{"product_id":"second-wave-michael-lebowitz-9798895151655","title":"Second Wave: Inside Al Qaeda's Post-9\/11 Attack Plan and America's Secret Effort to Stop It","description":"\u003cb\u003eUpon the 25th anniversary of 9\/11 and after five years of government-clearance battles, \u003ci\u003eSecond Wave\u003c\/i\u003e exposes Al Qaeda's plan to launch a far deadlier \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003edirty-bomb\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e sequel to the 2001 attacks. Drawing on top-secret records and his access as a Guantanamo war-crimes prosecutor, Mike Lebowitz details the heroic yet controversial race within the CIA, FBI, and Pentagon to stop the plot--and forcing readers to ask: \u003ci\u003eAre we truly prepared to prevent the next one?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2003, just two years after 9\/11, US intelligence uncovered evidence that Al Qaeda had obtained nuclear materials and was plotting to smuggle them into American ports. The nightmare scenario--codenamed the \"Second Wave\"--triggered one of the most urgent and secretive manhunts in US history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Told with the cinematic intensity of \u003ci\u003eZero Dark Thirty\u003c\/i\u003e and the psychological depth of \u003ci\u003eThe Looming Tower\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Lebowitz's \u003ci\u003eSecond Wave\u003c\/i\u003e captures the chaos and human drama of a post-9\/11 world: agents risking everything to prevent another catastrophe, families torn apart, and the ethical fault lines still dividing US intelligence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At the center of the terrorist plot was Saifullah Paracha, a wealthy Pakistani-American industrialist whose import-export business concealed ties to Al Qaeda's leadership. When investigators discovered that Paracha had met with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed--the architect of 9\/11--the CIA and FBI clashed over how far they would go to stop him. Along the way, readers meet Majid Khan, a wayward Baltimore convenience-store clerk turned jihadist who mapped US targets; FBI Special Agent Janelle Miller, whose methodical interrogations broke suspects faster than any waterboard; and Charles Anteby, an Orthodox Jewish garment importer, whose betrayal of his business partner prevented large-scale disaster. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the nation approaches the 25th anniversary of 9\/11, Lebowitz's insider account reveals a global pursuit that tested America's moral limits, and it asks the urgent question: Is America as prepared to stop a terrorist attack now as it was then?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Lebowitz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798895151655\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Diversion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Michael Lebowitz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48440665342207,"sku":"9798895151655","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_509b07f3-35b4-4b1f-b665-58cf85181d99.jpg?v=1777183983","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/second-wave-michael-lebowitz-9798895151655","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}