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by Kurt Eichenwald


  Iraq War:

  American public interest in, 505

  Blair’s position on, 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

  Britain’s role in, 240, 241, 242, 244, 251–52, 321–22, 328–29, 339, 353, 355, 451, 452, 468, 470, 471, 473, 480, 481, 485, 488–89, 493, 494, 497

  British legal analysis of, 468, 473, 480, 481, 488–89

  British opposition to, 244, 328, 339, 354, 422, 466, 471, 494, 496–97, 504–5

  Bush’s biblical interpretation of, 459, 460–61

  Bush’s preoccupation with, 505

  Bush’s “ultimatum speech” in, 495–96, 498, 499, 500

  Cheney’s position on, 352–53, 354, 355, 356, 357, 363, 364, 505

  civilian casualty expectations in, 452

  French position on, 391, 454–55, 458, 459, 461, 462, 484–85

  international opposition to, 243, 244, 245, 261, 322, 328, 354, 356, 401–2, 454–55, 458, 459, 461, 462–63, 466, 471, 484–85, 486

  international support for, 241–42, 244, 321–22, 339, 418, 493–95

  justification for, 72, 89, 234, 355, 505

  KSM’s threats about, 484

  legal basis for, 252

  Middle Eastern allies in, 241, 321–22, 355

  and Middle East peace process, 241, 244–45, 260, 261–62, 263, 316, 322, 355, 494

  military strategy for, 173, 234, 245, 252, 253, 260, 321–22, 329, 451–52, 470–71, 494, 497–99

  political conflict over, 504, 506

  Powell’s position on, 338–39, 353, 364, 499, 505

  Putin’s position on, 392, 393, 394, 486

  regime change in, 242, 244, 251–52, 253, 261, 263, 328, 329, 339, 353, 355, 452, 453, 471, 504

  Rumsfeld’s preoccupation with, 447

  Saddam’s capture in, 518–20

  secrecy in, 252

  U.N. authorization for, 458, 461, 462, 466, 468, 470, 471, 472, 473, 480, 485, 486, 489, 493, 494, 495, 496, 505

  U.S. first strike in, 497–501

  U.S. plan for, 241–42, 243–44, 245, 251, 252, 253, 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, 452, 453, 458–59, 461–62, 470–71, 472, 473, 480, 481, 486, 493–95, 504

  Isamuddin, Riduan (Hambali), 347–48, 394, 492–93

  Islamabad, Pakistan, 258, 267

  Islamic extremists:

  biological and chemical weapons sought by, 3, 129

  in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 118–19

  influx of, 449

  1983 Beirut attack by, 31

  in Pakistan, 51

  psychological treatment of, 191

  Putin’s view of, 54, 81, 393–94

  in Saudi Arabia, 117, 150, 243

  in South Asia, 248, 347

  surveillance of, 95–96

  tactics of, 3

  see also al-Qaeda; Jemaah Islamiyah

  ISN 374 (Guantanamo detainee), 210–11

  Israel:

  Bush’s policy statement on, 315

  Palestinian conflict with, 260, 261, 315, 316

  see also Middle East, peace process in

  Italy, CIA rendition plot in, 126–27, 132, 345–46, 405–7, 411–12, 426–27, 477–79, 480, 511

