraq
bombing of 1991
cell phones and
Gulf War of 1990–91
IEDs and
no-fly zones
war of 2003–11
Iraqi army
Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Iryani, Abdul Ghani al-
Isacson, Adam
ISAF press releases
ISIS
Islah party
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
Israel
Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
Israeli Aircraft Industries
Israeli Supreme Court
“Israel’s Lessons for Fighting Terrorists” (Dicter and Byman)
Italy
ITT
Jabar, Maulvi
Jaber, Salim bin Ali
Jaber, Walid bin Ali
Jackson, Michael
Jahangir, Asma
James, Larry
Jan, Ahmed
Janko, Abdul Rahim al-
Japan
Jasons
Johnson, Lyndon B.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Forces Command
Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO)
Joint Priorities Effects List (JPEL)
Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC)
Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS)
Joint Targeting Working Group
Joint Terminal Attack Controllers
Jojoy, Mono
Jordan
Jumper, John
Justice Department
Kamm, Anat
Kandahar Province
Kappes, Stephen
Karam, Jesus Murillo
Karem, Avraham
Karzai, Ahmed Wali
Karzai, Hamid
Kasi, Mir Aimal
Kayani, Ashfaq
Kaysen, Carl
Kennedy, John F.
Kennedy, Joseph, Jr.
Kennedy, Robert F.
Kernan, William
KGB
Khan, Ismail
Khan, Juma
Khan, Malik Daud
Khan, Malik Gukistan
Khod attack of 2010
Khost region
Kilcullen, David
kill chain
efficiency of
time delays and
kill list
Afghanistan and
Bush II and
disposition matrix and
NSA and
Obama and
Vietnam and
Kim Il-Sung
kingpin strategy
Kissinger, Henry
Kistiakowski, George
Komer, Robert
Korean War
Kosovo
Krebs, Valdis
Krepinevich, Andrew
Kuwait
L-3 Communications
Lake, Anthony
Langley Air Force Base
Langley CIA headquarters
Laos
Lashkar-e Taiba
Lavoy, Peter
Leading Systems
Lebanon
LeMay, Curtis
Lewis, Jerry
Libya
Lidice massacre
Lieberman, Joseph
Lindh, John Walker
“linear strategy”
Little Bird MH-6 helicopters
lobbying
Lockheed
LORAN
Lumumba, Patrice
MacGregor, Douglas
Maglioccetti, Paul
Malaysia
Manhattan Project
Mansoor, Saifur Rahman
Marine Corps
Marshall, Andrew
Marshall, George
Marshall Plan
Masri, Abu Ayyub al-
Massoud, Ahmed Shah
Matthews, Jennifer
Mattis, James
McCaffrey, Barry
McChrystal, Stanley
McCloy, John J.
McConnell, John
McCormack, Alfred
McDonnell Douglass
McGovern, Ray
McHale, Riley
McHale, Timothy
McKeon, Buck
McLaughlin, John
McNamara, Robert
McRaven, William
Medellín cartel
Meermans, Michael
Mehsud, Baitullah
Mehsud, Hakimullah
Meigs, Montgomery
Memorandum of July 16, 2010
Memorandum of Notification (Bush, 2001)
Menu, Operation
Mexico
Midhar, Khalid al-
Midway, Battle of
Milani, Andrew
“Military-Technical Revolution, The” (Krepinevich)
Millennium Challenge
Mills, Richard
Milošević, Slobodan
Miramar Naval Air Station
Mitchell, Billy
Mohsen, Ali
monopolistic competition
&n
bsp; Monsanto
Moore, Dan
Moran, Jim
Morrell, Michael
Moseley, Michael
Mossad
Mossadeq, Mohamed
MRAPs
Munter, Cameron
Murtha, Jack
Muslimi, Farea al-
Myers, Richard
Nagl, John
Nakhon Phanom base
Napoleon Bonaparte
NASA
Nasser, Gamal Abdel
National Counterterrorism Center
National Defense Panel
National Geospatial Agency
National Imagery Interpretation Rating Scale
National Security Agency (NSA)
National Security Council
National Security Division, New York (FBI)
Navy
air force vs.
