“In October 2002, Gitmo’s [Guantanamo’s] commander [Major General Michael Dunlavey] sent a request forward, which [Secretary of Defense Donald] Rumsfeld approved on December 2 [2002], to use coercive interrogation methods on [alleged 20th hijacker Mohamed al] Kahtani. Rumsfeld approved stress positions, such as standing for up to four hours, isolation for up to thirty days, […]
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12/2/2002
Secretary of Defense Donald “Rumsfeld received a November 27, 2002, memorandum from SOUTHCOM [Southern Command, which is responsible for all U.S. military activities in Central and South America] requesting his approval for the use of various interrogation methods at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Back in October, GTMO had developed a comprehensive list of such […]
12/2/2002
“…by December 2, 2002, Secretary [of Defense Donald] Rumsfeld had approved use of most of the specific [enhanced interrogation] tactics recommended in the [Commander of the Joint Task Force 170, Major General Michael] Dunlavey memo [of October 11, 2002]. Sixteen of the approved tactics had not been permitted in a 1992 U.S. Field Manual on […]
11/28/2002
“When it came out that [Saudi ambassador to the U.S. Prince] Bandar’s wife, Princess Haifa, had made charitable contributions that may have inadvertently helped two of the [9/11] hijackers get settled in San Diego, [Secretary of State Colin] Powell visited NPR’s Morning Edition on November 28, 2002, to defend the prince and princess, although with […]
11/28/2002
From a list of attacks ‘believed to have been conducted by, or inspired by, al-Qaeda:’ “November 28, 2002: Mombassa, Kenya: A car bomb crashes into the lobby of the Israeli-owned Paradise Hotel and kills sixteen people.” – Najwa bin Laden, Omar bin Laden, and Jean Sasson, Growing Up Bin Laden, Page 320 […]
11/27/2002
“On November 27, 2002, thanks mostly to pressure on the White House from the 9/11 families and [Senator John] McCain [R-AZ], [President] Bush reluctantly signed the bill creating the 9/11 commission. The bill was not what [Senate Majority Leader Tom] Daschle [D-SD], McCain, and the families had wanted. It provided the commission with an insultingly […]
11/27/2002
Widows of 9/11 victims known as the ‘Jersey Girls’ pressured Washington for a new independent commission to investigate the events of 9/11. Their actions resulted in a bill known as “H.R. 4628, the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003. That bill, signed reluctantly into law by President Bush on November 27, 2002, authorized what […]
11/27/2002
In Iraq, weapons “Inspections formally began on November 27 [2002]…” – Elisabeth Bumiller, Condoleezza Rice: An American Life, Page 197 […]
11/27/2002
“On November 27, 2002, President Bush signed HR 4628, the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003, which established the body formally known as the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States [also known as the 9/11 Commission]. ‘The Commission will build upon the work of the congressional joint inquiries,’ said the president, […]
11/27/2002
In Iraq, “The first [weapons] inspection took place on November 27 [2002].” – Hans Blix, Disarming Iraq, Page 95 […]