Find, Fix, Finish (43 page)
Authors: Aki Peritz,Eric Rosenbach
72
“A Master Terrorist Is Nabbed,”
New York Times,
April 6, 2002.
“A Master Terrorist Is Nabbed,”
New York Times,
April 6, 2002.
73
The details of the raid come primarily from an account written by the lead CIA operations officer in Pakistan at the time and is generally corroborated by other accounts.
The details of the raid come primarily from an account written by the lead CIA operations officer in Pakistan at the time and is generally corroborated by other accounts.
74
Mayer,
Dark Side
, 139–143.
Mayer,
Dark Side
, 139–143.
75
Kiriakou,
Reluctant Spy.
Kiriakou,
Reluctant Spy.
76
Ibid.
Ibid.
77
Ibid.
Ibid.
78
Ibid.
Ibid.
79
Ibid.
Ibid.
80
Kiriakou,
Reluctant Spy
; Gordon, “A Nation Challenged.”
Kiriakou,
Reluctant Spy
; Gordon, “A Nation Challenged.”
81
Kiriakou,
Reluctant Spy.
Kiriakou,
Reluctant Spy.
82
Ibid.
Ibid.
83
Ibid.
Ibid.
84
Tenet, “Written Statement,” 240.
Tenet, “Written Statement,” 240.
85
“Al-Qaeda Leaders Held at British Base,”
Mail on Sunday
, July 7, 2002; James Risen,
State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration
(New York: Free Press, 2006), 21.
“Al-Qaeda Leaders Held at British Base,”
Mail on Sunday
, July 7, 2002; James Risen,
State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration
(New York: Free Press, 2006), 21.
86
Kiriakou,
Reluctant Spy,
132.
Kiriakou,
Reluctant Spy,
132.
87
Tenet, “Written Statement,” 242.
Tenet, “Written Statement,” 242.
88
Ali Soufan, “My Tortured Decision,”
New York Times,
April 22, 2009.
Ali Soufan, “My Tortured Decision,”
New York Times,
April 22, 2009.
89
Ronald Kessler,
The Terrorist Watch: Inside the Desperate Race to Stop the Next Attack
(New York: Crown, 2007), 46–48; “Summary of the High Value Terrorist Detainee Program,” Office of the Director of National Intelligence, September 6, 2006.
Ronald Kessler,
The Terrorist Watch: Inside the Desperate Race to Stop the Next Attack
(New York: Crown, 2007), 46–48; “Summary of the High Value Terrorist Detainee Program,” Office of the Director of National Intelligence, September 6, 2006.
90
David Alexander, “CIA Briefed 68 Lawmakers on Interrogation Program,” Reuters, February 23, 2010.
David Alexander, “CIA Briefed 68 Lawmakers on Interrogation Program,” Reuters, February 23, 2010.
91
“Summary of the High Value Terrorist Detainee Program,” Office of the Director of National Intelligence, September 6, 2006,
www.odni.gov/press_releases_2006.htm
.
“Summary of the High Value Terrorist Detainee Program,” Office of the Director of National Intelligence, September 6, 2006,
www.odni.gov/press_releases_2006.htm
.
92
Judith Miller and Philip Shenon, “A Nation Challenged: Plots; Qaeda Leader in US Custody Provokes Alert,”
New York Times,
April 20, 2002.
Judith Miller and Philip Shenon, “A Nation Challenged: Plots; Qaeda Leader in US Custody Provokes Alert,”
New York Times,
April 20, 2002.
93
Dan Eggen and Walter Pincus, “FBI, CIA Debate Significance of Terror Suspect,”
Washington Post
, December 18, 2007.
Dan Eggen and Walter Pincus, “FBI, CIA Debate Significance of Terror Suspect,”
Washington Post
, December 18, 2007.
94
McGrory, “Bear.”
McGrory, “Bear.”
95
Ronald Kessler,
The Terrorist Watch: Inside the Desperate Race to Stop the Next Attack
(New York: Crown, 2007), 46–48; “Summary of the High Value Terrorist Detainee Program.”
Ronald Kessler,
The Terrorist Watch: Inside the Desperate Race to Stop the Next Attack
(New York: Crown, 2007), 46–48; “Summary of the High Value Terrorist Detainee Program.”
96
Memorandum for John Rizzo, Acting General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency (Declassified), August 1, 2002.
Memorandum for John Rizzo, Acting General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency (Declassified), August 1, 2002.
97
“Summary of the High Value Terrorist Detainee Program.”
