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by Kurt Eichenwald


  first wave of, 77, 88, 91–92, 101, 107–8, 115, 121–22, 123–25, 126, 127–28

  investigation of, 124, 125, 128, 131, 133, 134, 222, 228, 231–33, 266, 340, 412, 513–18

  second wave of, 115, 131–32, 173, 228

  Arafat, Yasser, 91, 261

  Arar, Maher:

  Almalki’s interrogation about, 277, 370, 375, 379, 380, 389, 510

  Almalki’s relationship to, 125–26, 371, 388, 390, 539

  Canadian authorities’ suspicion of, 126, 222–24, 370, 419, 420–21, 509

  Canadian restitution to, 509–10

  El-Maati’s relationship to, 163, 165, 227, 272, 370, 371, 389, 510

  false al-Qaeda identification of, 387–88, 389

  release of, 509

  Syrian imprisonment of, 374, 381–82, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 418–19, 420–21

  U.S. detention of, 370–74, 376–77, 380–82, 384–87, 388–90, 418, 510

  wife’s search for, 375, 376

  Armitage, Richard, 81, 381–82

  Armstrong, Ann, 42

  Army, U.S.:

  in Afghanistan War, 140–41, 177, 181, 184

  al-Libi’s detention by, 207

  anthrax vaccinations for, 115, 166

  Construction Battalion 423 of, 245

  Fourth Infantry Division’s First Brigade Combat Team of, 518–19

  and Guantanamo interrogation program, 434

  202nd Military Intelligence Battalion of, 242

  see also Special Forces, U.S.

  Army, U.S., Special Operations Command of, Psychological Operations unit of, 189

  Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID), 206, 242

  Army Rangers, 140–41, 177, 181, 184, 361, 362–63

  Ashcroft, John, 506

  and anthrax attacks, 128

  and CIA interrogation policy, 282, 283, 343

  in detainee treatment policy position of, 230

  in law enforcement power expansion, 78

  in military commissions dispute, 145, 148, 149–50, 151, 152, 183

  in Moussaoui indictment, 178, 181

  on 9/11, 24, 46

  in Padilla case, 305, 306–8

  pre-9/11 warnings ignored by, 9–10, 528, 529, 530

  in surveillance powers expansion, 106, 141–42

  Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan, radioactive waste storage site in, 5

  Atef, Mohammed (Abu Hafs), 6–7, 166, 243

  Atif, Ahmed, 13

  Atta, Mohammed, 269, 344, 441

  9/11 preparations by, 12, 325

  Attas, Hussein al-, 13

  Atyani, Baker, 3, 4, 5–7

  Australia, Iraq War opposition in, 401

  Australian Federal Police, 413

  Ayres, David, 529

  Aznar, José Maria, 494

  Azores, Iraq War summit in, 493–96

  B

  Bachelot, Roselyne, 463

  Baghdad International Airport, 519

  Bagram Air Base, 207, 378, 387, 484

  Bakkali, Kacem, 15

  Bali attacks, 394–401

  bombs used in, 394

  British travel advisory prior to, 367, 377

  intelligence gathered on, 367

  international response to, 401–2

  investigation of, 413–15

  KSM’s intelligence on, 492

  preparation for, 346–48

  Bandar bin Sultan, Prince, 116

  Bank of England, 53

  Barksdale Air Force Base, 39

  Barroso, José Manuel, 494

  Bartlett, Andrew, 401

  Bartlett, Dan, 471, 472

  Bataan, USS, 218

  Batarfi, Ayman, 183

  Battelli, Gianfranco, 126–27, 132

  Baumgartner, Daniel, 327–28, 330–32, 473

  Bayh, Evan, 69

  Bayt al-Ruman, 4–5

  BBC, 353, 467

  Beaver, Diane, 378, 403–4, 435–36, 437

  Becker, Dave, 378

  Behmen, Alija, 135, 204, 205–6

  Beirut, Lebanon, 1983 terrorist attack in, 31

  Belger, Monte, 25–26, 27

  Bell, Griffin, 246

  Bellinger, John, III:

