Authors: Kurt Eichenwald
500 Days (104 page)
Attas, Hussein al-,
13
Australia, Iraq War opposition in,
401
Australian Federal Police,
413
Ayres, David,
529
Aznar, José Maria,
494
Azores, Iraq War summit in,
493
–96
Bachelot, Roselyne,
463
Baghdad International Airport,
519
Bagram Air Base,
207
,
378
,
387
,
484
Bakkali, Kacem,
15
Bali attacks,
394
–401
bombs used in,
394
British travel advisory prior to,
367
,
377
intelligence gathered on,
367
international response to,
401
–2
investigation of,
413
–15
KSM’s intelligence on,
492
preparation for,
346
–48
Bandar bin Sultan, Prince,
116
Bank of England,
53
Barksdale Air Force Base,
39
Barroso, José Manuel,
494
Bartlett, Andrew,
401
Bataan,
USS,
218
Batarfi, Ayman,
183
Battelli, Gianfranco,
126
–27,
132
Baumgartner, Daniel,
327
–28,
330
–32,
473
Bayh, Evan,
69
Bayt al-Ruman,
4
–5
Beaver, Diane,
378
,
403
–4,
435
–36,
437
Becker, Dave,
378
Beirut, Lebanon, 1983 terrorist attack in,
31
Bell, Griffin,
246
Bellinger, John, III:
in Afghanistan targeting situation,
111
and CIA interrogation policy,
280
,
281
,
282
“dead or alive” e-mail of,
79
,
80
in military commissions dispute,
157
,
158
in shootdown order legal question,
35
Bellini, Colonel,
406
Berenson, Bradford,
68
,
92
–93,
102
–3,
136
–37,
154
,
313
,
314
Berkeley Law School,
506
Bešić, Muhamed,
121
Bible,
460
bin al-Shibh, Ramzi,
269
,
308
,
351
,
361
,
363
bin Laden, Amal,
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bin Laden, Khalid,
521
bin Laden, Osama:
Afghanistan escape of,
186
,
250
,
543
in Afghanistan War,
150
–51,
158
–59,
162
,
172
,
177
,
179
,
180
,
183
–84,
186
al-Qaeda authority of,
344
al-Qaeda funding by,
546
,
547
,
548
al-Qaeda opposition to,
52
,
179
,
180
,
208
assassination plots against,
369
,
529
burial of,
521
–22
Bush’s “dead or alive” statement about,
79
Bush’s interest in,
505
children named after,
94
death of,
520
–21
goals of,
548
–49
Hamdan’s intelligence on,
168
,
242
–43
Islamic beliefs of,
117
Manchester Manual’s predating of,
194
,
546
Muslim recruitment by,
533
9/11 attack warning by,
5
–7
philosophy of,
4
post-9/11 movements of,
63
post-9/11 statements of,
94
–95,
104
,
114
–15
pursuit of,
41
,
56
,
73
,
78
,
79
,
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–83,
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90
,
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,
173
,
177
,
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,
248
,
363
,
483
,
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recruitment methods of,
322
Saddam’s suggested link to,
72
,
89
,
343
–44,
497
Taliban’s harboring of,
6
,
41
,
50
,
73
,
78
,
90
see also
al-Qaeda
bin Nurhasyim, Amrozi,
347
,
414
–15
biological weapons,
68
al-Libi’s interrogation about,
233
Bush administration’s concerns about,
75
–77,
129
Saddam’s stockpile of,
76
,
128
,
129
,
469
see also
anthrax; smallpox; weapons of mass destruction
Bioport Corporation,
166
Black, Cofer,
171
in Afghanistan War planning,
64
,
65
,
73
,
87
,
141
at 9/11 hearings,
350
–51,
368
–70
in 9/11 response efforts,
62
–63
Blair, Bob,
30
Blair, Tony:
on 9/11,
40
–41
Afghanistan visit of,
201
–2
and Afghanistan War strategy,
137
–38
at Azores meeting,
493
–95
Blix’s phone call with,
480
–81
British opposition to,
244
,
328
