500 Days (112 page)

Kabul’s occupation by,
159
,
162
,
163

setbacks of,
14
–15,
41
–42

U.S. relationship with,
8
,
14
,
56
,
64
,
73
,
87
,
137
–38,
162

Northern Iraq Liaison Unit,
497

North Korea,
237
,
509

weapons of mass destruction in,
328

Northwest Airlines,
36
–37

nuclear reactors, suspected al-Qaeda plot against,
325

nuclear weapons:

al-Qaeda’s quest for,
5
,
233
,
279
,
548

in Iraq,
469
,
479
,
488

see also
weapons of mass destruction

Nutsch, Mark,
138
,
139
,
149

Obama, Barack,
520

Obama administration,
522

Objective RHINO,
140
–41

O’Connor, Erin,
88
,
107
,
121
–22,
123
–25

O’Connor, Sandra Day,
310

Odah, Khalid al-,
336

Offutt Air Force Base,
45

Ogrisseg, Jerald,
330

Olson, Barbara,
311

Olson, Ted,
302
,
303
,
309
,
310
–11,
313

Omar, Mohammed,
73
,
113

O’Neill, Paul,
73

Operation Noble Eagle,
see
anthrax attacks, investigation of

Operation Red Dawn,
518
–19

optical identification,
249

Orlando International Airport, al-Qahtani’s attempted entry at,
10
–12,
324
–25

Osman (al-Qaeda terrorist),
4

Ottawa, Canada, police department of,
126

Oummih, Amal,
385

Pace, Peter,
214
,
217
,
229
–30

Paddy’s Irish Pub,
394
,
395
,
397
–98,
399

Padilla, José:

FBI interrogation of,
285
–91

FBI’s arrest of,
291

legal case of,
293
–94,
304
–6

military’s detention of,
304
,
305
–6,
368

press statements about,
306
–8

Zubaydah’s identification of,
280
,
304
,
305

Pakistan:

in Afghanistan War,
73
,
80
,
91
,
177

al-Qaeda arrests in,
185
,
185
n,
207
,
239
–40,
247
–50,
351
,
361
–63,
482
–84,
492
,
493

al-Qaeda escape routes to,
178
,
180
–81,
184
–85,
189
,
248

bin Laden’s death in,
520
–21

bin Laden’s escape to,
186
,
250

Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence in,
351
,
361
,
362

Islamic extremists in,
51

Taliban’s relationship with,
50
,
51

terrorist interrogations in,
304

U.S. bounties offered in,
189
,
250
,
483

U.S. relations with,
51
,
91
,
250
,
389

Palestinians:

Bush’s policy statement on,
315

Israeli conflict with,
260
,
261
,
315
,
316
;
see also
Middle East, peace process in

Paltridge, Corey,
397

Pan Am flight 103,
116

Pan Am International Flight Academy,
13

Panetta, Leon,
520

Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan,
87
,
138

Paquete Habana v. U.S.,
465

Paracha, Sayf al-Rahman,
491

Parliament, British:

Blair opposition in,
244
,
328
,
402
,
486
,
494
,
496
–97

Iraq war legality report to,
489

Pashtuns,
73
,
159
,
167
,
178
,
201
,
239

Pastika, I Made Mangku,
413
,
414

Patriot Act,
160

Paulette, William,
266

Pauley, Jane,
110

PBS,
128

Pecaut, Blaine,
396
,
400
–401

Pentagon:

attack on,
26
,
27
–28,
29
,
33

Executive Support Center of,
22

proposed 9/11 evacuation of,
22

see also
Defense Department, U.S.; September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks

Persian Gulf War,
352
,
452
,
489
,
500
,
548

biological weapons found in,
75
–76,
128

congressional authorization for,
58
,
59
–60,
61
,
66

Petraeus, David,
205

Phifer, Jerald,
377
,
403
,
404
,
405
,
416

Philbin, Pat,
122
–23,
148
,
334

Philippines, counterterrorist training in,
229

phobias,
464

Pickard, Tom,
9
–10,
528
,
529
,
530

Pignero, Gustavo,
412
,
426
,
427

Pigott, Anthony,
252
,
253

Piro, George,
519
–20

Pironi, Luciano,
345
–46,
478
–79

Plan of Attack
(Woodward),
526

Poland, CIA secret prison in,
486
–87,
572
–73

Pollari, Nicolò,
406
,
407

Portugal, in Iraq War,
493

Posse Comitatus Act,
139
–40

Powell, Colin,
78
,
90
,
91
,
196
,
261
,
410

in Arar case,
418
–19,
420
–21,
510

Canadian visit of,
417
–19

in detainee treatment debate,
218
,
224
,
225
–27,
229
,
230
,
232

Iraq War position of,
338
–39,
353
,
364
,
499
,
505

on 9/11,
45
,
50

Powell, Jonathan,
261
,
470

Predator aerial surveillance drones,
56
–57,
64
,
73
,
141
,
350

president, U.S.:

counterterrorism funding by,
37

military commissions authority of,
84
,
103
,
122
,
137
,
155
,
512

war powers of,
35
–36,
38
,
47
–48,
57
,
59
–62,
65
,
66
,
139
–40,
160
,
309
,
465
,
507
,
512

see also
Bush, George W.