  in Afghanistan targeting situation, 111

  and CIA interrogation policy, 280, 281, 282

  “dead or alive” e-mail of, 79, 80

  in military commissions dispute, 157, 158

  in shootdown order legal question, 35

  Bellini, Colonel, 406

  Bensayah, Belkacem, 118, 119–21

  Berenson, Bradford, 68, 92–93, 102–3, 136–37, 154, 313, 314

  Berkeley Law School, 506

  Berlusconi, Silvio, 132–33, 346

  Berntsen, Gary, 162, 184

  Bešić, Muhamed, 121

  Bible, 460

  Biden, Joe, 66, 69, 70–71

  bin al-Shibh, Ramzi, 269, 308, 351, 361, 363

  bin Laden, Amal, 521

  bin Laden, Khalid, 521

  bin Laden, Osama:

  in 9/11 planning, 63, 242

  Afghanistan escape of, 186, 250, 543

  in Afghanistan War, 150–51, 158–59, 162, 172, 177, 179, 180, 183–84, 186

  Afghan resistance to, 14, 15, 42

  al-Qaeda authority of, 344

  al-Qaeda funding by, 546, 547, 548

  al-Qaeda opposition to, 52, 179, 180, 208

  assassination plots against, 369, 529

  burial of, 521–22

  Bush’s “dead or alive” statement about, 79

  Bush’s interest in, 505

  children named after, 94

  death of, 520–21

  goals of, 548–49

  Hamdan’s intelligence on, 168, 242–43

  Islamic beliefs of, 117

  Manchester Manual’s predating of, 194, 546

  media’s use by, 6, 114, 268

  Muslim recruitment by, 533

  9/11 attack warning by, 5–7

  9/11 reaction of, 51, 64

  philosophy of, 4

  post-9/11 movements of, 63

  post-9/11 statements of, 94–95, 104, 114–15

  pursuit of, 41, 56, 73, 78, 79, 82–83, 87, 90, 162, 173, 177, 180, 184, 186, 248, 363, 483, 484

  recruitment methods of, 322

  Saddam’s suggested link to, 72, 89, 343–44, 497

  tactics of, 40, 340

  Taliban’s harboring of, 6, 41, 50, 73, 78, 90

  weapons sought by, 3, 128, 548

  see also al-Qaeda

  bin Nurhasyim, Amrozi, 347, 414–15

  biological weapons, 68

  al-Libi’s interrogation about, 233

  Bush administration’s concerns about, 75–77, 129

  Saddam’s stockpile of, 76, 128, 129, 469

  see also anthrax; smallpox; weapons of mass destruction

  Bioport Corporation, 166

  Black, Cofer, 171

  in Afghanistan War planning, 64, 65, 73, 87, 141

  at 9/11 hearings, 350–51, 368–70

  in 9/11 response efforts, 62–63

  pre-9/11 concerns of, 8, 9

  Blackman, J. Scott, 374, 389

  Blair, Bob, 30

  Blair, Cherie, 201, 391, 497

  Blair, Tony:

  on 9/11, 40–41

  Afghanistan visit of, 201–2

  and Afghanistan War strategy, 137–38

  at Azores meeting, 493–95

  Blix’s phone call with, 480–81

  British opposition to, 244, 328, 339, 402, 422, 466, 471, 485, 486, 494, 496–97

  Bush’s relationship with, 54–55, 71–72, 90–91, 137–38, 240, 244, 245, 260–62, 263, 265, 322, 339, 353, 354–57, 363–64, 421–22, 466, 468, 470–71, 473, 485, 494, 495

  Cheney’s meeting with, 241–42, 243

  Frost’s interview of, 467–68

  in Heathrow plot response, 475

  Iraq first strike notification to, 499–500

  Iraq policy of, 72

  Iraq War legal analysis for, 468, 488–89

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bsp; in Iraq War parliamentary vote, 496–97

  Iraq War position of, 241–42, 244, 245, 251–53, 260–62, 263, 316, 321, 322, 328–29, 354, 355–56, 357, 363–64, 365, 391, 393, 394, 402, 421–22, 451–53, 466, 467–68, 470, 471, 472–73, 480–81, 485, 486, 488–89, 495, 496–97, 504–5

