Finding a complete, high-quality, unredacted PDF of Anthony Shaffer's Operation Dark Heart

Specific techniques used to monitor and track Al-Qaeda leadership in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The book reportedly revealed specifics about how intelligence operatives communicated and functioned in the field.

Anthony Shaffer, a former Army Reserve intelligence officer, wrote the memoir to detail his experiences in Afghanistan. The book focused heavily on the activities of the DIA and the National Security Agency (NSA). Shaffer originally obtained clearance from the U.S. Army to publish the manuscript.

Beyond the tactical frustrations in Afghanistan, the most incendiary claim tied to Shaffer—and blacked out by censors—revolved around a pre-9/11 data-mining project known as .

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