“…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 […]
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
“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, […]
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 […]
11/28/2002
“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 […]
11/27/2002
FBI Legal Counsel Marion Bowman sends “Interrogation Techniques” in “Legal Analysis of Interrogation Techniques” categorizing techniques into four categories and outlining which were “not permitted by the U.S. Constitution” such as “Category II -5. Hooding detainee.” – Marion Bowman, “Legal Analysis of Interrogation Techniques,” NSarchive.gwu.edu, Nov. 27, 2002 […]
11/27/2002
Secretary of Defense Donald “Rumsfeld was personally deciding on whether interrogators could use ‘stress positions’ (an old CIA technique) like making prisoners stand for up to four hours, or exploit ‘individual phobias, such as fear of dogs, to induce stress,’ or strip them naked, or question them for twenty-eight hours at a stretch, without sleep, […]
11/27/2002
In Iraq, “The first [weapons] inspection took place on November 27 [2002].” – Hans Blix, Disarming Iraq, Page 95 […]
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, weapons “Inspections formally began on November 27 [2002]…” – Elisabeth Bumiller, Condoleezza Rice: An American Life, Page 197 […]