,
339
,
402
,
422
,
466
,
471
,
485
,
486
,
494
,
496
–97
Bush’s relationship with,
54
–55,
71
–72,
90
–91,
137
–38,
240
,
244
,
245
,
260
–62,
263
,
265
,
322
,
339
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353
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354
–57,
363
–64,
421
–22,
466
,
468
,
470
–71,
473
,
485
,
494
,
495
Cheney’s meeting with,
241
–42,
243
Frost’s interview of,
467
–68
in Heathrow plot response,
475
Iraq first strike notification to,
499
–500
Iraq policy of,
72
Iraq War legal analysis for,
468
,
488
–89
in Iraq War parliamentary vote,
496
–97
Iraq War position of,
241
–42,
244
,
245
,
251
–53,
260
–62,
263
,
316
,
321
,
322
,
328
–29,
354
,
355
–56,
357
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363
–64,
365
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391
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394
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402
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421
–22,
451
–53,
466
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–68,
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471
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472
–73,
480
–81,
485
,
486
,
488
–89,
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,
496
–97,
504
–5
Iraq War press conference misstep by,
472
–73
9/11 response strategy of,
41
,
53
–55,
71
,
72
,
90
,
91
political downfall of,
504
Putin’s meeting with,
391
–94
Blee, Richard,
33
Blix, Hans,
366
,
409
–11,
421
,
445
,
454
,
467
,
469
,
471
,
472
,
476
–77,
479
,
480
,
481
,
487
,
488
Bolduc, John,
138
Bolton, Emily,
212
Bonk, Ben:
on Iraq’s al-Qaeda connection,
343
–44
in Libyan intelligence meeting,
116
–18,
123
in 9/11 response efforts,
33
,
62
–63
and Predator drone program,
57
at pre-election intelligence briefing,
1
–3,
76
Spann family notification by,
171
–72
and weapons of mass destruction report,
383
,
384
Border Patrol, U.S.,
10
Bosnia-Herzegovina:
counterterrorism operation in,
118
–21,
134
–35,
204
–6,
215
–16,
229
see also
Algerian Six
Boston, Mass.,
9
/11 flight from,
16
–17
botulism,
76
Boumediene, Lakhdar,
511
,
512
,
513
Bovis Lend Lease,
164
Bowen, Stuart,
154
Brant, David,
430
–31,
432
,
433
,
443
Breyer, Stephen,
310
Brokaw, Tom,
88
,
107
,
110
,
121
,
122
,
123
,
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,
126
,
128
Brosnahan, James,
326
Brown, Bob,
401
Brown, Gordon,
504
Brown, Michael,
75
Buddhas of Bamiyan,
92
Buffam, Randy,
222
–24
Burns, William,
116
burying alive,
333
Bush, George W.:
in Afghanistan War planning,
64
–65,
73
,
74
,
78
,
79
,
87
,
137
,
138
,
180
,
181
in Algerian Six case,
205
,
215
,
216
,
229
and anthrax attacks,
129
at Azores meeting,
493
–96
Bali attack response of,
401
–2
Berlusconi’s meeting with,
132
–33,
346
bin Laden “dead or alive” statement of,
79
biological weapons concerns of,
75
,
76
–77
Blair’s relationship with,
54
–55,
71
–72,
90
–91,
137
–38,
240
,
244
,
245
,
260
–62,
263
,
265
,
322
,
339
,
353
,
354
–57,
363
–64,
421
–22,
466
,
468
,
470
–71,
473
,
485
,
494
,
495
Campbell’s relationship with,
264
–65,
356
,
357
,
495
Cheney’s 9/11 phone calls with,
29
,
30
–31,
32
,
35
Cheney’s relationship with,
505
Chirac’s conversation with,
458
–59
and CIA interrogation program,
283