“Summary of the High Value Terrorist Detainee Program.”
98
Finn and Warrick, “Detainee’s Harsh Treatment”; Mayer,
Dark Side
, 141–144.
Finn and Warrick, “Detainee’s Harsh Treatment”; Mayer,
Dark Side
, 141–144.
99
David Johnston, “At a Secret Interrogation, Dispute Flared over Tactics,”
New York Times
, September 10, 2006.
David Johnston, “At a Secret Interrogation, Dispute Flared over Tactics,”
New York Times
, September 10, 2006.
100
“Profile: Abu Zubaydah,”
New York Times
, April 20, 2009.
“Profile: Abu Zubaydah,”
New York Times
, April 20, 2009.
101
Scott Shane, “Waterboarding Used 266 Times on 2 Suspects,”
New York Times,
April 19, 2009.
Scott Shane, “Waterboarding Used 266 Times on 2 Suspects,”
New York Times,
April 19, 2009.
102
“Summary of the High Value Terrorist Detainee Program.”
“Summary of the High Value Terrorist Detainee Program.”
103
Jelinek, “Rumsfeld Denies Torture Rumors.”
Jelinek, “Rumsfeld Denies Torture Rumors.”
104
Alexander, “CIA Briefed 68 Lawmakers”; “Summary of the High Value Terrorist Detainee Program.”
Alexander, “CIA Briefed 68 Lawmakers”; “Summary of the High Value Terrorist Detainee Program.”
105
Mark Mazzetti, “CIA Destroyed 2 Tapes Showing Interrogations,”
New York Times,
December 7, 2007.
Mark Mazzetti, “CIA Destroyed 2 Tapes Showing Interrogations,”
New York Times,
December 7, 2007.
106
Johnston, “At a Secret Interrogation”; Testimony of John E. Cloonan, Retired FBI Special Agent, before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, June 10, 2008,
http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/testimony.cfm?id=3399&wit_id=7228
.
Johnston, “At a Secret Interrogation”; Testimony of John E. Cloonan, Retired FBI Special Agent, before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, June 10, 2008,
http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/testimony.cfm?id=3399&wit_id=7228
.
107
Ali Soufan, “My Tortured Decision,”
New York Times
, April 22, 2009.
Ali Soufan, “My Tortured Decision,”
New York Times
, April 22, 2009.
108
Scott Shane, “Divisions Arose on Rough Tactics for Qaeda Figure,”
New York Times
, April 17, 2009; Finn and Warrick, “Detainee’s Harsh Treatment.”
Scott Shane, “Divisions Arose on Rough Tactics for Qaeda Figure,”
New York Times
, April 17, 2009; Finn and Warrick, “Detainee’s Harsh Treatment.”
109
Shane, “Divisions.”
Shane, “Divisions.”
110
Finn and Warrick, “Detainee’s Harsh Treatment”; “At a Secret Interrogation, Dispute Flared over Tactics”; Shane, “Waterboarding”; Tenet, “Written Statement,” 146, 243; Mayer,
Dark Side
, 175–176; “Summary of the High Value Terrorist Detainee Program.”
Finn and Warrick, “Detainee’s Harsh Treatment”; “At a Secret Interrogation, Dispute Flared over Tactics”; Shane, “Waterboarding”; Tenet, “Written Statement,” 146, 243; Mayer,
Dark Side
, 175–176; “Summary of the High Value Terrorist Detainee Program.”
111
Jeremy Kahn, “The Next al-Qaeda? Terror Group Lashkar-e-Taiba Is Now Focusing on Foreigners and the West,”
Newsweek
, March 8, 2010.
Jeremy Kahn, “The Next al-Qaeda? Terror Group Lashkar-e-Taiba Is Now Focusing on Foreigners and the West,”
Newsweek
, March 8, 2010.
112
Ibid.
Ibid.
113
Mayer,
Dark Side,
141.
Mayer,
Dark Side,
141.
114
“Biographies of High Value Terrorist Detainees.”
“Biographies of High Value Terrorist Detainees.”
115
“Al-Qaeda’s Number-Three Leader Now in Pakistani Custody,”
All Things Considered
, May 4, 2005.
“Al-Qaeda’s Number-Three Leader Now in Pakistani Custody,”
All Things Considered
, May 4, 2005.
116
“Biographies of High Value Terrorist Detainees”; “Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal—Al Libi, Abu Faraj,” United States Department of Defense, February 8, 2007.
