500 Days (115 page)

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

in Padilla case,
306
,
308

Woodward, Bob,
526

World Bank,
506

World Trade Center:

attack on,
21
,
23
,
24

collapse of,
28
,
29
,
39
,
51

1993 attack on,
63
,
529

see also
Ground Zero; September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks

World War II,
411

Geneva Conventions in,
186

military tribunal in,
84
;
see also Ex Parte Quirin

Wright, Bob,
128

Wright, Lawrence,
526

Yemen,
51
,
361
,
439
,
546

al-Qaeda plot in,
208

counterterrorist intelligence from,
98

Yoo, John,
123
,
506
–7

and CIA interrogation policy,
280
,
281
–82,
283
,
299
–300,
333
–34,
562

in congressional resolution drafting,
61
,
65
,
66
–67

in detainee treatment policy formation,
187
,
188
,
213
,
214
,
215
,
217
,
219
–20,
224
,
506

enemy combatants analysis of,
48

Geneva Conventions analysis of,
48
,
187
,
188
,
213
,
214
,
215
,
217
,
219
,
220
,
224
,
226

in Hamdi case,
259
,
302
,
303
–4,
309

legal expertise of,
38

in military commissions formation,
144
–45,
148

and military interrogation policy,
455
–57,
463
,
464
–66,
474
,
475
–76,
485
,
486

on 9/11,
38
,
46
,
47
–48

Posse Comitatus interpretation by,
139
–40

presidential authority analysis of,
38
,
47
–48,
464
,
476
,
506
,
507

in surveillance powers expansion,
141
–42

Yousef, Ramzi,
63

YouTube,
515

Zaki, Sherif,
107
,
108

Zaman Ghun Shareef, Mohammed,
162
,
178
–79,
180

Zawahiri, Ayman al-,
6
,
243
,
546
,
548
–49,
550
–51

Ziglar, James,
372

Zinni, Anthony,
261

Zubair (al-Qaeda terrorist),
492

Zubaydah, Abu,
see
Abu Zubaydah

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