“According to top State Department officials, [President] Bush decided to nullify the Geneva Conventions on January 8, 2002.” – Jane Mayer, The Dark Side, Page 123 […]
1/7/2002
In a letter dated Jan. 7, 2002, from Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, she notes that the “hooding and blindfolding” of suspects is in violation of the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Torture and Punishment. – Amnesty International, “Letter dated 7 January 2002 […]
1/7/2002
Journalist Jason Burke wrote, in India Today on January 7, 2002: ” ‘Bin Laden does not exist at the moment. But he dominates everything. He may have gone off our screens. …But he is everywhere. …That is his greatest achievement.’ “ – Rohan Gunaratna, Inside al Qaeda, Page 167 […]
1/2/2002
On January 2, 2002, “First troops of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) from 15 countries arrives in Kabul [Afghanistan]. Britain leads force.” – Ahmed Rashid, Taliban, Page 266 […]
1/2/2002
In a Washington Post article on January 2, 2002, Philippines police Captain Aida Fariscal discussed her reaction to 9/11, and the fact that evidence of the plot was passed on to the FBI. ” ‘It’s so chilling… Those kamikaze pilots trained in America just like [bomber Ramzi Yousef’s cohort Abdul Hakim] Murad. The FBI knew […]
12/28/2001
“Just before 10 am [on December 28, 2001], Bush…and [General Tommy] Franks…stepped out for a press briefing. …He did not mention the central focus of the teleconference–Iraq. And no one asked. All the questions were about bin Laden, Afghanistan and the recent collapse of Enron…Bush said, ‘I hope 2002 is a year of peace. But […]
12/28/2001
On December 28, 2001, Office of Legal Counsel Attorney John Yoo sent a memorandum to General Counsel William “Haynes advocating that U.S. federal courts would not be able to hear habeas corpus petitions of aliens held at Guantanamo Bay Detention Center. This early memorandum demonstrates the purported conspiracy’s intention to keep the detainees in a […]
12/28/2001
President “Bush ended the December 28 [2001] Crawford [Texas] session [of the National Security Council meeting] by telling the entire group to ‘remain optimistic that diplomacy and international pressure will succeed in disarming the [Iraqi] regime.’ His request for invasion plans was precautionary, he said, in case other means failed. ‘We cannot allow weapons of […]
12/28/2001
“The subject [of invading Iraq] was not formally brought before the National Security Council until December 28 [2001], when [Central Command leader General Tommy] Franks traveled to Bush’s Crawford [Texas] ranch to update the vacationing president on his progress. The others sat in via videoconference…” – Karen DeYoung, Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell, Page […]
12/28/2001
On December 28, 2001, Central Command leader General Tommy “Franks presented [President] Bush with the Iraq war planning that the president had requested: a twenty-six-page paper… It called for 400,000 U.S. military personnel for an invasion and close to six months for buildup.” – Elisabeth Bumiller, Condoleezza Rice: An American Life, Page 172 […]