“Biographies of High Value Terrorist Detainees”; “Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal—Al Libi, Abu Faraj,” United States Department of Defense, February 8, 2007.
117
Musharraf,
In the Line of Fire,
258.
Musharraf,
In the Line of Fire,
258.
118
“Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal.”
“Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal.”
119
Ibid.; Transcript of Open Session Combatant Status Review Tribunal Hearing for ISN 10017, March 9, 2007,
www.defense.gov/news/transcript_ISN10017.pdf
.
Ibid.; Transcript of Open Session Combatant Status Review Tribunal Hearing for ISN 10017, March 9, 2007,
www.defense.gov/news/transcript_ISN10017.pdf
.
120
“Biographies of High Value Terrorist Detainees”; “Al-Qaeda’s Number-Three Leader.”
“Biographies of High Value Terrorist Detainees”; “Al-Qaeda’s Number-Three Leader.”
121
“Biographies of High Value Terrorist Detainees.”
“Biographies of High Value Terrorist Detainees.”
122
Paul Watson and Ken Silverstein, “Senior Leader of al-Qaeda Is Killed in Blast,”
Los Angeles Times
, December 4, 2005.
Paul Watson and Ken Silverstein, “Senior Leader of al-Qaeda Is Killed in Blast,”
Los Angeles Times
, December 4, 2005.
123
Robert Windrem, “Hunt on for bin Laden’s Latest No. 3 Man,” MSNBC, September 7, 2004.
Robert Windrem, “Hunt on for bin Laden’s Latest No. 3 Man,” MSNBC, September 7, 2004.
124
Rana Jawad, “Distinctive Skin Blew al-Qaeda Man’s Cover,”
Courier Mail (Australia),
May 6, 2005.
Rana Jawad, “Distinctive Skin Blew al-Qaeda Man’s Cover,”
Courier Mail (Australia),
May 6, 2005.
125
Musharraf,
In the Line of Fire,
253; Somini Sengupta, “Pakistan Reports Arrest of a Senior Qaeda Leader,”
New York Times
, May 5, 2005.
Musharraf,
In the Line of Fire,
253; Somini Sengupta, “Pakistan Reports Arrest of a Senior Qaeda Leader,”
New York Times
, May 5, 2005.
126
Kamran Khan and John Lancaster, “Top al-Qaeda Figure Is Held in Pakistan,”
Washington Post,
May 5, 2005.
Kamran Khan and John Lancaster, “Top al-Qaeda Figure Is Held in Pakistan,”
Washington Post,
May 5, 2005.
127
Musharraf,
In the Line of Fire,
253, 255; “Libyan al-Qaeda Mastermind Eluded Hot Chase for Two Years,” Agence France Presse, May 4, 2005.
Musharraf,
In the Line of Fire,
253, 255; “Libyan al-Qaeda Mastermind Eluded Hot Chase for Two Years,” Agence France Presse, May 4, 2005.
128
Musharraf,
In the Line of Fire,
241–242; “Libyan al-Qaeda Mastermind”; Paul Haven, “Senior al-Qaeda Suspect Arrested in United Arab Emerates, Flown to Pakistan for Interrogation,” Associated Press, August 8, 2004.
Musharraf,
In the Line of Fire,
241–242; “Libyan al-Qaeda Mastermind”; Paul Haven, “Senior al-Qaeda Suspect Arrested in United Arab Emerates, Flown to Pakistan for Interrogation,” Associated Press, August 8, 2004.
129
Rana Jawad, “Pakistan Hunts Two Top al-Qaeda Masterminds,” Agence France Presse, August 6, 2004.
Rana Jawad, “Pakistan Hunts Two Top al-Qaeda Masterminds,” Agence France Presse, August 6, 2004.
130
Musharraf,
In the Line of Fire,
255–256; “Al-Qaeda’s Number-Three Leader”; “Biographies of High Value Terrorist Detainees”; “Hunt on for bin Laden’s Latest No. 3 Man.”
Musharraf,
In the Line of Fire,
255–256; “Al-Qaeda’s Number-Three Leader”; “Biographies of High Value Terrorist Detainees”; “Hunt on for bin Laden’s Latest No. 3 Man.”
131
Musharraf,
In the Line of Fire,
258–260.
Musharraf,
In the Line of Fire,
258–260.
132
Ibid.
Ibid.
133
Ibid.
Ibid.
134
Ibid.; Somini Sengupta, “Pakistan Reports Arrest of a Senior Qaeda Leader,”
New York Times
, May 5, 2005.
