500 Days (92 page)

140
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141
: Some details of the ground assault from the Combined Arms Center Report and OEF Handbook.

142
: Some details of the Jack Straw–Dick Cheney meeting from the Campbell diaries.

145
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146
: Some details of El-Maati’s decision to travel to Syria and his experiences at the airport from the Iacobucci Report; the O’Connor Report; and BC Civil Liberties Report, “Ahmad Abou El Maati: A Chronology.”

146
,
149
:
Some details of the NSC meeting from partial notes taken by one of the participants and Tenet,
At the Center of the Storm
.

146
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147
,
149
: Some details of the battle from the Combined Arms Center Report; Paul Wolfowitz, speech before the Fletcher Conference, 2001, “National Security for a New Era, Focusing National Power,” November 14, 2001; Peter Tomsen, Barnett Rubin, testimony of November 7, 2001, before the House Committee on International Relations in the hearings entitled “The Future of Afghanistan.” Also see OEF Handbook.

147
: Some details of the flow of intelligence about El-Maati from the Iacobucci Report.

150
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151
: Some details about the Jalalabad meeting from Philip Smucker, “How Bin Laden Got Away,”
Christian Science Monitor,
March 4, 2002.

152
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153
: Some details of El-Maati’s abduction from the Iacobucci Report. Also see the Arar Report and BC Civil Liberties Report, “Ahmad Abou El Maati: A Chronology.” Also see State Department August 4 telex.

156
: Details and quotes from the Bush order from the original document.

157
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158
: Some of the details of Bellinger’s reaction to the military commissions order were first reported in Jane Mayer,
The Dark Side,
Doubleday, 2008.

158
: Details of the neighborhood surrounding Far’ Falastin from direct observation.

158
,
161
,
162
–
163
: Some details of the El-Maati interrogation from the Iacobucci Report. Also see the Arar Report and BC Civil Liberties Report, “Ahmad Abou El Maati: A Chronology.”

158
–
159
: Some details of the convoy’s stop in Jalalabad from Smucker,
Christian Science Monitor,
March 4, 2002.

159
: Some details of the liberation of Kabul from the Combined Arms Center Report; John Simpson, BBC News, “Eyewitness: The Liberation of Kabul,” November 13, 2001. Also see transcript,
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer,
“The Fall of Kabul,” November 13, 2001. Also see OEF Handbook.

159
–
160
: Details of the
New York Times
article from the original document.

161
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162
: Some details of Ivins’s testing and cleaning of the lab offices from FBI 302 of the interview of Bruce E. Ivins, April 24–25 2002; an FBI Electronic Communication from the Washington Field Office Amerithrax-3 Team to Inspection headed “Amerithrax; Major Case 184,” dated May 24, 2005, for case no. 279A-WF-222936-USAMRIID. Also see the Amerithrax Report.

162
: Some details of the creation of the Eastern Alliance, and the antipathy of the militias within it, from the Combined Arms Center Report and Gary Berntsen,
Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda,
Crown Publishers, 2005. Also see OEF Handbook.

163
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165
: Some details about the engineering firms and activities at Ground Zero from August Domel Jr.,
World Trade Center Disaster: Structural Engineers at Ground Zero,
a report prepared for the National Council of Structural Engineers Association, November 2001.

165
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166
: Some details about the operations of Sufaat and his interactions with Sheikh Mohammed from Memorandum for Commander, United States Southern Command, “Subject: Combatant Status Review Tribunal Input and Recommendation for Continued Detention Under DoD Control (CD) for Guantanamo Detainee, ISN: US9KU-010024DP(S),” December 8, 2006 (
Detainee Assessment, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
); Memorandum for Commander, United States Southern Command, “Subject: Recommendation for Continued Detention Under DoD Control (CD) for Guantanamo Detainee, ISN US9YM-000577DP (S),” May 5, 2008 (
Detainee Assessment, Jamal Muhammad Alawi
); and Memorandum for Commander, United States Southern Command, “Subject: Recommendation for Continued Detention Under DoD Control (CD) for Guantanamo Detainee,
ISN: US9MY-010021DP (S),” May 5, 2008 (
Detainee Assessment, Mohd Farik bin Amin
). Also see Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, “Al Qaeda Weapons of Mass Destruction Threat: Hype or Reality?” Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, January 2010; and the Opening Statement of Robert Spencer,
United States v. Moussaoui,
March 6, 2006.

