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by Kurt Eichenwald


  Spann, Shannon, 171–72

  Spataro, Armando, 511

  Special Forces, U.S.:

  in Afghanistan War, 73, 78, 80, 138–39, 143, 147, 149, 177, 179, 180, 184, 186, 189

  in Iraq War, 173, 497

  Operational Detachment Alpha 555 of, 138

  Operational Detachment Alpha 572 of, 179

  Operational Detachment Alpha 585 of, 138

  Operational Detachment Alpha 595 of, 138–39, 147, 149

  Specter, Arlen, 69–70

  Stabile, Michael, 508

  Stabile, Michele, 508

  Stafford Smith, Clive, 211–13, 235, 236–37, 311, 318

  Stanford University, 506

  State Department, U.S.:

  on 9/11, 45

  Afghanistan policy of, 188, 226

  in detainee treatment debate, 187, 188, 220, 227

  in Hamdi case, 303

  human rights report of, 387

  interrogation policy knowledge at, 282

  Iraq weapons claims of, 488

  in military commissions study, 122

  in war on terror, 60, 78, 93

  see also Powell, Colin

  steel tariffs, 240–41

  Stellar Wind, 100

  legal questions about, 105, 106, 142

  secrecy of, 104–5, 106, 141–42

  standards for, 105–6

  see also National Security Agency (NSA), surveillance by

  Stevens, John Paul, 310

  Stevens, Maureen, 100, 101

  Stevens, Robert, 100–101, 107, 128

  Straw, Jack, 54, 72, 142, 321, 322, 328, 329, 339, 485, 489

  stress positions, 333, 337, 403, 428, 429, 435, 464, 491

  strontium 90, 5

  Sudan, 546, 547, 549

  in war on terror strategy, 123

  Sufaat, Yazid, 165–66, 221–22, 492

  suicide bombers, 41, 394–95, 398

  Sullivan, Theresa, 85, 86

  Sun, 100, 115

  Supreme Court, U.S.:

  habeas cases in, 309, 310

  military commissions precedent in, 84, 144–45

  political nature of, 144–45, 310, 313–14

  war on terror decisions by, 217, 511–12, 513

  Suri, Abu Musab al-, 388

  Sutton, Johnny, 304

  Suzuki, Kosuke and Yuka, 396, 399

  Sylvester, John, 204, 205–6

  Syria:

  Almalki’s arrest in, 272–74

  Almalki’s arrival in, 271–73

  Almalki’s release from, 511

  Almalki’s status in, 102

  Almalki’s torture in, 274–77, 349, 370, 375, 379–80, 389, 510

  Arar’s release by, 509

  Arar’s removal to, 374, 381–82, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 418–19, 420–21

  Bush’s position on, 51, 78

  Canadian immigrants from, 125

  children’s imprisonment in, 349

  CIA renditions to, 277

  El-Maati’s detention in, 153, 158

  El-Maati’s planned trip to, 145–46, 147, 152–53

  El-Maati’s status in, 102

  El-Maati’s torture in, 161, 162–63, 165, 227–28, 272, 370, 389, 510

  and Iraq War, 322

  torture’s use in, 44, 387, 389

  U.S. intelligence sharing with, 147, 163, 165, 272, 509

  U.S. relations with, 382, 390, 509

  T

  Taft, William, IV, 188, 214, 215, 219, 220

  Tajikistan, and Afghanistan War, 73

  Taliban:

  airstrikes on, 82, 113–14, 139, 141, 143, 146–47, 149, 168

  bin Laden’s harboring by, 6, 41, 50, 73, 78, 90

  cultural destruction by, 92

  in eastern Afghanistan, 162

  foreign, 169, 170, 174; see also Hamdi, Yaser; Lindh, John Walker

  Guantanamo Bay interrogations of, 238

  Kabul defeat of, 159, 163

  Muslim recruitment to, 533

  opposition to, 8, 14–15, 41–42, 64, 73, 201; see also Afghanistan War

  Pakistani opposition to, 185

  Pakistan’s relationship with, 50, 51

  political status of, 187, 188, 217, 217n, 218, 220, 225–26, 230, 232

  prisoners taken from, 168–71, 174–76, 186, 189

  U.S. bounties offered for, 189, 245

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

  Tarnak Farms, 4, 243

  Taylor, Tom, 434

  Tenet, George, 171, 449

  in Afghanistan War planning, 64, 65, 73, 74, 78, 146, 149

  Al Jazeera interview obtained by, 309

  and CIA interrogation policy, 282, 283

  on Iraq’s al-Qaeda connection, 343, 344

  Iraq War criticism by, 505

  in Iraq War planning, 498, 499

  and Italian rendition plot, 127

  on 9/11, 45, 50

  9/11 response strategy of, 56

  in 1999 counterterrorism effort, 7

  pre-9/11 warnings by, 8

  in surveillance powers expansion, 97, 100, 105, 106

  weapons of mass destruction intelligence withholding by, 477

  terrorism:

  Bush administration’s pre-9/11 actions on, 7, 8, 9–10, 37, 56–57, 529, 530

  Bush’s first briefing on, 2–3, 76, 129

  Bush’s U.N. statement on, 364

  against “soft targets,” 347–48, 394

  U.S. intelligence on, 92, 97; see also Central Intelligence Agency, Counterterrorist Center of

  White House precautions against, 67–68

  see also Islamic extremists; war on terror

  Texas Tech University, 507

  Thailand:

  detention facility in, 253, 557

  Hambali’s capture in, 492

  Thani, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-, Emir of Qatar, 309

  Thani, Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer al-, 309

  Third Geneva Convention, 186, 187, 232, 310

  Thomas, Blaine, 206–7, 295–99, 407

  Thompson, Larry, 24, 25, 306, 308, 381–82, 529, 530

  Thompson, Tommy, 75

  Three Mile Island, 325

  Tillman, Mark, 39

  Tipton Three, 174, 175, 217, 511, 512

  Tomahawk guided missiles, 113

  Tora Bora, Afghanistan, 158, 159, 172, 173, 175, 176–77, 179, 180–81, 183, 184, 186, 543

  Toronto Globe and Mail, 129

  torture:

  of al-Libi, 219, 233

  of Almalki, 274–77, 349, 370, 375, 379–80, 389, 510

  in al-Qahtani interrogation plan, 416, 419, 420

  CIA’s use of, 280, 284–85, 321, 332, 337–38, 342–43

  of El-Maati, 161, 162–63, 165, 227–28, 272, 370, 389, 510

  ineffectiveness of, 256, 331–32, 343, 345, 376, 405, 417, 442, 449, 485

  legal analysis of, 299–300, 319–21, 332–34, 337, 342, 378, 379, 403–4, 428, 438, 463–64, 476, 506, 562

  Manchester Manual’s content on, 194, 293, 544, 551–52

  Middle East governments’ use of, 44, 194, 218, 219, 387, 389, 416, 419, 420, 551, 552

  of Omar, 480

  psychological harm in, 331, 333, 379

  severe pain in, 299–300, 319–20, 379

  specific intent in, 320–21

  U.S. statutes against, 280, 300, 319, 320, 321, 333, 334, 403, 404

  of Zubaydah, 280, 284–85, 321, 337–38, 342, 348–49, 559

  see also detainee treatment; interrogation policy

  Touzani, Karim, 15

  Treasury Department, U.S., 60, 78, 93

  Tubb, Richard, 67, 68

  Tulley, 164

  Turkey:

  and Afghanistan War, 73

  al-Qaeda plot in, 8

  and Iraq War, 241, 328

  Turner/Plaza, 164

  24, 416–17, 420

  Tyson, Dave, 170, 171

  U

  Ummat, 94

  Uniform Code of Military Justice, 403

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sp; United Airlines flight 93, 30, 32

  United Airlines flight 175, 16–17

  United Nations (U.N.):

  Bosnian peacekeepers from, 135

  Bush’s Iraq speech at, 357, 363–66

  Iraq War authorization in, 458, 461, 462, 466, 468, 470, 471, 472, 473, 480, 485, 486, 489, 493, 494, 495, 496, 505