  Ivins, Bruce, 108–11

  anthrax decontamination by, 161–62, 265–66, 412

  in anthrax investigation, 134, 228, 231–33, 266, 412

  anthrax work of, 108–9, 115, 166, 185, 489

  background check of, 111

  code fixation of, 131–32, 514

  colleague’s suspicion about, 231

  Defense Department commendation of, 489–90

  investigation of, 412, 513–18

  mental instability of, 109–11, 124, 185, 231, 412–13, 515–17

  suicide of, 517–18

  Ivins, Diane, 517, 518

  J

  Ja’far al-Tayyar, 345

  Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 151, 158

  Jalalabad Islamic studies center, 150–51

  James, Larry, 442, 443, 447–49

  Janabi, Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-(Curveball), 505

  Japan, 237

  terrorist attacks in, 2, 68

  Jarrah, Ziad, 30

  Jawahir, Gail, 16–17

  Jemaah Islamiyah, 165–66, 347, 394, 415, 550

  CIA’s crippling of, 492–93

  see also Bali attacks

  Jessen, Bruce, 193, 195, 544

  Jimi (Bali terrorist), 394, 395, 396, 398

  Joanne (Bali tourist), 397, 398, 399

  Johnson v. Eisentrager, 309

  Joint Chiefs of Staff, 74, 358

  communications center of, 34

  in detainee treatment debate, 187, 188, 214

  in interrogation policy conflict, 446, 451, 474

  on 9/11, 33

  Joint Task Force 170, see Guantanamo Bay, military interrogation program at

  Joint Terrorism Task Force, 208, 371, 374

  Jones, Cristina, 190–91

  Jones, Greg, 14

  Jones Aviation, 29

  Jordan:

  counterterrorist intelligence from, 98

  and Iraq War, 241, 338

  torture’s use in, 44, 416

  Justice Department, U.S.:

  and al-Qaeda nuclear reactor threat, 325

  in Arar case, 381–82, 388

  and CIA interrogation program, 280–82, 283, 337, 343

  in detainee treatment debate, 187, 224–25, 230

  in Guantanamo interrogation policy conflict, 404

  in Hamdi case, 258, 302–4, 309, 408

  law enforcement divisions of, 10

  and military commissions, 145, 148, 149, 150, 152, 182, 183

  and military interrogation policy, 467

  in Moussaoui case, 178, 181, 271

  9/11 events in, 24, 38, 46

  Office of Professional Responsibility at, 506, 507

  in Padilla case, 306

  see also Ashcroft, John

  Justice Department, U.S., Office of Legal Counsel, 38, 46, 122, 506

  investigation of, 506–7

  reputation of, 463

  on Saddam assassination scenario, 471

  in Stellar Wind operations, 106

  torture definition by, 299–300, 319–21, 332–34, 337, 342, 378, 379, 428, 463–64

  see also Yoo, John

  justice system, U.S.:

  enemy combatants’ exclusion from, 48, 83, 102–3, 144, 145, 195, 196, 258, 259, 304–5, 311–12, 318, 323, 329, 335, 436, 438, 511; see also Guantanamo Bay; military commissions; Prosper group

  military commissions review by, 144, 155, 156, 161

  K

  Kabul, Afghanistan, 82, 113, 146, 159, 162, 163

  Kamens, Geremy, 317

  Kandahar, Afghanistan, 82, 113, 166–67

  Kandahar Airport, 242

  Kappa Kappa Gamma, 77, 110, 132, 231, 514

  Karachi, Pakistan, 267, 493

  al-Qaeda biological laboratory in, 165, 166, 222

  bin al-Shibh’s capture in, 351, 361–63

  Karshi-Khanabad air base, 80

  Karzai, Hamid, 201–2

  Katyal, Neal, 155–56, 160–61, 173–74

  Kavanaugh, Brett, 314

  Kennedy, Anthony, 310, 313–14

  Kennedy, Charles, 402

  Kennedy, Edward, 66, 182

  Kenya, U.S. embassy bombing in, 5, 63, 97, 103, 193

  Khadr, Ahmed Said, 85, 276

  Khadr, Omar, 387–88, 389

  Khalili, Masood, 15

  Khan, Majid, 492

  Khan Gulan Patsheh, 5

  Khattak, 239

  Khian, Vini, 347

  King, Larry, 311

  Kingsley Amateur Football Club, 397

  Kiriakou, John, 249, 250–51

  Knowledge Discovery in Databases, 100
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  Kobilica, Anela, 118, 119–21