167
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168
: Some details of the capture of Salim Hamdan from the December 5, 2007, testimony of Major Henry Smith in Hamdan’s trial before a military commission at Guantanamo. Also see the FBI 302 of Hamdan’s interrogation of January 30, 2002, by Special Agents Pete Harrington and Craig Donnachie for file no. 265A-NY-2830350-302.

167
: Two works that explain a good deal about the Pashtun, the Pakistan-Afghanistan border culture, and the support for fundamentalist Islam there were both published in the journal
International Security
of Spring 2008. They are Thomas H. Johnson and M. Chris Mason, “No Sign Until the Burst of Fire: Understanding the Pakistan-Afghanistan Frontier”; and Seth G. Jones, “The Rise of Afghanistan’s Insurgency: State Failure and Jihad.”

168
–
169
: Events from the surrender to the first explosion at Qala-i-Jangi were described in “Proffer of Facts in Support of Defendant’s Suppression Motion,”
United States v. John Philip Walker Lindh,
crim. no. 02-37-A, filed with the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Additional details of the Taliban surrender to Dostum from a video of the event; details of the transport of prisoners from a report to members of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, “How We Failed to Get Bin Laden and Why It Matters Today,” November 30, 2009 (
the Tora Bora Report
); and details of the arrival and initial attack at Qala-i-Jangi from Alex Perry, “Inside the Battle at Qala-i-Jangi,”
Time,
December 1, 2001.

169
–
170
: Interrogation of John Walker Lindh from a video of the event. Also see Criminal Complaint,
United States v. John Philip Walker Lindh,
crim. no. 02-57-M, filed with the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Also see “Findings and Recommendations Regarding 15-6 Investigation of Photographs Taken of Mr. John Walker Lindh by 5th Special Forces Group (airborne),” Report of Proceedings by Investigating Officer/Board of Trustees, February 3, 2003.

171
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172
: The uprising, Tyson’s experiences, and comments from videos and photographs of the event; Corpi d’Élite, “Enduring Freedom Spec Ops: Qala-i-Jangi, 25–28 November 2001”; Richard D. Mahoney,
Getting Away with Murder,
Arcade Publishing, 2004; Tenet,
At the Center of the Storm.

172
: Some details of bin Laden at Tora Bora from the Tora Bora Report; Smucker, op. cit.; Peter Bergen, “The Battle for Tora Bora,”
New Republic,
December 22, 2009.

173
–
174
: Details of Katyal’s testimony from transcript, Senate Judiciary Committee, “Preserving Freedom While Fighting Terrorism,” November 28, 2001.

174
–
175
: Some details of the capture of the Tipton Three from Shafiq Rasul, Asif Iqbal, and Ruhal Ahmed, “Composite Statement: Detention in Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay”; Tania Branigan and Vikram Dodd, “Afghanistan to Guantanamo Bay—the Story of Three British Detainees,”
Guardian,
August 4, 2004.

175
: Some details of the opening volley in the Battle of Tora Bora from the Combined Arms Center Report and the Tora Bora Report. Also see OEF Handbook. The dialogue between Dailey and Berntsen was first reported in Gary Berntsen,
Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda,
Broadway, 2005.

175
–
176
: Details of the Soloway interview from Colin Soloway, “Tale of an American Talib,”
Newsweek
online, December 1, 2001.

176
: Campbell’s interview with Hamdi from Matthew Campbell, “The Fort of Hell,”
Sunday Times
(London), December 1, 2001.

177
–
178
: The problems at Tora Bora from the Combined Arms Center Report; the response from the Pentagon from the Tora Bora Report.

178
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179
:
Some details of the Bush-Ashcroft meeting from the White House press briefing by Ari Fleischer on December 12, 2001.

179
,
180
: The bombing halt is described in the Combined Arms Center Report; the experiences with Zaman were first reported in Dalton Fury,
Kill Bin Laden,
St. Martin’s Griffin, 2008.

179
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180
: Some details about al-Libi’s plan to engage in bogus “surrender” negotiations to allow for an escape—and his concern about younger fighters—from a June 20, 2008, memo from the Joint Task Force at Guantanamo to the Commander for United States Southern Command in Miami headed “Subject: Recommendations for Continued Detention Under DOD Control (CD) for Guantanamo Detainee, ISN US9YM-000549DO (S)” (
Detainee Assessment, Omar Ayden
).

