500 Days (103 page)
Authors: Kurt Eichenwald
Canadian intelligence’s interest in,
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El-Maati’s interrogation about,
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–63,
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Mounties’ suspicion of,
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release of,
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Syria arrival of,
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–73
Syrians’ arrest of,
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–74
Syrians’ torture of,
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–77,
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–80,
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al-Odah et al. v. United States,
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al-Qaeda:
in Afghanistan conflict,
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–15,
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Afghanistan flight of,
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Afghanistan’s harboring of,
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Afghanistan War prisoners from,
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al-Libi’s intelligence on,
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American public interest in,
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anthrax attacks’ linkage to,
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n,
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anthrax development program of,
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,
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bin Laden opposition in,
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bin Laden’s Afghanistan abandonment of,
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bin Laden’s funding of,
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Canadian hunt for,
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see also
Almalki, Abdullah; Arar, Maher; El-Maati, Ahmad
Cheney’s beliefs about,
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n,
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communications system of,
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FBI interrogations of,
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financial network of,
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founding of,
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global presence of,
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Guantanamo Bay interrogations of,
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see also
Guantanamo Bay, al-Qahtani’s interrogation at
hideouts of,
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interrogation policy on,
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–95,
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Iraq’s suggested ties to,
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Jemaah Islamiyah’s ties to,
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KSM’s intelligence on,
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library of,
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Manchester Manual’s mistaken linkage to,
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n,
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–95,
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n,
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–52
in Massoud assassination,
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membership requirements for,
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news footage of,
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9/11 admission by,
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9/11 celebration by,
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9/11 evidence against,
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9/11 plans of,
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operational methods of,
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organizational structure of,
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Padilla’s designation as,
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Pakistan arrests of,
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Pakistan escape routes of,
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political status of,
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post-9/11 intelligence gathering on,
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post-9/11 plots of,
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pre-9/11 attacks by,
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pre-9/11 intelligence on,
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recruitment methods of,
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recruitment success of,
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Saudi connection to,
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Shura Council of,
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Sunni fundamentalist doctrine of,
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thwarted attacks by,
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training camps of,
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U.S. bounties offered for,
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U.S. retaliation against,
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Afghanistan War; war on terror
videos by,
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weapons sought by,
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Western recruits to,
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see also
bin Laden, Osama
Al Udeid Air Base,
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AMEC,
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American Airlines flight 63,
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American Airlines flight 77,
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American Enterprise Institute,
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American Family Association Journal,
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American Media Incorporated,
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American Society for Microbiology,
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al-Qaeda’s work on,
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Ames strain of,
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biological fingerprint in,
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effects of,
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Fort Detrick contamination with,
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Iraqi production of,
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Ivins’s work on,
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–9,
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anthrax attacks:
al-Qaeda’s mistaken linkage to,
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n,
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first wave of,
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investigation of,
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second wave of,
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Arar, Maher:
Almalki’s interrogation about,
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Almalki’s relationship to,
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–26,
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Canadian authorities’ suspicion of,
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Canadian restitution to,
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El-Maati’s relationship to,
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false al-Qaeda identification of,
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release of,
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Syrian imprisonment of,
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U.S. detention of,
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–90,
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Armstrong, Ann,
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Army, U.S.:
in Afghanistan War,
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–41,
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al-Libi’s detention by,
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anthrax vaccinations for,
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Construction Battalion 423 of,
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Fourth Infantry Division’s First Brigade Combat Team of,
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–19
and Guantanamo interrogation program,
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202nd Military Intelligence Battalion of,
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see also
Special Forces, U.S.
Army, U.S., Special Operations Command of, Psychological Operations unit of,
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Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID),
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Army Rangers,
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Ashcroft, John,
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and anthrax attacks,
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and CIA interrogation policy,
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in detainee treatment policy position of,
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in law enforcement power expansion,
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in military commissions dispute,
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in Moussaoui indictment,
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pre-9/11 warnings ignored by,
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in surveillance powers expansion,
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Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan, radioactive waste storage site in,
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Atef, Mohammed (Abu Hafs),
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Atif, Ahmed,
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