500 Days (104 page)

Atta, Mohammed,
269
,
344
,
441

     9/11 preparations by,
12
,
325

Attas, Hussein al-,
13

Atyani, Baker,
3
,
4
,
5
–7

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

Bartlett, Dan,
471
,
472

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

BBC,
353
,
467

Beaver, Diane,
378
,
403
–4,
435
–36,
437

Becker, Dave,
378

Behmen, Alija,
135
,
204
,
205
–6

Beirut, Lebanon, 1983 terrorist attack in,
31

Belger, Monte,
25
–26,
27

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

Bensayah, Belkacem,
118
,
119
–21

Berenson, Bradford,
68
,
92
–93,
102
–3,
136
–37,
154
,
313
,
314

Berkeley Law School,
506

Berlusconi, Silvio,
132
–33,
346

Berntsen, Gary,
162
,
184

Bešić, Muhamed,
121

Bible,
460

Biden, Joe,
66
,
69
,
70
–71

bin al-Shibh, Ramzi,
269
,
308
,
351
,
361
,
363

bin Laden, Amal,
521

bin Laden, Khalid,
521

bin Laden, Osama:

     
in 9/11 planning,
63
,
242

     Afghanistan escape of,
186
,
250
,
543

     in Afghanistan War,
150
–51,
158
–59,
162
,
172
,
177
,
179
,
180
,
183
–84,
186

     Afghan resistance to,
14
,
15
,
42

     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

     media’s use by,
6
,
114
,
268

     Muslim recruitment by,
533

     9/11 attack warning by,
5
–7

     9/11 reaction of,
51
,
64

     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
,
82
–83,
87
,
90
,
162
,
173
,
177
,
180
,
184
,
186
,
248
,
363
,
483
,
484

     recruitment methods of,
322

     Saddam’s suggested link to,
72
,
89
,
343
–44,
497

     tactics of,
40
,
340

     Taliban’s harboring of,
6
,
41
,
50
,
73
,
78
,
90

     weapons sought by,
3
,
128
,
548

     
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

     pre-9/11 concerns of,
8
,
9

Blackman, J. Scott,
374
,
389

Blair, Bob,
30

Blair, Cherie,
201
,
391
,
497

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
,
353
,
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
,
363
–64,
365
,
391
,
393
,
394
,
402
,
421
–22,
451
–53,
466
,
467
–68,
470
,
471
,
472
–73,
480
–81,
485
,
486
,
488
–89,
495
,
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

Bolten, Josh,
1
,
3
,
32

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

Bosnian War,
118
,
135

Boston, Mass.,
9
/11 flight from,
16
–17

botulism,
76

Boumediene, Lakhdar,
511
,
512
,
513

Bourke, Richard,
212
,
213

Bovis Lend Lease,
164

Bowen, Stuart,
154

Boyce, Michael,
252
,
451
,
452

Brant, David,
430
–31,
432
,
433
,
443

Breyer, Stephen,
310

briefcase bomb,
1
,
2
,
3

Brinkema, Leonie,
269
,
270
,
271

Brokaw, Tom,
88
,
107
,
110
,
121
,
122
,
123
,
124
,
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 H. W.,
60
,
500

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

     CIA’s strengthening by,
74
,
79
,
127