Ibid.; Somini Sengupta, “Pakistan Reports Arrest of a Senior Qaeda Leader,”
New York Times
, May 5, 2005.
135
Musharraf,
In the Line of Fire,
256.
Musharraf,
In the Line of Fire,
256.
136
“Al-Qaeda’s Number-Three Leader”; “Pakistan Seizes al-Qaeda no. 3,”
CNN.com
, May 4, 2005; Kamran Khan and John Lancaster, “Top al-Qaeda Figure Is Held in Pakistan,”
Washington Post
, May 5, 2005.
“Al-Qaeda’s Number-Three Leader”; “Pakistan Seizes al-Qaeda no. 3,”
CNN.com
, May 4, 2005; Kamran Khan and John Lancaster, “Top al-Qaeda Figure Is Held in Pakistan,”
Washington Post
, May 5, 2005.
137
Khan and Lancaster, “Top al-Qaeda Figure.”
Khan and Lancaster, “Top al-Qaeda Figure.”
138
Mubashir Zaidi, Paul Watson, and Josh Meyer, “Bin Laden Aide Held in Pakistan,”
Los Angeles Times
, May 5, 2005.
Mubashir Zaidi, Paul Watson, and Josh Meyer, “Bin Laden Aide Held in Pakistan,”
Los Angeles Times
, May 5, 2005.
139
Daniel McGrory, “Bin Laden Aide Had 10-Strong British Cell,”
Times (London),
May 6, 2005.
Daniel McGrory, “Bin Laden Aide Had 10-Strong British Cell,”
Times (London),
May 6, 2005.
140
Khan and Lancaster, “Top al-Qaeda Figure.”
Khan and Lancaster, “Top al-Qaeda Figure.”
141
Musharraf,
In the Line of Fire,
221.
Musharraf,
In the Line of Fire,
221.
142
Massoud Ansari, “Truth Drug Fails to Get al-Qaeda No. 3 to Talk,”
Sunday Telegraph (London)
, May 8, 2005.
Massoud Ansari, “Truth Drug Fails to Get al-Qaeda No. 3 to Talk,”
Sunday Telegraph (London)
, May 8, 2005.
143
Ian Bruce, “MI6 to Interview al-Qaeda Suspect Held in Pakistan,”
The Herald
, May 6, 2005.
Ian Bruce, “MI6 to Interview al-Qaeda Suspect Held in Pakistan,”
The Herald
, May 6, 2005.
144
Khan and Lancaster, “Top al-Qaeda Figure.”
CHAPTER 4: THE FINISHING NEVER ENDSKhan and Lancaster, “Top al-Qaeda Figure.”
1
“Khalid Shaykh Muhammad: Preeminent Source on Al-Qa’ida,” Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Assessment, July 13, 2004, 6.
“Khalid Shaykh Muhammad: Preeminent Source on Al-Qa’ida,” Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Assessment, July 13, 2004, 6.
2
Ibid.
Ibid.
3
Ibid.
Ibid.
4
Lawrence Wright,
The Looming Tower. Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
(New York: Knopf, 2006), 100.
Lawrence Wright,
The Looming Tower. Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
(New York: Knopf, 2006), 100.
5
Ibid.
Ibid.
6
Steve Coll,
Ghost Wars
(New York: Penguin, 2004), 248; “Khalid Shaykh Muhammad: Preeminent Source on Al-Qa’ida.”
Steve Coll,
Ghost Wars
(New York: Penguin, 2004), 248; “Khalid Shaykh Muhammad: Preeminent Source on Al-Qa’ida.”
7
Ghost Wars,
327.
Ghost Wars,
327.
8
9/11 Commission Report,
154.
9/11 Commission Report,
154.
9
Ibid.
Ibid.
10
Ibid., 149.
Ibid., 149.
11
Ibid., 155.
Ibid., 155.
12
Ibid.
Ibid.
13
“Khalid Shaykh Muhammad: Preeminent Source on Al-Qa’ida,” 7.
“Khalid Shaykh Muhammad: Preeminent Source on Al-Qa’ida,” 7.
14
Musharraf,
In the Line of Fire
, 240.
Musharraf,
In the Line of Fire
, 240.
15
“Detainee Reporting Pivotal for the War Against Al Qa’ida,” Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Assessment, June 3, 2005, ii.
“Detainee Reporting Pivotal for the War Against Al Qa’ida,” Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Assessment, June 3, 2005, ii.
16
“Khalid Shaykh Muhammad: Preeminent Source on Al-Qa’ida,” 8.
