Introduction 1
Ours and Theirs: Washington’s Love/Hate Relationship with Terrorists and Human-Rights Violators 28
1. Why Do Terrorists Keep Picking on the United States? 29
2. America’s Gift to the World－the Afghan Terrorist Alumni 33
3. Assassinations 38
4. Excerpts from US Army and CIA Training Manuals 43
5. Torture 49
6. The Unsavories 58
7. Training New Unsavories 61
8. War Criminals: Theirs and Ours 68
9. Haven for Terrorists 79
10. Supporting Pol Pot 87
United States Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction 91
11. Bombings 92
12. Depleted Uranium 96
13. Cluster Bombs 100
14. Chemical and Biological Weapons Abroad 103
15. Chemical and Biological Weapons at Home 113
16. Encouraging the Use of CBW by Other Nations 120
A Rogue State versus the World 124
17. A Concise History of US Global Interventions, 1945-Present 125
18. Perverting Elections 168
19. Trojan Horse: The National Endowment for Democracy 179
20. The US versus the World at the United Nations 184
21. Eavesdropping on the Planet 200
22. Kidnapping and Looting 210
23. How the CIA Sent Nelson Mandela to Prison for 28 Years 215
24. The CIA and Drugs: Just Say “Why Not?” 218
25. Being the World’s Only Superpower Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry 227
26. The US Invades, Bombs and Kills for It…but Do Americans Really Believe in Free Enterprise? 236
27. A Day in the Life of a Free Country…or…How Does the United States Get Away with It? 243
Notes 274
Index 305
About the Author 311