Willful Blindness: Memoir of the Jihad | 
 enlarge | Author: Andrew C. Mccarthy
Publisher: Encounter Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 40740
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
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Pages: 250
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.3 x 1.4
ISBN: 1594032130
Dewey Decimal Number: 363.325097471
EAN: 9781594032134
ASIN: 1594032130
Publication Date: April 14, 2008
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Product Description
Andrew C. McCarthy takes readers back to the real beginning of the war on terror--not the atrocities of September 11, but the first bombing of the World Trade Center in February 1993 when radical Islamists effectively declared war on the United States. From his perch as a government prosecutor of the blind sheik and other jihadists responsible for the bombing, Andrew McCarthy takes readers inside the twisted world of Islamic terror.
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 Opinion September 11, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's great that America is to blame for everything but if you look at the ideology of Al Qaeda they do not care who they deem is wrong. In their eyes they deal with what they do not like with a sword not a kind word. Look at the bombings in Spain, last I heard Spain was not into world dominance like the US apparently is.
I also noticed that the Taliban and Al Qeda had no problem blowing up those Buddhist statues in Afghanistan. We all know that for centuries the Buddhist's have worked hard to rule the world with their interfering ways and policies. They have NO Tolerance for things they do not sanction plain and simple.
I think it is time to wake up if was not the US it would have been some other country they viewed as being unworthy of existence. The US is not entirely to blame for the mixed up ideology these people hold.
 Book review for Willful Blindness: Memoir of the Jihad September 4, 2008
A must read. Good overview of events, detail coverage of individual people involved yet very readable. Concludes with an excellent review of the dangers America faced and still faces.
Willfull Blindness August 5, 2008
Mr.McCarthy skillfully shows why we had{and continue}to have the problems
we do concerning our handle on terrorism.A MUST READ!!!!!
'Willful Blindness' - Smart, Provocative and Timely July 27, 2008
`Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad' by Andrew McCarthy
In `Willful Blindness', Andrew McCarthy weaves the narrative of, not only his experience investigating and subsequently prosecuting Islamic jihad in the US, but a solid, albeit brief, history of the resurgence of jihad (as a means of terror rather than ideals) in Islam, itself. His rude introduction to the jihad came courtesy of the `The Blind Sheikh' - Omar Abdel Rahman:
Bungled bureaucracy, pathetically weak coordination of government agencies and enormously frustrating and embarrassing law enforcement failures allowed The Blind Sheikh to enter and flourish in America. This well known Egyptian rabble-rouser (well known I say to Egyptian, but also U.S. authorities), member of the U.S. `Terror Watch List', and brilliant Islamic scholar was nevertheless allowed to set up shop in NYC and New Jersey. From his new base, the Blind Sheikh preached hatred, incited violence and ultimately terrorism, culminating in the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993.
Fortunately, for the United States we had a team led by Andrew McCarthy who assembled and successfully prosecuted The Blind Sheikh and his terrorist cabal. The story of the daring, and often hair-splitting, Egyptian informant embedded inside the Sheikh's inner ring is worth the price of this book alone! By educating themselves on the roots of Islamic terror and piecing together the connections of the Blind Sheikh's organization, McCarthy and his team were able to wrap up this terror outfit just before another, more ghastly strike, occurred in NYC. The reader is taken behind the scenes to the offices of Janet Reno, the US Attorney General, FBI & CIA headquarters and most important, inside the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern (Sovereign) District of New York where the plots were investigated, debated, thwarted, and this stunning, fair and honorable prosecution was crafted.
`Willful Blindness' tells a gripping tale, while simultaneously making a strong case for why national security matters should be prosecuted outside the realm of the criminal justice system. McCarthy explains why we expose ourselves to terror groups worldwide in continuing to pursue jihadists and other terror fronts in the criminal court and presents the ideas behind a `national security court' or some mix of military tribunal and criminal proceeding. America has the best system of justice in the world, however, this fact has not been overlooked by those trying to destroy us from within. This is a gripping narrative which is thought provoking, smart and timely. I encourage anyone interested in the important matters of our time to invest in this book and read with great interest.
- Johnny
Excellent book! July 6, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
A masterful expose' of the democrat's 9/10 viewpoint that has taken over the 2008 campaign
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