Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden,… - Chapters 25-26 Summary & Analysis

Steve Coll
This Study Guide consists of approximately 28 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Ghost Wars.

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden,… - Chapters 25-26 Summary & Analysis

Steve Coll
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Chapters 25-26 Summary and Analysis

George Tenet believes that bin Laden is a serious threat in early 1999 but believes that nuclear proliferation is a bigger threat. Tenet wants more information on bin Laden from reliable sources. He appoints a new chief of the bin Laden unit known as Rich and Cofer Black is named head of the Counterterrorist Center. Blackl takes a more pro-active approach asd decided that Uzbekistan is the best government in the area to work with. The leader Islam Karimov agrees to work with the CIA.

CIA teams also meet with Massoud and supply him with some monitoring and other equipment. Massoud believes that eventually the Taliban strength will wither so he will patiently wait. He wants the United States to pressure the Pakistanis to stop supporting the Taliban. Clinton and the United States are neutral in the Afghan civil war...

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