Second Wave: Inside Al Qaeda's Post-9/11 Attack Plan and America's Secret Effort to Stop It by Lebowitz, Michael
Second Wave: Inside Al Qaeda's Post-9/11 Attack Plan and America's Secret Effort to Stop It by Lebowitz, Michael

Second Wave: Inside Al Qaeda's Post-9/11 Attack Plan and America's Secret Effort to Stop It

A deadlier sequel to 9/11--and the race inside the CIA, FBI, and pentagon to stop it. In...
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Author: Michael Lebowitz
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Second Wave: Inside Al Qaeda's Post-9/11 Attack Plan and America's Secret Effort to Stop It by Lebowitz, Michael

Second Wave: Inside Al Qaeda's Post-9/11 Attack Plan and America's Secret Effort to Stop It

$38.40
Second Wave: Inside Al Qaeda's Post-9/11 Attack Plan and America's Secret Effort to Stop It by Lebowitz, Michael

Second Wave: Inside Al Qaeda's Post-9/11 Attack Plan and America's Secret Effort to Stop It

$38.40
Author: Michael Lebowitz
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
A deadlier sequel to 9/11--and the race inside the CIA, FBI, and pentagon to stop it.

In 2003, US intelligence uncovered evidence that al Qaeda had acquired nuclear materials, plotting to smuggle them into American ports. The "Second Wave" threat triggered one of the most urgent and secretive manhunts in US history.

With the cinematic intensity of Zero Dark Thirty and the investigative depth of The Looming Tower, Michael Lebowitz captures post-9/11 chaos and drama: agents risking everything to prevent another catastrophe, families torn apart, and the ethical fault lines still dividing US intelligence.

Readers meet Pakistani-American industrialist Saifullah Paracha, whose import- export business concealed ties to al Qaeda; Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, architect of 9/11; Majid Khan, a Baltimore gas-station clerk turned jihadist who mapped US targets; an FBI interrogator who broke suspects faster than any waterboard; and an Orthodox Jewish garment importer whose betrayal helped avert disaster. On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Lebowitz's account reveals a global pursuit that tested America's moral limits and asks: Are we as prepared today as we were then?

Author: Michael Lebowitz
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 08/11/2026
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9798895151655


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2026

About the Author
Mike Lebowitz is one of America's few war-crimes prosecutors with front-line counterterrorism experience. A former senior attorney at the Department of Justice's National Security Division, he spent nearly a decade prosecuting cases at Guantanamo Bay, including the 9/11, USS Cole, and top Al Qaeda commander trials. A US Army combat veteran and former Pathfinder unit paratrooper officer, Lebowitz also served as a senior legal advisor to US Army Cyber Command. He has been featured or quoted by the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, NPR, Associated Press, and the Atlantic. He lives in Washington, DC.
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