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

Price, Kathryn,
515

Princeton, N.J., anthrax mailings from,
77
,
115
,
340
,
514

Prosper, Pierre-Richard,
83
,
103
,
122
,
123
,
136
,
246

Prosper group,
83
,
103
,
122
–23,
136
–37,
246
–47

Protestant Federation of France,
460

Putin, Ludmilla,
391

Putin, Vladimir:

Blair’s meeting with,
391
–94

and Chechnya conflict,
54
,
81

Iraq War position of,
392
,
393
,
394
,
486

9/11 reaction of,
45
,
54
,
91

Qahtani, Mohammed al-:

FBI interrogation of,
332
,
339
–40,
378
,
405

FBI’s identification of,
324
–25

isolation of,
339

military interrogation of,
332
,
367
,
378
,
403
,
404
–5,
407
,
415
–16,
417
,
419
–20,
422
–26,
427
,
433
–34,
436
–37,
439
–42,
446
,
449
–50

Special Interrogation Plan for,
416
,
417
,
419
–20

U.S. Customs’ refusal of,
10
–12

Qala-i-Jangi,
168
–71,
175
,
176

Qarshi, Abul Baraa,
482

Quetta, Pakistan,
483

Qutb, Sayyid,
550

Radio Elshinta,
415

Ralpho v. Bell,
312
,
335

Rasul, Shafiq,
174
,
511
,
512

Rasul et al. v. Bush,
236
,
311
,
318
,
335
,
511

Ratner, Michael,
159
–60

Rawalpindi, Pakistan,
482
,
483

Reagan, Ronald,
460
,
570
–71

Reagan administration,
58

Red Hot Chili Peppers,
279

Reid, Harry,
68

Reid, Richard,
190
–91,
208
,
242

rendition, xi,
79
,
127
,
160
,
219
,
233
,
277
,
333

see also
Abu Omar; Almalki, Abdullah; Arar, Maher; El-Maati, Ahmad; Italy, CIA rendition plot in

Reno, Janet,
529

Renuart, Victor, Jr.,
173

Reprieve US,
212
,
213

Republican Party, U.S.,
506

Reuters,
488

Rice, Condoleezza,
76
,
90
,
449
,
495
,
505
–6

Blix’s report to,
476
–77

and CIA interrogation policy,
282
,
283

counterterrorism policy position of,
49

in detainee treatment policy debate,
229

in detention center decision,
196

in Iraq War planning,
243
–44,
261
,
328
,
338
,
353
,
354
,
364
,
365
,
470
,
472
,
499

and military commissions order,
156

on 9/11,
23
,
31
,
45
,
49

pre-9/11 intelligence briefing of,
350

at pre-election intelligence briefing,
1

war on terror strategy memo of,
78
–79

ricin,
128
n

Rivera, Marisol,
287

Rizzo, John,
280
,
282
,
350
,
367

Rockefeller, John D., IV,
559

Romano, Ray,
207

Römer, Thomas,
460

Romig, Thomas,
485
–86

Roosevelt, Franklin,
84
,
137
,
144
,
246

Rosen, Joanna,
155
,
173

Rove, Karl,
241

Royal Marines,
240

Rumsfeld, Donald:

on 9/11,
27
–28,
31
,
33
,
34
–35,
36

in Afghanistan War planning,
82
,
89
,
137
,
146
,
149
,
177
–78,
180

in Algerian Six case,
205

Defense Department leadership of,
34
,
137
,
246

detainee treatment memo of,
217
–18

in detention center decision,
195

and elderly detainee release,
336

on European war opposition,
462

Guantanamo Bay nickname of,
220

and Guantanamo interrogation program,
237
–38,
327
,
415
,
415
n,
427
,
429
,
434
,
435
,
437
,
438
,
446
,
447
,
449
–50,
453

in Hamdi case,
258

Iraq position of,
72
,
89
,
123
,
354
,
363

in Iraq War planning,
173
,
252
,
447
,
499

military commissions authority of,
145
,
148
,
151
,
152