Contents -- Prologue -- CHAPTER 1 Forward Operating Base "Shank" -- CHAPTER 2 Aboard Extortion 17 -- CHAPTER 3 Base Shank -- CHAPTER 4 SEALs Called to Action -- CHAPTER 5 Ninety-Seven Days from Quintessential Glory to Unexplained Disaster -- CHAPTER 6 Background on the Colt Report -- CHAPTER 7 The Colt Report: A General Overview -- CHAPTER 8 The Colt Report 101: Points to Keep in Mind in Examining Evidence -- CHAPTER 9 The Pink Elephant Escapes -- CHAPTER 10 CENTCOM Handcuffs Colt's Investigation -- CHAPTER 11 The Seven Missing Afghans Discovered by Happenchance -- CHAPTER 12 "Green-on-Blue" Violence: "Friendly" Afghans Killing Americans -- CHAPTER 13 An Ambassador's Blunt Warnings -- CHAPTER 14 A Forced Suicide Mission -- CHAPTER 15Extortion 17 Pilots: Underequipped and Untrained for Special Ops -- CHAPTER 16 The Deadly Record of CH-47D in Afghanistan -- CHAPTER 17 Task Force Commander Concerns: Conventional Aviation with Special Forces -- CHAPTER 18 Pre-Flight Intelligence: Taliban Targeting US Helicopters -- CHAPTER 19 Chaos in the Air: The Lost Minutes -- CHAPTER 20 The Chopper's Last Call -- CHAPTER 21 The Odd Request for a "Sparkle" -- CHAPTER 22 The Final Seconds: Who Is "Them"? -- CHAPTER 23 Extortion 17's Bizarre Behavior -- CHAPTER 24 The "Two-MinuteBurn" and the "One-Minute Call" That Wasn't -- CHAPTER 25 Was Bryan Nichols Trying toTell Us Something? -- CHAPTER 26 A Three-Minute Burn? The Chopper in the Spotlight? -- CHAPTER 27 Fallen Angel: The Final Seconds of Extortion 17 -- CHAPTER 28 Taliban Access to NVGs and Other Weapons -- CHAPTER 29A Point-Blank Shot: Clues from Exhibit 60 -- CHAPTER 30 Testimony of Apache Pilots and Pitch-Black Conditions -- CHAPTER 31 Extortion 17 and the Earlier Ranger Mission -- CHAPTER 32 The Rules of Engagement: Groundwork for the Death of Thirty Americans.

CHAPTER 33 Enemy "Squirters" on the Ground Prior to Shoot-Down -- CHAPTER 34 Hypocrisies and Inconsistencies in the Rules of Engagement -- CHAPTER 35 Indefensible Inconsistency: Pathfinders Get Pre-Assault Fire but SEALs Don't -- CHAPTER 36 The Disappearing Black Box: Further Evidence of Inconsistencies and Cover-Up -- CHAPTER 37 Disconnect: The Pathfinders vs. the Task Force -- CHAPTER 38 The Black Box Absent from the Executive Summary -- CHAPTER 39 The Crash Site: Before the Pathfinders' Arrival -- CHAPTER 40 The Mystery Unit First on the Ground -- CHAPTER 41 The Executive Summary: Whitewashing the Real Chronology -- CHAPTER 42 The Little Creek Briefing and OtherReports: More Questions on the Box -- CHAPTER 43 February 27, 2014: The Congressional Hearing -- CHAPTER 44 The Military's Changed Tune:"There Was No Black Box" -- CHAPTER 45 Black Box Black Magic: The "Analog" Ruse -- CHAPTER 46 Chaffetz on Fox: The Pink Elephant Lives -- CHAPTER 47 Cremation and the Destruction of DNA Evidence -- CHAPTER 48 British Press Reports: The Taliban Knew -- CHAPTER 49 Afghan President Karzai: First to Announce the Shoot-Down -- CHAPTER 50 NATO Special Operations Forces Kill President Karzai's Cousin -- CHAPTER 51 Karzai and the Taliban Playing Footsie for Years -- CHAPTER 52 Another Dirty Secret: Afghans on Every American Mission -- CHAPTER 53 Shocking Discovery: Bullets in the Bodies -- CHAPTER 54 Autopsies Versus "No Identifiable Remains" -- CHAPTER 55 All Signs Point to a Cover-Up -- CHAPTER 56 Final Thoughts -- Index -- About the Author.