General Counsel of the U.S. Navy Alberto Mora met with head of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, David Brant on December 18, 2002. Upon review of parts of accused terrorist Mohammed al-Qahtani’s transcript, Mora said: ” ‘It was also clear it [torture of detainees] would get worse. It could lead to creep, where if the […]
12/18/2002
Regarding the situation in Iraq, “on December 18 [2002], [President] Bush told a meeting of the NSC [National Security Council] that ‘war is inevitable.’ “ – Julian E. Zelizer, ed., The Presidency of George W. Bush, Page 106 […]
12/18/2002
In reference to the National Security Council meeting of December 18, 2002, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith said, regarding President Bush: “He turned to [Secretary of State Colin] Powell: ‘So war is not inevitable, according to your view.’ President Bush paused and then stated: ‘I think war is inevitable.’ As I recorded this […]
12/18/2002
“The morning of Wednesday, December 18 [2002], President Bush had a private meeting with Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar, who supported a military confrontation with Iraq…[Bush said to Aznar] ‘At some point, we will conclude enough is enough and take him [Saddam] out. He’s a liar and has no intention of disarming…War is my last […]
12/18/2002
On December 18, 2002, Democracy Now! revealed: “The portions of the [Iraq weapons program] UN report [that were] censored by the United States identified at least twenty-four U.S. corporations that helped Iraq build its pre-Gulf War weapons programs and rockets. The list includes Bechtel (conventional); DuPont (nuclear); Eastman Kodak (rocket); Hewlett-Packard (nuclear, rocket, conventional); Honeywell […]
12/18/2002
General Counsel of the U.S. Navy Alberto Mora met with head of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, David Brant, on December 18, 2002. Mora noted: ” ‘…If cruelty is no longer declared unlawful, but instead is applied as a matter of policy, it alters the fundamental relationship of man to government. It destroys the whole […]
12/17/2002
In response to the November 17, 2002, Joint Task Force Guantanamo memo, which allowed interrogators to use enhanced interrogation techniques on detainees, Special Agent in Charge, Criminal Investigation Task Force, Guantanamo (CITF-G) Timothy James, wrote on December 17, 2002: “CITF-G objects to these aggressive interrogation techniques,’ and that ‘LEA [law enforcement] agents only use rapport-based […]
12/17/2002
“A United Nations team in late [December 17] 2002 reported that al-Qaeda continues to recruit new members and raise funds vigorously, news that was confirmed by intelligence sources.” – Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon, The Age of Sacred Terror, Page 452 […]
12/17/2002
“On December 17 [2002], the CIA’s WINPAC [Weapons Intelligence Non Proliferation and Arms Control Center], which had aggressively pushed the nuclear claims [against Iraq], sent a paper to the National Security Council challenging Baghdad’s assertion that it had no nuclear weapons program on two grounds: Saddam’s regime had failed to explain its procurement of the […]
12/17/2002
On December 17, 2002, head of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, David Brant, reported the problems with prisoner abuse at Guantanamo to General Counsel of the U.S. Navy, Alberto Mora. “…Brant had already conveyed the allegations about Guantanamo to Army leaders, since they had command authority over the military interrogators, and to the Air Force, […]