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Kill Chain: The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins

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by Andrew Cockburn


  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, Leonardr />
  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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