DCGS-N and
drones and
drug war and
Vietnam and
WWII and
Navy Seals
Navy Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU)
Nehru, Jawaharlal
Nellis Air Force Base
Ness, Elliott
net-centric warfare (netwar)
Newsweek
New York Air National Guard
New York Post
New York Times
Nguyen, Dong Si
Nicaragua
Nicaraguan Contras
Nieto, Enrique
Niger
9/11 attacks
9/11 Commission
Nixon, Richard M.
Noble Justice, Operation
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Northern Alliance
Northern Command Sensor Program
Northern Ireland
North Korea
Northrop Grumman
North Vietnam
North Waziristan
nuclear weapons
Obama, Barack
Odierno, Ray
Office of Drug Control Policy
Office of Naval Research
Office of Net Assessment (Pentagon)
Office of Operational Test and Evaluation (Pentagon)
Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Okamoto, Vincent
Omar, Mullah
O’Neill, John
“On Rigor in Science” (Borges)
OODA Loop
Operational Detachment Alpha
Operational Evaluation Division
Operational Intelligence Support Group (NATO)
Operational Net Assessment (ONA)
Orion, Project
Ortega, Hernando
OV-10 Bronco
Owens, William
Ozmen, Eren
Ozmen, Fatih
P-38 fighter
PAC-2
Pakistan
Pakistani Intelligence (ISI)
Pakistani Taliban
Palantir
Panama
Panetta, Leon
Parks, W. Hays
Parra, Alberto
Pashtuns
“patterns of life”
Paveway III system
Pearl Harbor
Pentagon Papers
Perle, Richard
Perry, William J.
Peru
Peterson, Scott
Petraeus, David
Philippines
Phoenix program
PMA firm
Porter, Gareth
Posephny, Anthony “Tony Po”
Poss, James
Powell, Colin
Pravda
precision guidance
Predator
development of
early use of
testing of
weaponization of
preemptive attacks
Priest, Dana
provincial reconnaissance (PRU)
“Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare” (CIA manual)
Qaddafi, Muammar
Qadhi, Adnan al-
Qatar
Qureshi, Faheem
Radmi, Hamid al-
Rahman, Abdul
Ramstein Air Force Base
Rand Corporation
Rast, Benjamin
Raytheon
Reagan, Ronald
Real Time Regional Gateway
Reaper
Recto, Claro
Red Cross
Reischauer, Edwin
Reisner, Daniel
Reno, Janet
“Report on the Predator” (2001)
Retro program
“Revolution in Military Affairs” (Krepinevich)
Reyes, Paul
Rhode, David
risk-reward axis
Ritchie, Alan
Rivolo, Rex
Roberts, Neil
Rodríguez, José
Rodríguez-Orijuela, Gilberto
Rodríguez-Orijuela, Miguel
Rolling Thunder
Rome Air Development Center
Ronfeldt, David
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Kermit
Roselli, “Handsome Johnny”
Rossini, Mark
Roston, Aram
Rostow, Walt
RQ-170 drone (Beast)
RQ-180 drone
Rubinstein, Elyakim
Rumsfeld, Donald
Russia, post-Soviet
Sadr, Muqtada al-
SAIC
Saleh, Ali Abdullah
Sammarai, Wafiq al-
Samoza, Anastasio
Sanchez, Ricardo
Sandinistas
Santa-Cruz Londono, José “Chepe”
Santos, Juan Manuel
satellite phones
satellites
Saudi Arabia
Savimbi, Jonas
Scan Eagle drones
Scheuer, Michael
Schlesinger, James R.
