In a short, somewhat technical, but incredibly fascinating book, a team from the RAND Corporation dissects the way al-Qa’ida gets and handles funds. This is the first detailed public look at how money flows through a modern terrorist organization. Whether any of this should have been declassified is up for debate, but the value to law enforcement agencies and military intelligence of this kind of information could be immense.
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