“Khalid Shaykh Muhammad: Preeminent Source on Al-Qa’ida,” 8.
17
Yosri Fouda and Nick Fielding,
Masterminds of Terror
(New York: Arcade, 2003), 38.
Yosri Fouda and Nick Fielding,
Masterminds of Terror
(New York: Arcade, 2003), 38.
18
Scott Shane, “Inside a 9/11 Mastermind’s Interrogation,”
New York Times
, June 22, 2008.
Scott Shane, “Inside a 9/11 Mastermind’s Interrogation,”
New York Times
, June 22, 2008.
19
Ibid.
Ibid.
20
Musharraf,
In the Line of Fire
, 240.
Musharraf,
In the Line of Fire
, 240.
21
Ibid.
Ibid.
22
Daniel Byman, Prepared Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Extraordinary Rendition, Extraterritorial Detention, and Treatment of Detainees: Restoring Our Moral Credibility and Strengthening Our Diplomatic Standing, July 26, 2007.
Daniel Byman, Prepared Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Extraordinary Rendition, Extraterritorial Detention, and Treatment of Detainees: Restoring Our Moral Credibility and Strengthening Our Diplomatic Standing, July 26, 2007.
23
Steven Strasser and Craig R. Whitney, eds.,
The 9/11 Investigations: The Staff Reports of the 9/11 Commission
(Washington DC: Public Affairs, 2004), 148; Byman, Prepared Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Steven Strasser and Craig R. Whitney, eds.,
The 9/11 Investigations: The Staff Reports of the 9/11 Commission
(Washington DC: Public Affairs, 2004), 148; Byman, Prepared Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
24
Arthur Hulnick,
Keeping Us Safe: Secret Intelligence and Homeland Security
(Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004), 113–114.
Arthur Hulnick,
Keeping Us Safe: Secret Intelligence and Homeland Security
(Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004), 113–114.
25
James Baker,
In the Common Defense
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), 168.
James Baker,
In the Common Defense
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), 168.
26
Jane Mayer, “Outsourcing Torture: The Secret History of America’s ‘Extraordinary Rendition’ Program,”
New Yorker
. February 14, 2005; Robert Fisk, “Cairo’s Dirty War Spills Across Europe,”
Independent
, December 6, 1995.
Jane Mayer, “Outsourcing Torture: The Secret History of America’s ‘Extraordinary Rendition’ Program,”
New Yorker
. February 14, 2005; Robert Fisk, “Cairo’s Dirty War Spills Across Europe,”
Independent
, December 6, 1995.
27
Benjamin, “Rendition at Risk.”
Benjamin, “Rendition at Risk.”
28
Ibid.
Ibid.
29
Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon,
The Next Attack
(New York: Times Books, 2005), 256–257.
Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon,
The Next Attack
(New York: Times Books, 2005), 256–257.
30
Ibid.
Ibid.
31
Daniel Benjamin, “Five Myths About Rendition (and That New Movie),”
Washington Post
, October 20, 2007.
Daniel Benjamin, “Five Myths About Rendition (and That New Movie),”
Washington Post
, October 20, 2007.
32
Coll,
Ghost Wars.
Coll,
Ghost Wars.
33
George Tenet,
At the Center of the Storm
(New York: Harper Collins, 2007), 254.
George Tenet,
At the Center of the Storm
(New York: Harper Collins, 2007), 254.
34
Porter Goss, Testimony Before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 109th Congress, 1st sess., February 16, 2005.
Porter Goss, Testimony Before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 109th Congress, 1st sess., February 16, 2005.
35
Daniel Byman, Prepared Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Daniel Byman, Prepared Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
36
Baker,
In the Common Defense,
167.
Baker,
In the Common Defense,
167.
37
“Man Sues CIA over Torture Claims,” BBC News, December 7, 2005.
“Man Sues CIA over Torture Claims,” BBC News, December 7, 2005.
38
“German Sues for CIA Extradition,” BBC News, June 9, 2008; Jerry Markon, “Lawsuit Against CIA Is Dismissed,”
Washington Post
, May 19, 2006.
“German Sues for CIA Extradition,” BBC News, June 9, 2008; Jerry Markon, “Lawsuit Against CIA Is Dismissed,”
Washington Post
, May 19, 2006.
39
Dana Priest and Barton Gellman, “U.S. Decries Abuse but Defends Interrogations,”
Washington Post
, December 26, 2002.
Dana Priest and Barton Gellman, “U.S. Decries Abuse but Defends Interrogations,”
Washington Post
, December 26, 2002.
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