  Iraq weapons inspections by, 244, 245, 261, 263, 352, 353, 355, 364, 366, 409–11, 421, 422, 445, 452, 454–55, 458, 459, 467–69, 471, 472, 476–77, 479, 480–81, 487–88, 519

  new Iraq resolution in, 252, 322, 328, 329, 339, 353, 354, 355, 357, 363, 364, 365–66, 391–92, 393, 409, 411, 418, 421, 422, 458

  1998 war crimes tribunal of, 187, 217n

  prior Iraq resolutions in, 252, 263, 352, 489

  in war on terror, 60

  United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 300, 379, 389

  United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC), 366

  United States:

  Advance Passenger Information System in, 373

  antitorture statutes in, 280, 300, 319, 320, 321, 333, 334, 403, 404

  Arar’s detention by, 370–74, 376–77, 380–82, 384–87, 388–90, 418, 510

  and Bosnian counterterrorism operation, 119, 134, 135, 204–6, 215–16

  Canadian border with, 42, 85, 418

  Canadian intelligence sharing with, 84–85, 272, 349, 381, 384, 388

  Canadian relations with, 418

  communications records in, 99–100

  death penalty in, 212

  in El-Maati case, 147, 163, 165, 533

  Iraq weapons intelligence of, 477

  Karzai’s support from, 201

  Libyan relations with, 116, 117

  Manchester Manual’s importance in, 128n, 193, 194, 544, 551, 552

  Middle East relations of, 51, 116

  Northern Alliance relationship with, 8, 14, 56, 64, 73, 87, 137–38, 162

  Pakistani relations with, 51, 91, 250, 389

  post-9/11 al-Qaeda plots against, 147, 208, 325, 345, 491, 508, 562

  post-9/11 transformation of, 17

  Russian relations with, 51, 81, 392

  steel tariffs in, 240–41

  surveillance in, 95–96, 97–98, 99–100, 105, 504

  Syrian intelligence sharing with, 147, 163, 165, 272, 509

  Syrian relations with, 382, 390, 509

  terrorist attacks on, 5, 31, 63, 103, 104, 116, 193, 345; see also September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks of

  terrorist bounties offered by, 189, 245, 250, 483

  terrorist cells in, 96

  thwarted al-Qaeda attacks against, 7–8

  weapons of mass destruction claims by, 445

  USAMRIID, 133, 537

  U.S.-Russia Working Group on Counterterrorism, 81

  U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, 253

  Uzbekistan, in Afghanistan War, 73, 80–81

  V

  Veterans of Foreign Wars, 352

  Vietnam War, 504

  Vincent, William, 243

  VX nerve agents, 76, 469

  W

  Wahhabism, 117

  Walker, Mary, 455, 463, 464, 465, 466, 476

  walling, 195, 333, 337, 491

  War Crimes Act, 187

  Yoo’s analysis of, 187

  war on terror:

  Addington’s influence on, 59, 80

  allies in, 41, 60, 71, 72, 74, 78, 80, 81, 90, 91, 204, 229, 338, 355, 405

  Arabic name confusion in, 94

  Bush’s policy in, 49–51, 56, 71–72, 78, 82, 90, 91, 93, 114, 117, 118, 204, 216, 229

  Bush’s resolve in, 129

  Bush’s rhetoric in, 91

  Cheney’s position on, 204, 353

  CIA’s powers in, 74, 79, 127

  components of, 60, 64

  congressional authorization for, 57–58, 59–62, 65–67, 68–71, 139

  congressional concerns about, 69, 70–71, 139

  domestic action in, 60–61, 66, 69, 139–40

  evidence in, 102, 119, 121, 123, 126, 135, 147, 163, 165, 205, 216, 223, 224, 227–28, 233, 272, 277, 304, 370, 372, 384–85, 388, 389, 418, 510, 512

  financial aspect of, 60, 78, 92–94, 95, 118, 132, 243

  funding for, 57, 74, 87

  intelligence gathering in, 60, 98, 102, 116–18, 119, 123, 132, 147, 163, 192, 203–4, 208, 219, 221–22, 227, 233, 238, 240, 242–43, 248, 250, 253, 254–55, 272, 276–77, 281, 282, 309, 322, 325, 332, 340, 344–45, 348–49, 351, 361, 363, 372, 394, 403, 405, 409, 421, 422–26, 430, 431, 444, 475, 480, 482–84, 491–93, 509, 520, 544

