According to The Washington Post on November 2, 2005: “at least eight countries have participated [in hosting clandestine prisons known as ‘black sites’]. …For the host countries, there were both political and legal liabilities. State-enforced disappearances are not only illegal in the United States, but such practices also violate laws in almost all of the […]
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11/2/2005
On November 2, 2005, “the Washington Post published a stunning expose by reporter Dana Priest describing the CIA’s global network of secret black prison sites, some of which, the paper disclosed, were based in former Soviet states in Eastern Europe.” – Jane Mayer, The Dark Side, Page 320 […]
11/2/2005
“The CIA has been hiding and interrogating some of its most important al Qaeda captives at a Soviet-era compound in Eastern Europe, according to U.S. and foreign officials familiar with the arrangement. The secret facility is part of a covert prison system set up by the CIA nearly four years ago that at various times […]
11/2/2005
Regarding the CIA’s use of covert ‘black sites’ to detain and interrogate al Qaeda prisoners: “More than 100 suspected terrorists have been sent by the CIA into the covert system, according to current and former U.S. intelligence officials and foreign sources. This figure…does not include prisoners picked up in Iraq. The detainees break down roughly […]
11/2/2005
Regarding the CIA’s use of covert ‘black sites’ to detain and interrogate al Qaeda prisoners: “The top 30 al Qaeda prisoners exist in complete isolation from the outside world. Kept in dark, sometimes underground cells, they have no recognized legal rights, and no one outside the CIA is allowed to talk with or even see […]
10/31/2005
“Among the more sensational reports [leaked from Iraq war logs] is one on 31 October 2005 that says Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps [IRGC] ‘directs Iranian-sponsored assassinations in Basra [Iraq].’ The IRGC is said to provide various militias with instructions on whom to kill and how. It specifies whether to use a handgun or rifle […]
10/29/2005
President George W. Bush: “The political process in Iraq now moves forward. Iraqis will return to the polls in December to elect a new government under their new constitution. This government will be our ally in the war on terror, a partner in the struggle for peace and moderation in the Muslim world, and an inspiration […]
10/28/2005
“On the morning of October 28, 2005, [President] Bush delivered a speech on the war on terrorism to a group of 2,500 military members and local business and political leaders in Norfolk, Virginia. …The mission in Iraq, he said, was to defeat anti-American terrorists in league with (the still at-large) Osama bin Laden. ‘We must […]
10/28/2005
On October 28, 2005, “the grand jury in the CIA leak case had issued a five-count indictment against [vice presidential Chief of Staff] Scooter Libby, charging him with one count of obstruction of justice, two counts of perjury, and two counts of making false statements. The indictment accused Libby of having lied during his interviews […]
10/28/2005
“On October 28 [2005], Scooter Libby resigned as [Vice President] Dick Cheney’s chief of staff after being indicted on five counts of perjury, obstruction of justice, and making false statements.” – Craig Unger, The Fall of the House of Bush, Page 338 […]