  Iraq War press conference misstep by, 472–73

  9/11 response strategy of, 41, 53–55, 71, 72, 90, 91

  political downfall of, 504

  Putin’s meeting with, 391–94

  Blee, Richard, 33

  Blix, Hans, 366, 409–11, 421, 445, 454, 467, 469, 471, 472, 476–77, 479, 480, 481, 487, 488

  Bolduc, John, 138

  Bolten, Josh, 1, 3, 32

  Bolton, Emily, 212

  Bonk, Ben:

  on Iraq’s al-Qaeda connection, 343–44

  in Libyan intelligence meeting, 116–18, 123

  in 9/11 response efforts, 33, 62–63

  and Predator drone program, 57

  at pre-election intelligence briefing, 1–3, 76

  Spann family notification by, 171–72

  and weapons of mass destruction report, 383, 384

  Border Patrol, U.S., 10

  Bosnia-Herzegovina:

  counterterrorism operation in, 118–21, 134–35, 204–6, 215–16, 229 see also Algerian Six

  Bosnian War, 118, 135

  Boston, Mass., 9/11 flight from, 16–17

  botulism, 76

  Boumediene, Lakhdar, 511, 512, 513

  Bourke, Richard, 212, 213

  Bovis Lend Lease, 164

  Bowen, Stuart, 154

  Boyce, Michael, 252, 451, 452

  Brant, David, 430–31, 432, 433, 443

  Breyer, Stephen, 310

  briefcase bomb, 1, 2, 3

  Brinkema, Leonie, 269, 270, 271

  Brokaw, Tom, 88, 107, 110, 121, 122, 123, 124, 126, 128

  Brosnahan, James, 326

  Brown, Bob, 401

  Brown, Gordon, 504

  Brown, Michael, 75

  Buddhas of Bamiyan, 92

  Buffam, Randy, 222–24

  Burns, William, 116

  burying alive, 333

  Bush, George H. W., 60, 500

  Bush, George W.:

  in Afghanistan War planning, 64–65, 73, 74, 78, 79, 87, 137, 138, 180, 181

  in Algerian Six case, 205, 215, 216, 229

  and anthrax attacks, 129

  at Azores meeting, 493–96

  Bali attack response of, 401–2

  Berlusconi’s meeting with, 132–33, 346

  bin Laden “dead or alive” statement of, 79

  biological weapons concerns of, 75, 76–77

  Blair’s relationship with, 54–55, 71–72, 90–91, 137–38, 240, 244, 245, 260–62, 263, 265, 322, 339, 353, 354–57, 363–64, 421–22, 466, 468, 470–71, 473, 485, 494, 495

  Campbell’s relationship with, 264–65, 356, 357, 495

  Cheney’s 9/11 phone calls with, 29, 30–31, 32, 35

  Cheney’s relationship with, 505

  Chirac’s conversation with, 458–59

  and CIA interrogation program, 283

  CIA’s strengthening by, 74, 79, 127

  detainee treatment policy of, 187, 217, 218, 224–25, 227, 229–30, 232, 236

  in detention center decision, 196, 197

  faith of, 265, 459, 460, 461

  first 9/11 statement of, 40

  and Hamdi case, 309

  Iraq policy of, 51, 56, 72

  Iraq “ultimatum speech” of, 495–96, 498, 499, 500

  Iraq War plan of, 243, 244, 245, 251, 252, 260–62, 263, 316, 321–22, 328, 329, 338–39, 351, 353, 354, 355, 357, 363, 364–66, 391, 393, 401–2, 410–11, 421–22, 449, 458–59, 460–62, 470–71, 472, 473, 480, 481, 486, 493–95, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 504

