500 Days (105 page)
Authors: Kurt Eichenwald
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first 9/11 statement of,
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military commissions order by,
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war on terror
9/11 shootdown order of,
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9/11’s impact on,
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in Padilla case,
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political downfall of,
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post-9/11 access to,
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pre-election intelligence briefing of,
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Putin’s appeals from,
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reelection effort of,
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in surveillance powers expansion,
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Syria’s condemnation by,
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2002 State of the Union address of,
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United Nations Iraq speech of,
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war on terror policy of,
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war on terror rhetoric of,
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war powers of,
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and waterboarding policy,
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weapons inspectors’ meeting with,
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Bush, Larry,
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Bush, Laura,
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Bush administration, xi, xii
Blair’s concerns about,
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challenges faced by,
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and European war opposition,
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and Ground Zero instability situation,
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legal challenges to,
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detainee treatment, legal battle over; enemy combatants,
legal battle over; Hamdi, Yaser Esam, legal case of
media relations of,
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policy development in,
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Powell’s criticism of,
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pre-9/11 counterterrorism efforts of,
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public relations debacles in,
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Putin’s criticism of,
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threat matrix’s use in,
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weapons inspectors’ pressuring by,
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see also
Ashcroft, John; Cheney, Dick; Gonzales, Alberto; Powell, Colin; Rice, Condoleezza; Rumsfeld, Donald
Bush at War
(Woodward),
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Byrd, Robert,
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C-5 Galaxy transport planes,
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Camp, Libby,
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Campbell, Alastair,
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Campbell, Matthew,
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Camp Cropper,
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Camp X-Ray,
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Canada:
al-Qaeda suspects in,
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Almalki, Abdullah; Arar, Maher; El-Maati, Ahmad
Arar deportation case in,
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El-Maati and Almalki cases in,
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El-Maati’s departure from,
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in Iraq War,
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Middle Eastern intelligence sharing with,
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Powell’s visit to,
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suspected al-Qaeda plot against,
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U.S. intelligence sharing with,
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U.S. relations with,
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Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS):
Almalki’s encounters with,
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and Arar case,
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in El-Maati investigation,
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Capitol, U.S.,
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Card, Andy,
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Center for Constitutional Rights,
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Central Command, U.S.,
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Afghanistan operations of,
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in Afghanistan War,
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Al Jazeera interview obtained by,
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al-Libi interrogation information at,
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al-Libi’s interrogation by,
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al-Libi’s rendition by,
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in Almalki case,
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and al-Qaeda nuclear reactor threat,
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bin Laden assassination plots of,
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bin Laden capture plan of,
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bin Laden’s pursuit by,
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Bush’s pre-election intelligence briefing by,
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in detainee treatment debate,
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FBI intelligence sharing with,
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Global Response Center of,
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in Guantanamo interrogation policy conflict,
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identification techniques of,
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interrogation research study by,
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on Iraq’s al-Qaeda connection,
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in Iraq War planning,
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Iraq weapons report of,
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Italian rendition plot of,
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KSM’s interrogation by,
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military interrogators’ meeting with,
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and Moussaoui investigation,
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Office of Inspector General of,
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operational authority of,
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paramilitary units of,
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renditions by,
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secret prisons of,
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Special Operations Group of,
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