  Iraq component of, 72, 79, 89, 123, 353; see also Iraq War

  law enforcement powers in, 78, 79, 139, 140, 160

  legal framework for, 47–48; see also detainee treatment; enemy combatants; interrogation policy; military commissions

  legal questions in, 79, 80, 95, 105, 142, 508

  Pakistan’s role in, 389; see also Pakistan, al-Qaeda arrests in

  political disillusionment in, 504

  presidential Memorandum of Notification in, 74, 79

  presidential powers in, 47–48, 57, 65, 66, 67, 68–71, 122, 139–40, 156, 160, 161, 224–25, 309, 318, 334, 436, 438, 464, 465, 471, 476, 504, 506, 507, 512

  secrecy in, 104–5, 106, 141–42, 227, 252, 282, 283

  surveillance in, 60, 95–100, 104–7, 117, 134, 141–42, 180, 243, 248, 309, 351, 483

  Syria’s role in, 382, 390, 509

  threat matrix in, 203–4, 222, 508

  U.S. strategy in, 55–56, 64, 71, 72, 73–75, 78–79, 89, 91, 123, 449

  see also Afghanistan War

  War Powers Resolution, 65, 66

  Washington, D.C., as 9/11 target, 25, 29, 30, 32, 51

  Washington Times, 227

  waterboarding, 192, 195, 280, 283, 330–31, 337, 338, 348, 349, 403, 407, 416, 428, 464, 474, 475, 491, 559

  legal analysis of, 283, 333–34

  Watson, Dale, 9–10, 368, 528, 530

  weapons of mass destruction:

  al-Qaeda’s quest for, 3, 5, 128, 233, 279, 402, 494, 548

  Bush’s U.N. statement on, 364

  Cheney’s position on, 352–53, 410, 488

  CIA National Intelligence Estimate on, 383–84, 392

  Defense Department report on, 357–58, 383, 384

  intelligence on, 392, 477, 487

  in Iraq, 233, 234, 253, 261, 263, 321, 328, 329, 352, 357–58, 366, 383–84, 392, 393, 402, 445, 452, 453, 454, 458, 459, 471, 479, 494, 495, 504, 505, 519–20

  Libya’s possession of, 116

  see also biological weapons; chemical weapons; Iraq, U.N. weapons inspections in; nuclear weapons

  Weess, John, 12, 13

  West, Alan, 451–52

  White, Adrian, 43, 44, 45

  White House:

  as 9/11 target, 23, 25

  Bush’s 9/11 return to, 48

  9/11 evacuation of, 21, 531

  9/11 events in, 21–24, 25, 29–30, 32, 35, 36–37, 47

  post-9/11 safety measures in, 67–68, 76

  Presidential Emergency Operations Center of, 22, 25, 29–30, 47

  suspicious Afghanistan call from, 118, 123

  web site of, 155

  White House Counsel’s Office, 57, 81

  attorney-client privilege of, 227

  in military commissions study, 122

  see also Berenson, Bradford; Flanigan, Tim; Gonzales, Alberto

  White House press corps, 40

  Wilkinson, J. Harvis, III, 316, 317, 409

  Wilner, Tom, 311–12, 318, 319, 335–36

  Wings of Hope, 505

  Wirts, Chris, 376

  Witsch, Joseph, 375–76, 473–74

  Wolf, John, 476

  Wolfowitz, Paul, 1, 89, 449, 506

  in detention center discussion, 195, 196

  and elderly detainee release, 336

  in Guantanamo interrogation program discussions, 237, 238, 427–28,
435

  on Iraq’s al-Qaeda connection, 343, 344

  in military commissions hearing, 181–82

 

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