181
: The Ashcroft statements from a transcript of the press conference.

182
–
183
: Dialogue from the Senate hearing from a transcript from Senate Armed Services Committee, “The President’s Order on Trials by Military Tribunal,” December 12, 2001.

183
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184
: Some details of Batarfi’s experiences from official government transcripts of two Administrative Review Board proceedings for ISN 627 (Batarfi). The transcripts are undated.

184
: Dialogue between Berntsen and Dailey was first reported in Berntsen,
Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda.

184
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185
: The journey out of Tora Bora by al-Libi and the young fighters from statements by al-Qaeda members, as well as innumerable government records. These include multiple memos from the Joint Task Force at Guantanamo to the Commander for United States Southern Command in Miami. They are a January 6, 2008, memo headed “Subject: Recommendations for Continued Detention Under DOD Control (CD) for Guantanamo Detainee, ISN US9YM-000549DO (S) (
Detainee Assessment, Hassan Said
); a December 16, 2006, memo headed “Subject: Recommendations for Transfer Out of DOD Control (TRO) for Guantanamo Detainee, ISN US9AF-000222DP (S)” (
Detainee Assessment, Umar al-Kunduzi
); a March 1, 2007, memo headed “Subject: Recommendations for Continued Detention Under DOD Control (CD) for Guantanamo Detainee, ISN US9SA-000268DP (S) (
Detainee Assessment, Abd al-Rahman al-Hataybi
); a June 20, 2008, memo headed “Subject: Recommendations for Continued Detention Under DOD Control (CD) for Guantanamo Detainee, ISN US9YM-000549DO (S)” (
Detainee Assessment, Omar Aden
); a December 1, 2005, memo headed “Subject: Recommendations for Continued Detention Under DOD Control (CD) for Guantanamo Detainee, ISN US9SA-000273DP (S)” (
Detainee Assessment, Abd al-Aziz al-Nasir
); and a March 31, 2007, memo headed “Subject: Recommendations for Continued Detention Under DOD Control (CD) for Guantanamo Detainee, ISN US9SA-000196DP (S)” (
Detainee Assessment, Musa al-Amri
).

185
: Ivins’s poem from the original e-mail, dated December 15, 2001. Also see the Dellafera affidavit.

185
–
186
: Ivins’s request for more spores from the original e-mail, dated December 17, 2001.

186
: The exact date of bin Laden’s departure from Tora Bora has been a matter of dispute; however, an American intelligence agency determined that it was December 16, and that information was shared with me. Other details from the Combined Arms Center Report and the Tora Bora Report and from “Summarized Detainee Sworn Statement” for detainee #801 at Guantanamo, unedited.

186
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187
: Descriptions of the terms of the Geneva Conventions from file folder, National Security Council Information, undated memo headed “For Attorney General Only: Legal Background”; Ray Murphy, “Prisoner of War Status and the Question of Guantanamo Detainess,”
Human Rights Law Review
3:2(2003); Judgment of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, The Prosecutor Delatic et al. (IT-96-21) (“The Celebici case),” November 16, 1998; Task Force on National Security and the Rule of Law, New
York City Bar, “Reaffirming the U.S. Commitment to Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions,” June, 2008; and “Sixty Years of the Geneva Conventions: Learning from the Past to Better Face the Future,”
International Review of the Red Cross,
August 12, 2009. Also see March 6, 2003, letter from Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, to Donald Rumsfeld.

188
: Details of Taft’s position from William J. Haynes memo to Rumsfeld, dated January 11, 2002, and headed “Detainee status.” Also see memo from Taft to Gonzales, dated January 10, 2002, and headed “Draft memo from John Yoo (Taft memo).”

189
: Leaflet quotes from a copy of one of the original documents.

189
–
191
: Some of the details of the attempted shoe bombing from
United States v. Richard C. Reid,
crim. no. 02-10013-WGY, transcript of October 4, 2002. Also see criminal complaint,
United States v. Reid,
filed December 23, 2001; and Cathy Booth Thomas, “11 Lives: Courage in the Air,”
Time,
September 1, 2002.