Annie Jacobsen

But no one could find him. He was missing for 20 years. There wasn't even a photograph of him. And then he resurfaced. And of all places, he resurfaced in Saudi Arabia, okay? So what? That's when I say it's a dirty game, right? Hezbollah, Iran. Hezbollah, Iran. Enemies with Saudi Arabia. Why on earth was Imad Mugnia in Saudi Arabia? Well, that's where he was.

But no one could find him. He was missing for 20 years. There wasn't even a photograph of him. And then he resurfaced. And of all places, he resurfaced in Saudi Arabia, okay? So what? That's when I say it's a dirty game, right? Hezbollah, Iran. Hezbollah, Iran. Enemies with Saudi Arabia. Why on earth was Imad Mugnia in Saudi Arabia? Well, that's where he was.

There was a Navy SEAL who was doing reconnaissance on him. This is according to Billy Wah. And this is around 2005. So Billy's in his 80s at this point, right? Late 70s, 80s. And He gets word that the SEAL who's been tracking Mugnia to get photographs of him, to give the photographs to Mossad and CIA so they can do a joint operation to kill him, which they did with a car bomb in Damascus.

There was a Navy SEAL who was doing reconnaissance on him. This is according to Billy Wah. And this is around 2005. So Billy's in his 80s at this point, right? Late 70s, 80s. And He gets word that the SEAL who's been tracking Mugnia to get photographs of him, to give the photographs to Mossad and CIA so they can do a joint operation to kill him, which they did with a car bomb in Damascus.

There was a Navy SEAL who was doing reconnaissance on him. This is according to Billy Wah. And this is around 2005. So Billy's in his 80s at this point, right? Late 70s, 80s. And He gets word that the SEAL who's been tracking Mugnia to get photographs of him, to give the photographs to Mossad and CIA so they can do a joint operation to kill him, which they did with a car bomb in Damascus.

That's the end of the story, right? But how we got there was we needed, you know, the CIA needed confirmation. You can't kill the wrong person. So the SEAL panicked, according to Billy Wah, and was just like, I'm out of here. This is too dangerous, and I do not want to wind up in a Saudi prison. So who do you send in? Billy Wah, right? He shows up. He's there for 24 hours.

That's the end of the story, right? But how we got there was we needed, you know, the CIA needed confirmation. You can't kill the wrong person. So the SEAL panicked, according to Billy Wah, and was just like, I'm out of here. This is too dangerous, and I do not want to wind up in a Saudi prison. So who do you send in? Billy Wah, right? He shows up. He's there for 24 hours.

That's the end of the story, right? But how we got there was we needed, you know, the CIA needed confirmation. You can't kill the wrong person. So the SEAL panicked, according to Billy Wah, and was just like, I'm out of here. This is too dangerous, and I do not want to wind up in a Saudi prison. So who do you send in? Billy Wah, right? He shows up. He's there for 24 hours.

He knows where Mugnia lives from the SEAL. He positions himself. in a cafe across the street, which is run by Sudanese men. And of course, Wa speaks some Sudanese because he operated in Sudan, right? And he's shooting the shit with him by his own words. He had the most foul mouth. It was just absolutely delightful to listen to. And then in between him and Mugnia's house is a dumpster.

He knows where Mugnia lives from the SEAL. He positions himself. in a cafe across the street, which is run by Sudanese men. And of course, Wa speaks some Sudanese because he operated in Sudan, right? And he's shooting the shit with him by his own words. He had the most foul mouth. It was just absolutely delightful to listen to. And then in between him and Mugnia's house is a dumpster.

He knows where Mugnia lives from the SEAL. He positions himself. in a cafe across the street, which is run by Sudanese men. And of course, Wa speaks some Sudanese because he operated in Sudan, right? And he's shooting the shit with him by his own words. He had the most foul mouth. It was just absolutely delightful to listen to. And then in between him and Mugnia's house is a dumpster.

And Billy Wa, being Billy Wa, who will go to any lengths to do the job, decides to conduct reconnaissance from inside the dumpster. And that is where he is when he takes the picture of Imad Mugnia living so comfortably in Saudi that Mugnia, according to Billy, came out of his apartment building with dry cleaner plastic bag hangers over his shoulder. That's how comfortable. He lived there.

And Billy Wa, being Billy Wa, who will go to any lengths to do the job, decides to conduct reconnaissance from inside the dumpster. And that is where he is when he takes the picture of Imad Mugnia living so comfortably in Saudi that Mugnia, according to Billy, came out of his apartment building with dry cleaner plastic bag hangers over his shoulder. That's how comfortable. He lived there.

And Billy Wa, being Billy Wa, who will go to any lengths to do the job, decides to conduct reconnaissance from inside the dumpster. And that is where he is when he takes the picture of Imad Mugnia living so comfortably in Saudi that Mugnia, according to Billy, came out of his apartment building with dry cleaner plastic bag hangers over his shoulder. That's how comfortable. He lived there.

It was his neighborhood. Click, click, click. Billy Wah takes the photographs, runs them to the CIA headquarters in Saudi at the embassy. Oh my God, it's Mugnia. Get the hell out of here. He gets to the airport. He leaves. Those photographs get sent to the agency and then they do the operation with Mossad and Mugnia's dead.

It was his neighborhood. Click, click, click. Billy Wah takes the photographs, runs them to the CIA headquarters in Saudi at the embassy. Oh my God, it's Mugnia. Get the hell out of here. He gets to the airport. He leaves. Those photographs get sent to the agency and then they do the operation with Mossad and Mugnia's dead.

It was his neighborhood. Click, click, click. Billy Wah takes the photographs, runs them to the CIA headquarters in Saudi at the embassy. Oh my God, it's Mugnia. Get the hell out of here. He gets to the airport. He leaves. Those photographs get sent to the agency and then they do the operation with Mossad and Mugnia's dead.

Now, the truth about that being a co-CIA mission was not reported for many years after the fact. It was originally, Mossad took credit, as the CIA often likes to just give other people credit. They just want the job done.

Now, the truth about that being a co-CIA mission was not reported for many years after the fact. It was originally, Mossad took credit, as the CIA often likes to just give other people credit. They just want the job done.

Now, the truth about that being a co-CIA mission was not reported for many years after the fact. It was originally, Mossad took credit, as the CIA often likes to just give other people credit. They just want the job done.