  Koester, Jennifer, 300, 333

  Kollar-Kotelly, Colleen, 318, 319, 335–36

  Koran, 367, 423, 441, 484

  Kosovo War, 215

  Koussa, Moussa, 116–17, 123

  Krongard, Buzzy, 94

  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, terrorist summit in, 97

  Kunduz, Afghanistan, 168

  Kuwait, and Iraq War, 241, 321, 328

  L

  Laatar, Thérèse, 375

  Labour Party, British, Iraq War opposition in, 328, 486, 504

  Lady, Robert, 345–46, 405–7, 411, 426, 478, 511

  Lajes Field, 493

  Lander, Stephen, 40, 41

  Lashkar-e-Tayibba, 248

  Laufman, David, 529

  Leahy, Patrick, 115, 161, 173

  learned helplessness, 191, 193, 293

  Lebanon, in war on terror strategy, 123

  Lebron, Estela Ortega, 286

  Lehnert, Michael, 220

  Leon, Richard J., 513

  Leso, John, 378, 442–43

  Libby, Scooter, 22, 29, 41, 42

  Libi, Ibn al-Shaykh al-, 179–80, 184–85

  CIA interrogation of, 209, 218–19

  CIA’s rendition of, 219, 233

  Egyptians’ torture of, 219, 233

  FBI interrogation of, 207–9, 219

  Liby, Anas al-, 193

  Libya:

  counterterrorism intelligence from, 116–18, 123

  Islamic extremism in, 193

  U.S. relations with, 116, 117

  in war on terror strategy, 123

  weapons of mass destruction in, 328

  Lieberman, Joseph, 182–83

  Lindh, John Walker, 170, 175, 176, 258, 262, 304, 326–27

  Logan International Airport, 9/11 flight from, 16

  Lohr, Michael, 433

  London, England, antiterrorism precautions in, 40, 53

  London Eye, 40

  Looming Tower, The: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (Wright), 526

  Los Angeles International Airport, al-Qaeda plot against, 7

  Lovelace, Nick, 473

  Luke, Hannabeth, 396, 397

  LZA Thornton Tomasetti, 164

  M

  McCartney, Jason, 397, 398, 399

  McGuire Woods, 507

  McIlroy, Bradley, 397, 398, 399

  McLaughlin, John, 1, 73, 106

  McLean, Nicole, 397, 398

  Mahon, Alice, 402

  Mahon, Marty, 208, 209

  Malaysia, terrorist threat in, 204

  Mallow, Britt, 312–13, 416–17, 420

  Maltbie, Michael, 14

  Manchester Manual, 128n, 193–95, 194n, 282, 293, 301, 329, 544–52

  Mancini, Marco, 411, 412, 426

  Manning, David, 72, 243–45, 261, 321–22, 353, 354, 364, 366, 470, 499–500

  Margulies, Joseph, 236, 311, 318–19

  Marine One, 48

  Marines, U.S., at Guantanamo Bay, 207, 210, 211

  Marine Security Company, 73

  Marr, Andrew, 473

  Marri, Ali Saleh Kahlah al-, 340

  Marshals Service, U.S., 10

  Martinez, Deuce, 490–91

  Martyn, Michael, 397, 398, 399

  Massoud, Ahmad Shah, 14–15, 41–42, 56

  Mayaguez, SS, 82

  Mayer, Jane, 526

  Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, 113, 138, 139, 146–47, 149

  Mazigh, Monia, 222–23, 373, 375, 376, 381, 509

  media:

  anthrax attacks on, 77, 87–88, 91–92, 101, 107, 115, 121–22, 123–25, 126, 127–28

  bin Laden’s use of, 6, 114, 268

  Blair’s portrayal in, 244

  Bush administration’s relations with, 105

  detainee policy leak to, 227

  Padilla case in, 306–8

  Rasul v. Bush case in, 236, 237

  weapons inspectors’ portrayal in, 488

  Meet the Press, 488

  Meléndez-Pérez, José, 10–12

  Meyer, Christopher, 240–41, 353, 354, 365

  MI5, 40, 367, 377, 422, 475

  Microelectronics International, 85, 102, 223

  Micronesia, due process case involving, 312, 335

  Middle East:

  Bush’s policy statement on, 314–16, 322

  Canadian intelligence’s contact with, 130, 147, 161

  intelligence services in, 98, 130, 147, 194n, 325

  Iraq diplomacy efforts in, 493

  Iraq War support in, 241, 321–22, 355

  peace process in, 241, 244–45, 260, 261–62, 263, 314–16, 322, 355, 364, 494

  secret police in, 44

  terrorist financing from, 92, 93

  torture’s use in, 44, 194, 218, 219, 387, 389, 416, 419, 420

  U.S. relations in, 51, 116, 338

  Miers, Harriet, 154, 156

  Mihdhar, Khalid al-, 33

  military, U.S.:

  in Afghanistan War, 56, 64, 73, 74, 78, 79, 80, 81, 87, 137, 146, 149, 159, 173, 177, 180, 181, 184

  anthrax vaccines for, 115

  CIA interrogation meeting with, 377–79, 403

  Directorate of Intelligence Joint Staff of, 357, 473

  domestic action by, 139–40

  enemy combatants’ importance to, 316–17

  Geneva Conventions’ protection of, 188, 214, 227, 230, 465, 485

  Geneva Conventions training in, 214, 218, 229–30, 465

  Guantanamo Bay’s management by, 207

  Guantanamo intelligence used by, 296, 298

  Hamdi’s detention by, 260, 266, 292

  interrogation methods used by, 327–28, 403, 404, 405, 416, 420, 428, 431, 433, 434, 436–38, 439–41, 442, 447, 450, 474

  interrogation program of, 192–93, 237–38, 245, 293, 295–96, 298, 313, 325, 327–28, 330–32, 340, 367, 375–76, 377–79, 382–83, 403–5, 415–16, 417, 419–20, 422–26, 427–29, 430–43, 444–45, 446–51, 453, 455–57, 463–67, 473–76, 485–86

  interrogation survival program in, 191, 192

  Iraq War strategy of, 173, 252, 260, 451–52, 497–99

  Joint Personnel Recovery Agency of, 192, 327, 328, 331, 376, 473

  Padilla’s detention by, 304, 305–6, 368

  president’s authority over, 35–36, 139–40

  Rumsfeld’s distrust of, 34

  Rumsfeld’s vision of, 237

  Tipton Three interrogation by, 175

  see also Defense Department, U.S.; Joint Chiefs of Staff; specific branches

  military commissions:

  administration infighting over, 145, 148, 149–50, 151–52, 156–58, 182, 183

  bureaucratic delays of, 246–47

  Congress’s role in, 155, 174, 512

  designations for, 145, 148, 150, 151–52, 160, 182, 221

  and domestic arrests, 139

  at Guantanamo Bay, 247, 512–13

  interrogation policy’s significance to, 438, 439, 485

  judicial review of, 144, 155, 156, 161

  legal opinion on, 122–23, 148; see also Prosper group

  legal opposition to, 155–56, 159–61, 173–74

  political conflict over, 504

  precedent for, 84, 103, 137, 144, 145

  presidential order for, 137, 140, 144–45, 148, 149, 152, 153–54, 155, 156, 157, 158, 160, 161, 174, 247, 512

  Senate hearing on, 161, 173–74, 181–83

  Military Commissions Act, 512

  Miller, Doug, 30

  Miller, Geoffrey, 404, 415, 416, 417, 420, 422, 427, 449

  Miller, Tommy E., 299, 300

  Mineta, Norm, 21–22, 25–26, 27

  Mitchell, Jim, 191, 193, 194, 195, 256, 257, 278, 279, 280, 544

  Mobbs, Michael, 329–30, 341, 342, 408

  Mohamed, Binyam, 304

  Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh (KSM):

  and anthrax development program, 165, 166

  capture of, 482–84

  CIA interrogation of, 484, 487, 490–93

  in
telligence obtained from, 491–93

  9/11 admission by, 269, 308

  9/11 plot of, 63–64

  Pakistani interrogation of, 484

  Zubaydah’s information about, 254–55, 279

  Mole, The, 515

  Mora, Alberto, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435–36, 437–39, 443, 444–45, 446–47, 450–51, 453, 463–64, 466, 475–76

  Morello, Steven, 434, 435

  Mounties:

  and Arar detention, 370, 381, 388, 509, 539

  terrorist investigations by, 101–2, 126, 130, 146, 147, 222–24, 539

 

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