tragic tragic counter-terrorism operation that went wrong in which an american hostage warren weinstein and italian national giovanni lo porto were killed as well as these two high value al qaeda targets adam gadahn and ahmed farouq. ahmed farouq not as well-known nick paton walsh. he s somebody said to be the deputy emir of a new al qaeda offshoot al qaeda indian subcontinent adam gadahn nick very well-known to those who follow national security stories. let s deal initially with farouq gadahn a well-known al qaeda member prevalent in a lot of propaganda american citizen, million dollar award out for information leading to his capture. a high-profile figure. we can accept if the u.s. was aware they were going after him