500 Days (113 page)

9/11 response strategy of,
31
,
56

in Padilla case,
305
,
306

resignation of,
506

in shootdown order legal question,
36

weapons of mass destruction report to,
357
–58,
383

Russia:

Chechnya conflict in,
54
,
81

Iraq War position of,
484
–85,
486

smallpox repository in,
76

U.S. relations with,
51
,
81
,
392

in war on terror,
55
,
72
,
81

see also
Putin, Vladimir

Ryan, Jake,
399
,
400

Ryan, Mitch,
399
–400

Rycroft, Matthew,
470

Ryder, Donald,
206

Sabri, Naji,
366

Salah, Muhammad,
63

Salloum, George,
161
,
165
,
375
,
379
,
380

Samit, Harry,
12
,
13
,
14

Samudra, Imam,
347
,
348
,
395

Sari Club,
394
,
395
,
397
,
398
,
399

sarin gas,
68

Saudi Arabia,
549

bin Laden’s time in,
546
,
548

counterterrorist intelligence from,
98

and Iraq War,
241
,
338

Islamic extremism in,
117
,
150
,
243

royal family of,
93
,
116
,
117

Scarlett, John,
40
,
41

Schmitt, Todd,
285

Schröder, Gerhard,
461

Schroen, Gary,
87

Secret Service, U.S.,
2
,
67
,
68
,
76

on 9/11,
23
,
30
,
39

Seligman, Martin E. P.,
191
,
193

Senate, U.S.:

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee of,
115

anthrax attacks on,
115
,
173

Judiciary Committee of,
173

military commissions hearing in,
161
,
173
–74,
181
–83

war on terror resolution in,
68
–71

Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF),
141

sensory deprivation,
192
,
434

September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks,
16
–17,
21
–52

additional hijacking weapons found following,
84
–85

aircraft grounding during,
26
–27,
45
,
84

aircraft shootdown order during,
31
,
32
,
34
–36,
61

al-Qaeda’s admission to,
257
–58,
267
–69,
308
–9

al-Qaeda’s plans for,
12
,
16
,
63
–64,
242
,
325
,
340

al-Qahtani’s interrogation about,
422
,
424
,
425
–26,
436
–37,
441
–42

anthrax attacks’ linkage to,
129

bin Laden’s reaction to,
51
,
64

bin Laden’s statements about,
94
–95,
104
,
114
–15

bin Laden’s warning about,
5
–7

British reaction to,
40
–41,
53
–55

Bush’s first press statement about,
40

Bush’s Oval Office address following,
49
–50,
54

casualties in,
39
,
51

Combat Air Patrols during,
30
–31

Congressional hearings on,
350
–51,
368
–70,
529

consequences of,
17
,
508

government monitoring of,
21
–27,
29
–30,
31
,
32
,
33
–35,
36
–37,
40
,
45
,
47

INS screenings related to,
372

investigation of,
24
–25,
32
–33,
37
–38,
45
–46,
50
,
53
,
54
,
64
,
81
,
255
,
324
–25

KSM’s plan for,
63
–64

legal questions concerning,
35
–36,
38
,
46
–48,
57

prior intelligence about,
7
,
8
–10,
13
,
14
,
350
,
369
,
508
,
528
–30

second anniversary memorial service for,
503
–4,
508

societal effects of,
236
–37

U.S. response to,
31
,
41
,
42
,
46
,
47
–48,
49
–51,
54
–55,
81
;
see also
war on terror

SERE Program,
191
,
192
–93,
195
,
327
–28,
330
,
333
,
375
–76,
377
,
403
,
420
,
473
–74

Shahbaz Air Base,
80

Shanksville, Pa.,
30

Sharon, Ariel,
91
,
261

Shearman & Sterling,
311
,
318
,
335

Sheberghan, Afghanistan,
113

Sheikh Mohammed, Khalid,
see
Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh

Shelton, Hugh,
33
,
74
,
78

Sheppard Pratt Health System,
516
,
517

Shiffrin, Richard,
327
,
328
,
330

Shiites,
185
,
207

Shindand, Afghanistan,
113

Siemiatkowski, Zbigniew,
572

Singapore, Jemaah Islamiyah plot in,
347

SIPRNet,
295

SISDE,
126

SISMI,
126
,
346
,
405
,
406
,
407
,
411
,
412
,
426
–27

Situation Room,
9
/11 monitoring in,
21
–22,
23
–24,
35
,
36
–37

slapping,
192
,
195
,
333
,
337
,
491

sleep deprivation,
192
,
195
,
279
,
333
,
378
,
464

Sliney, Ben,
26
–27

smallpox,
68
,
75
–77

Smith, Henry,
167
,
168

Snow, Olympia,
70

Soloway, Colin,
175
–76

Somalia:

naval patrols of,
229

in war on terror strategy,
123

Soufan, Ali,
253
,
254
,
255
,
277
,
278
,
279
,
280
,
284
,
332
,
339
–40,
342
,
559

Souter, David,
310

Southern Command, U.S.,
206
,
238
,
293
,
367
–68,
404
,
415
,
427
,
449

Southern Prisoners’ Defense Committee,
212

South Korea,
237

Spain, in Iraq War,
493

Spann, Johnny Michael,
169
–70,
171
,
172

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

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