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First Casualty: The Untold Story of the CIA Mission to Avenge 9/11 BOTY_2025 Everything except his last beaconAn award winning journalist reveals the dramatic true story of the CIA's Team Alpha, the first Americans to be dropped behind enemy lines in Afghanistan after 9 11. America is reeling; Al Qaeda has struck and thousands are dead. The country scrambles to respond, but the Pentagon has no plan for Afghanistan where Osama bin Laden masterminded the attack and is protected by the Taliban. Instead, the CIA steps forward to spearhead the war. Eight CIA