  Iraq War preoccupation of, 505

  Middle East policy address by, 314–16, 322

  military commissions order by, 145, 148, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 160, 161, 174, 221, 247, 512

  in Moussaoui indictment, 178

  9/11 movements of, 22, 27, 29, 31, 38–40, 45, 48

  9/11 Oval Office address of, 49–50, 54

  9/11 response of, 46, 47–48, 49–51, 54–55; see also war on terror

  9/11 shootdown order of, 31, 32, 34–36, 61

  9/11’s impact on, 508

  in Padilla case, 305

  personality of, 2, 264–65

  political downfall of, 504

  post-9/11 access to, 68

  pre-election intelligence briefing of, 1–3, 76, 129

  Putin’s appeals from, 486

  reelection effort of, 241

  in surveillance powers expansion, 105, 106

  Syria’s condemnation by, 509

  2002 State of the Union address of, 228–29

  United Nations Iraq speech of, 357, 363–66

  war on terror policy of, 49–51, 55–56, 71–72, 78, 82, 90, 91, 93, 114, 117, 118, 204, 216, 229, 449

  war on terror rhetoric of, 91

  war powers of, 35–36, 47–48, 57, 59, 60, 61, 65, 66, 67, 68–71, 139–40, 156, 160, 161, 224–25, 309, 318, 334, 436, 438, 464, 465, 471, 476, 504, 506, 507, 512

  and waterboarding policy, 334

  weapons inspectors’ meeting with, 410–11

  Bush, Larry, 101

  Bush, Laura, 500

  Bush administration, xi, xii

  Blair’s concerns about, 41

  challenges faced by, 508

  and European war opposition, 461–63

  and Ground Zero instability situation, 164–65

  legal challenges to, 160, 174, 212–13, 217, 235–37, 259, 262, 311–12, 313, 323, 329–30, 408–9, 443–44, 510, 511–13; see also detainee treatment, legal battle over; enemy combatants, legal battle over; Hamdi, Yaser Esam, legal case of

  media relations of, 105

  policy development in, 156, 157–58

  Powell’s criticism of, 505

  pre-9/11 counterterrorism efforts of, 7, 8, 9–10, 37, 56–57, 529, 530

  pre-9/11 warnings ignored by, 7, 8, 9–10, 350, 369, 508, 528–30

  public relations debacles in, 306–8, 353, 356, 365

  Putin’s criticism of, 392–93

  threat matrix’s use in, 203, 204, 222, 508

  weapons inspectors’ pressuring by, 487

  see also Ashcroft, John; Cheney, Dick; Gonzales, Alberto; Powell, Colin; Rice, Condoleezza; Rumsfeld, Donald

  Bush at War (Woodward), 526

  Bybee, Jay, 333, 334

  Byrd, Robert, 71

  C

  C-5 Galaxy transport planes, 80

  Cahill, Kevin, 122, 123

  Callaghan, Patrick, 370, 371

  Cambone, Steve, 22, 26, 28

  Camp, Libby, 57

  Campbell, Alastair, 40, 202, 264–65, 356, 357, 471, 472, 495

  Campbell, Matthew, 176

  Campbell, Shelley, 397, 398, 399

  Camp Cropper, 519

  Camp David, 72–73, 354

  Camp X-Ray, 198, 210, 220–21, 312, 422

  Canada:

  al-Qaeda suspects in, 101–2, 131, 147, 163, 222–24; see also Almalki, Abdullah; Arar, Maher; El-Maati, Ahmad

  Arab community in, 125, 418

  Arar deportation case in, 375, 380, 385, 418–19, 420–21, 509–10

  El-Maati and Almalki cases in, 511, 533

  El-Maati’s departure from, 152–53

  in Iraq War, 418

  Middle Eastern intelligence sharing with, 130, 147, 161

  Powell’s visit to, 417–19

  suspected al-Qaeda plot against, 147

  U.S. border with, 42, 85, 418

  U.S. intelligence sharing with, 84–85, 272, 349, 381, 384, 388

  U.S. relations with, 418

  Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS):

  Almalki’s encounters with, 85–86, 101, 102, 272, 274–75

  and Arar case, 509

  in El-Maati investigation, 43–45, 101, 130, 146, 147, 533
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  Canoles, Dave, 25

  Capitol, U.S., 51

  Card, Andy, 49, 67–68, 151, 152, 261, 470, 500

  Carey, Deborah, 399

  Carl Vinson, USS, 521–22

 

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