In a press release issued on November 14, 2005, that attempted to deflect criticism of the decision of some members of Congress to support the invasion of Iraq, Senator John Kerry (D-MA) stated: ” ‘The very worst that Members of Congress can be accused of is trusting the intelligence we were selectively given by this […]
11/11/2005
In a speech commemorating Veterans Day on November 11, 2005, President Bush said: “More than a hundred Democrats in the House and the Senate–who had access to the same intelligence–voted to support removing Saddam Hussein from power [in Iraq].” – David Greene and Robert Smith, “Bush Lashes Back at Iraq Intelligence Critics,” National Public Radio, […]
11/10/2005
While discussing the war in Iraq during a speech at the American Enterprise Institute on November 10, 2005, “Senator John McCain [R-AZ], the most prominent war hawk in the Congress, said: ‘There’s an undeniable sense that things are slipping–more violence on the ground, declining domestic support for the war, growing incantations among Americans that there […]
11/9/2005
"The perpetrators of the suicide attacks in Amman, Jordan, on November 9, 2005–reportedly Iraqis dispatched by [al Qaeda in Iraq leader] Abu Musab al-Zarqawi–appear to have been the first terrorists to have traveled from Iraq to conduct an attack." – Foreign Affairs, The U.S. vs. al Qaeda, 154 […]
11/9/2005
“On November 9, 2005, the group [al Qaeda in Iraq] launched simultaneous suicide bombings at three American hotels in the Jordanian capital of Amman–the Radisson, Hyatt, and Days Inn–killing sixty. Most of the victims were Jordanians attending a wedding party and the attack provoked a wave of revulsion against [al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu […]
11/9/2005
“Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sidestepped questions about possible secret prisons, saying the United States was in a ‘different kind of war’ and had an obligation to defend itself. ‘We, our allies, others who have experienced attacks, have to find a way to protect our people,’ said Rice, who would not confirm the existence of […]
11/6/2005
According to a Washington Post article on November 6, 2005: “The myth that Iraq and al-Qaeda were working together was not the result of an innocent and ignorant mistake by the White House. The president [Bush] and vice president [Dick Cheney] ignored clear warnings, well before the war began–from the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency and […]
11/4/2005
In a Senate floor statement on the “National Defense Authorization Act for FY 06,” Sen. John McCain addressed President George W. Bush on the implications of torturing prisoners: “But to do differently not only offends our values as Americans but undermines our war efforts because abuse of prisoners harms, not helps, us in the war […]
11/3/2005
On November 3, 2005, “Judge [Leonie] Brinkema, who was still presiding over the [potential terrorist Zacarias] Moussaoui trial, issued a modified order to the government to produce any video- or audiotapes of U.S. interrogations of terror suspects. …the Bush Administration told the judge it had no such tapes. …Sometime during that month, Jose Rodriguez Jr., […]
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 […]