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by Kurt Eichenwald


  military’s management of, 207, 245

  political conflict over, 504

  Red Cross at, 293, 378, 379, 407, 442

  Rumsfeld’s nickname for, 220

  security at, 245

  temporary detention facility at, 197–98, 220–21; see also Camp X-Ray

  translators at, 245

  video cameras at, 239

  H

  habeas corpus rights, 48, 235, 236, 237, 259, 292, 299, 302, 303, 309–10, 318, 319, 323, 336, 511, 512

  Habib (alleged terrorist), 13

  Hadley, Stephen, 23, 25, 45, 156, 261, 328, 343, 500

  Hamas, 3

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

  Hamdan, Salim, 51–52

  capture of, 166–67, 168

  intelligence given by, 168, 242–43

  legal case of, 174, 217, 511, 512–13

  Hamdi, Esam, 292

  Hamdi, Yaser Esam:

  capture of, 176, 330

  deportation of, 512

  detention of, 317–18, 321, 330, 368

  Guantanamo removal of, 258–60

  legal case of, 217, 262, 263, 266, 292, 299, 300–304, 309–10, 313–14, 316–17, 322–23, 329–30, 341–42, 408–9, 443–44, 511–13

  Harethi, Qaed Salim Sinan al-, 439

  Harper, Stephen, 510

  Hart Senate Office building, 173

  Hawsawi, Mustafa al-, 483

  Hayden, Michael, 97, 100

  Haynes, Jim, 140, 157, 195, 507

  and elderly detainee release, 336

  and Guantanamo interrogation program, 327, 428, 429, 434, 435, 437–39, 444–45, 446, 447, 449, 450, 451, 453, 455–56, 463, 466–67, 474, 475, 476, 485–86

  Guantanamo visit of, 367, 368

  in Hamdi case, 258, 259, 292–93

  in military commissions formation, 181–82, 246, 247

  on 9/11, 22, 35–36

  in Padilla case, 304, 305

  in shootdown order legal question, 35–36

  in surveillance discussion, 95, 96

  workload of, 435

  Hazmi, Nawaf al-, 33

  health care laws, 319–20, 379, 562

  Heathrow Airport, 475, 491–92

  Henderson, Donald, 75, 76

  Hendrawan, Joni (Idris), 396, 400

  Herat, Afghanistan, 113

  Heritage Foundation, 507

  Hezbollah, 3, 32, 33

  Highland Transport, 42

  Hill, Tom, 415, 415n, 427, 428, 429, 449, 450

  Hoh, Christopher, 135, 204, 205

  Holley, R. J., 285

  Hollywood, as terrorist target, 91

  Homeland Security Department, U.S., 373

  Hoon, Geoff, 72, 329

  Howard, John, 401

  Huden, Johanna, 91–92

  Hughes, Karen, 48, 49

  Human Concern International, 85

  Hussain, Tsadiqui, 248, 249

  Hussein, Saddam:

  assassination scenario for, 471

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

  biological weapons stockpile of, 76, 128, 129, 469

  Blair’s views on, 244

  Bush’s preoccupation with, 505

  Bush’s U.N. statement about, 364–65

  capture of, 518–19

  Chirac’s assessment of, 455

  interrogation of, 519–20

  Iraqi opposition to, 251, 452

  overthrow of, 242, 244, 251–52, 253, 261, 263, 328, 329, 339, 353, 355, 452, 453, 471, 504

  U.S. strike against, 497–98, 499, 500

  and weapons inspections, 366, 454, 458–59, 467–68, 471, 472, 477

  see also Iraq

  I

  Iacobucci Commission, 533

  Ibn Taymiyyah, 550

  Idris (Joni Hendrawan), 396, 400

  Immelt, Jeffrey, 127

  Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S. (INS), 10, 45

  in Arar detention, 371, 372–73, 374, 385, 387, 389

  Moussaoui’s interview by, 12–14, 181

  post-9/11 criticism of, 372

  Imron, Ali, 394, 395, 396, 400, 414

  Indian Point, 325

  Indonesia:

  Islamic extremists in, 346

  see also Bali attacks

  In re Territo, 309

  International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 410, 479, 488

  International Committee of the Red Cross, 293, 378, 379, 407, 442

  interrogation policy, 38

  CIA, 192, 193, 194, 195, 209, 218–19, 253, 255–57, 277, 278–85, 299–300, 322, 325, 332, 333–34, 337–38, 342–43, 344–45, 348–49, 370, 456, 457, 484, 559, 562

  criticism of, 284, 293, 342–43, 376, 383, 404–5, 407–8, 416–17, 419–20, 430–33, 434–36, 437–39, 442–43, 444–45, 450–51, 453, 464, 465–67, 473–74, 475–76, 485–86

  flaws in, 195

  formation of, 191–95

  at Guantanamo Bay, 206–7, 237–38, 245, 293, 295–99, 312–13, 327, 332, 339–40, 367, 376, 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

  legal analysis of, 280–83, 299–300, 328, 333–34, 337, 342, 403–4, 428, 434–36, 438, 444, 455–57, 463–67, 474–76, 485–86; see also torture, legal analysis of

  Manchester Manual’s importance to, 193–95, 282, 293, 544–45

  military, 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

  and military commissions process, 438, 439, 485

  prohibitions in, 280

  psychological basis for, 191, 193, 195

  research contradicting, 256–57, 330–32

  secrecy of, 282, 283

  stepping up of, 325, 327–28, 473

  interrogations:

  CIA research study on, 256–57

  force drift in, 432, 446

  psychological aspects of, 254, 255, 331, 432

  relationship building in, 208, 255, 256, 278, 279–80, 331, 339–40, 342, 345, 420, 422, 448–49, 519

  Iqbal, Asif, 174, 512

  Iqbal (Bali terrorist), 394, 395, 396

  Iran:

  and Afghanistan War, 73

  Bush’s position on, 51, 78

  and Iraq War, 322

  U.S. suspicion of, 50

  in war on terror strategy, 123

  weapons of mass destruction in, 328

  Iran-Contra scandal, 58

  Iraq:

  al-Qaeda’s suggested ties to, 208, 219, 233, 234, 343–44, 345, 383, 401–2, 494, 504

  Arab diplomatic efforts in, 493

  Blair’s position on, 72

  Bush’s position on, 51, 56, 72

  missile capability of, 469

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

  nuclear capability of, 469, 479, 488

  oil fields in, 451–52, 453

  prewar situation in, 251–52

  prior U.N. resolutions against, 252, 263, 352, 489

  Rumsfeld’s position on, 72, 89, 123, 354, 363

  torture’s use in, 44

  U-2 surveillance of, 469, 471, 477

  U.N. weapons inspections in, 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

  U.S. suspicion of, 50

  in war on terror strategy, 72, 79, 89, 123

  weapons of mass destruction in, 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

  see also Hussein, Saddam; Persian Gulf War

  Iraq War:

  American public interest in, 505

  Blair’s position on, 241–42, 24
4, 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

  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

 

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