{"product_id":"the-convenient-terrorist-by-joseph-hickman-9781510711624","title":"The Convenient Terrorist","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA startling spotlight on the darkest corners of America's \"War on Terror,\" where nothing is quite what it seems.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Convenient Terrorist\u003c\/em\u003e is the definitive inside account of the capture, torture, and detention of Abu Zubaydah, the first \"high-value target\" captured by the CIA after 9\/11. But was Abu Zubaydah, who is still being indefinitely held by the United States under shadowy circumstances, the blue-ribbon capture that the Bush White House claimed he was?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAuthors John Kiriakou, who led the capture of Zubaydah, and Joseph Hickman, who took custody of him at Guantanamo, draw a far more complex and intriguing portrait of the al-Qaeda \"mastermind\" who became a symbol of torture and the \"dark side\" of US security.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom a one-time American collaborator to a poster boy for waterboarding, Abu Zubaydah became a \"convenient terrorist\"—a way for US authorities to sell their \"War on Terror\" to the American people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487583617260,"sku":"9781510711624","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/176e60c5af99d175f6614258c5ee54f6.jpg?v=1775773394","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-convenient-terrorist-by-joseph-hickman-9781510711624","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}