Schwarzkopf, Norman
Schweinfurt raid
SCIF (Secure Compartmented Information Facility)
Scud missiles
secrecy
Seeker
Sehike Consulting
Semple, Michael
sensors
Serbia
Shabak (Israeli service)
Shabwani, Ayed al-
Shabwani, Jaber al-
Shabwani, Sheikh Ali al-
Shaikh, Abdusattar
Shelton, Henry
Sheridan, Brian
Shia Muslims
Short, Michael
Sierra Nevada
SIGACTS
signals intelligence
signature strike
SIM cards
645 Aeronautical Systems Group
SkyGrabber software
Smith, Billy
Smith, Jeremy
Snowden, Edward
social networks
Somalia
So Tri
South Waziristan
South Yemen
Soviet MiGs
Soviet Union
Afghan War of 1980s
collapse of
Space Telescope Science Institute
SPADR program
Special Activities Division (CIA)
Special Group (Augmented) (CIA)
Special Operations. See also specific operations; regions; task forces; and units
Special Operations Command (SOCOM)
Special Operations Division (DEA)
Sprey, Pierre
SR-71 reconnaissance plane
Star Wars
State Department
stealth technology
Stevens, John Paul
stigmergy
Stimson, Henry
Stingray
Strategic Air Command
Suez crisis
suicide bombers
Sukarno
Sullivan, Leonard
Sunni Muslims
superdrones
surveillance systems
Swan, Fred
Syria
Takhar Province
Takur Ghar battle
Taliban
TALOS
targeted killing. See assassination; high-value targets; kingpin strategy
Tarnak Farms compound
Task Force 11
Task Force 180
Task Force 373
Task Force Alpha
Task Force ODIN
Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP)
Teledyne Ryan corporation
Templer, Gerald
Tenet, George
terrorists
watch lists
Terrorist Threat Integration Center (T-TIC)
Texas Instruments
Thailand
Thanh Hoa Bridge
Thornley, Ronald
Thuraya satellite phone
torture
total situational awareness
Trafficante, Santo
“Transforming Defense” (Krepinevich and Armitage)
Trans-Yemen pipeline
Triga research reactor
Triggerfish
Trohan, Walter
Trujillo, Rafael
Truman, Harry S.
TRW Inc.
Turco, Fred
Turkey
Turner, Stansfield
Turse, Nick
U-2 plane
United Arab Emirates
United Nations
Office on Drugs and Crime
U.S. Congress
U.S. embassies
African, bombings of 1998
Laos
U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation
U.S. House of Representatives
Armed Services Committee
Defense Appropriations Committee
Ethics Committee
Intelligence Committee
“U.S. Policy Standards and Procedures for the Use of Force in Counterterrorism Operations” (2013)
U.S. Senate
Appropriations Committee
Armed Services Committee
Intelligence Committee
National Defense Panel
Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator
Uruzgan Province
Uzbekistan
V-22 Osprey
Van Riper, Paul
Vessey, John
Viet Cong Infrastructure (VCI)
Vietnam War
virtual base-tower receivers
Visclosky, Peter
Votel, Joseph
Vought Corporation
Wal-Mart
Warden, John
Warlock jammers
Warrick, Joby
Warhol, Andy
Washington Office on Latin America
Washington Post
Watergate scandal
Wazir, Nek Muhammed
Wazir, Sherabat Khan
Waziristan
Welch, Larry
Westmoreland, William
Wexford Group International
White, Letitia
Wikileaks
Winter Soldier movement
Wolfowitz, Paul
Woolsey, R. James
World Court
World Trade Center
World War I
World War II
World War III
Wuhayshi, Nasir al
X-47B prototypes
Yamamoto, Isoruku
Yeltsin, Boris
Yemen
Yothers, Charlie
Yousafzai, Malala
Yunis, Fawaz
Zarabia
Zarqawi, Abu Musab al-
Zawahiri, Ayman al-
Zindani, Majeed al-
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ANDREW COCKBURN is the Washington Editor of Harper’s magazine and the author of many articles and books, principally on national security and military affairs, including the New York Times Editor’s Choice Rumsfeld and The Threat, the book that destroyed the myth of Soviet military superiority underpinning the cold war. He is a regular opinion contributor to the Los Angeles Times and has written for, among others, The New York Times, National Geographic, and the London Review of Books. You can sign up for email updates here.
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