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Mudd, Philip (2013). Takedown: Inside the Hunt for Al Qaeda. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN   978-0-8122-0788-0. OCLC   859160602.
  • Mudd, Philip (2015). The HEAD Game: High-Efficiency Analytic Decision Making and the Art of Solving Complex Problems Quickly. New York: Liveright. ISBN   978-0-87140-788-7. OCLC   905344124.
  • Mudd, Philip (2019). Black Site: The CIA in the Post-9/11 World. New York: Liveright. ISBN   978-1-63149-197-9. OCLC   1088668540.
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    Philip Mudd
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    Mudd in 2019
    Associate Executive Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Security Branch
    In office
    August 12, 2005 August 31, 2009