500 Days (115 page)
Authors: Kurt Eichenwald
congressional concerns about,
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domestic action in,
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evidence in,
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financial aspect of,
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intelligence gathering in,
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Iraq component of,
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see also
Iraq War
law enforcement powers in,
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legal framework for,
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see also
detainee treatment; enemy combatants; interrogation policy; military commissions
legal questions in,
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Pakistan’s role in,
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see also
Pakistan, al-Qaeda arrests in
political disillusionment in,
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presidential Memorandum of Notification in,
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presidential powers in,
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secrecy in,
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surveillance in,
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threat matrix in,
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U.S. strategy in,
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see also
Afghanistan War
Washington, D.C., as 9/11 target,
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Washington Times,
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waterboarding,
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weapons of mass destruction:
al-Qaeda’s quest for,
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Bush’s U.N. statement on,
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Cheney’s position on,
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CIA National Intelligence Estimate on,
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Defense Department report on,
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in Iraq,
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Libya’s possession of,
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see also
biological weapons; chemical weapons; Iraq, U.N. weapons inspections in; nuclear weapons
West, Alan,
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White House:
Bush’s 9/11 return to,
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9/11 events in,
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post-9/11 safety measures in,
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Presidential Emergency Operations Center of,
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suspicious Afghanistan call from,
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web site of,
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White House Counsel’s Office,
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attorney-client privilege of,
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in military commissions study,
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see also
Berenson, Bradford; Flanigan, Tim; Gonzales, Alberto
White House press corps,
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Wilkinson, J. Harvis, III,
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Wilner, Tom,
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Wings of Hope,
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Wirts, Chris,
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Wolf, John,
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in detention center discussion,
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and elderly detainee release,
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in Guantanamo interrogation program discussions,
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on Iraq’s al-Qaeda connection,
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in military commissions hearing,
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Woodward, Bob,
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World Bank,
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World Trade Center:
see also
Ground Zero; September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
World War II,
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Geneva Conventions in,
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military tribunal in,
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see also Ex Parte Quirin
Wright, Bob,
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Wright, Lawrence,
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al-Qaeda plot in,
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counterterrorist intelligence from,
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and CIA interrogation policy,
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in congressional resolution drafting,
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in detainee treatment policy formation,
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enemy combatants analysis of,
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Geneva Conventions analysis of,
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in Hamdi case,
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legal expertise of,
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in military commissions formation,
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and military interrogation policy,
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Posse Comitatus interpretation by,
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presidential authority analysis of,
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in surveillance powers expansion,
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Yousef, Ramzi,
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YouTube,
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Zaman Ghun Shareef, Mohammed,
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–79,
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Zawahiri, Ayman al-,
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–49,
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Ziglar, James,
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Zinni, Anthony,
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Zubair (al-Qaeda terrorist),
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Zubaydah, Abu,
see
Abu Zubaydah
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