9/15/2001

“In the days after 9/11 [mid-September 2001], President Bush signed a covert action finding authorizing the CIA to kill or capture and detain al Qaeda operatives around the world, but the finding was silent on the interrogation tactics to be used on those in detention.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]

 – James Risen, State of War, Page 25