Regarding the CIA’s use of covert ‘black sites’ to detain and interrogate al Qaeda prisoners: “More than 100 suspected terrorists have been sent by the CIA into the covert system, according to current and former U.S. intelligence officials and foreign sources. This figure…does not include prisoners picked up in Iraq. The detainees break down roughly […]
11/2/2005
“The CIA has been hiding and interrogating some of its most important al Qaeda captives at a Soviet-era compound in Eastern Europe, according to U.S. and foreign officials familiar with the arrangement. The secret facility is part of a covert prison system set up by the CIA nearly four years ago that at various times […]
11/2/2005
On November 2, 2005, “the Washington Post published a stunning expose by reporter Dana Priest describing the CIA’s global network of secret black prison sites, some of which, the paper disclosed, were based in former Soviet states in Eastern Europe.” – Jane Mayer, The Dark Side, Page 320 […]
11/2/2005
According to The Washington Post on November 2, 2005: “at least eight countries have participated [in hosting clandestine prisons known as ‘black sites’]. …For the host countries, there were both political and legal liabilities. State-enforced disappearances are not only illegal in the United States, but such practices also violate laws in almost all of the […]
11/2/2005
“An article in The Washington Post [on November 2, 2005] documented the existence of a ‘hidden global internment network’ administered by the executive branch as part of the war on terror. This hidden universe of ‘black sites’ had secretly engaged in the kind of interrogation practices foreseen by the [August 1, 2002] Torture Memo in […]
10/31/2005
“Among the more sensational reports [leaked from Iraq war logs] is one on 31 October 2005 that says Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps [IRGC] ‘directs Iranian-sponsored assassinations in Basra [Iraq].’ The IRGC is said to provide various militias with instructions on whom to kill and how. It specifies whether to use a handgun or rifle […]
10/29/2005
President George W. Bush: “The political process in Iraq now moves forward. Iraqis will return to the polls in December to elect a new government under their new constitution. This government will be our ally in the war on terror, a partner in the struggle for peace and moderation in the Muslim world, and an inspiration […]
10/28/2005
On October 28, 2005, Vice President Dick Cheney’s Chief of Staff “Scooter Libby left the White House complex trailed by a phalanx of photographers. At a courthouse not far from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue [the White House], the special prosecutor, Patrick Fitzgerald, had just announced the grand jury’s indictment of Libby on charges of committing perjury, […]
10/28/2005
“On October 28 [2005], Scooter Libby resigned as [Vice President] Dick Cheney’s chief of staff after being indicted on five counts of perjury, obstruction of justice, and making false statements.” – Craig Unger, The Fall of the House of Bush, Page 338 […]
10/28/2005
On October 28, 2005, “the grand jury in the CIA leak case had issued a five-count indictment against [vice presidential Chief of Staff] Scooter Libby, charging him with one count of obstruction of justice, two counts of perjury, and two counts of making false statements. The indictment accused Libby of having lied during his interviews […]