Known and Unknown (98 page)

42.
Bremer to Rumsfeld, “Dissolution of the Ministry of Defense and Related Entities,” May 19, 2003.

43.
James Dobbins, Seth G. Jones, Benjamin Runkle, and Siddharth Mohandas,
Occupying Iraq: A History of the Coalition Provisional Authority
(RAND, 2009), p. 57.

44.
Christopher Hitchens, “It Was Right to Dissolve the Iraqi Army,”
Slate,
September 17, 2007.

45.
Myers to Rumsfeld, “Police,” July 22, 2003.

46.
Rumsfeld to Bremer et al., “Training Iraqi Police,” September 29, 2003.

47.
Bremer to Rumsfeld, “Security Assessment,” February 3, 2004.

48.
“Saddam's Amnesty Blamed for Iraq's Crime,” Associated Press, May 16, 2003.

49.
George Tenet with Bill Harlow,
At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA
(New York: HarperCollins, 2007), p. 318.

50.
Gary Anderson, “Saddam's Greater Game,”
Washington Post,
April 2, 2003.

51.
Rumsfeld to Abizaid et al., “Post-Saddam,” May 22, 2003.

52.
Department of Defense news transcript, “DoD News briefing—Mr. Di Rita and Gen. Abizaid,” July 16, 2003.

53.
Rumsfeld to Steven Bucci, “DoD Dictionary,” July 23, 2003; Rumsfeld to Abizaid, cc: Myers, “definitions,” July 23, 2002.

54.
Rumsfeld to Wolfowitz et al., “Terminology,” January 7, 2004.

55.
Rumsfeld to Di Rita, “History of Insurgency,” November 12, 2003.

56.
L. Paul Bremer III, “Iraq's Path to Sovereignty,”
Washington Post,
September 8, 2003.

57.
Douglas J. Feith,
War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism
(New York: HarperCollins, 2008), p. 459.

58.
Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III with Malcolm McConnell,
My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005), p. 164.

59.
Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III with Malcolm McConnell,
My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005), p. 208.

60.
Rumsfeld to Bremer, “Memos on Iraq,” July 8, 2003; Rumsfeld to Bremer, [No Subject], June 1, 2004.

CHAPTER 37
Liberation from the Occupation

1.
Douglas J Feith and Lieutenant General Walter L. Sharp (principal drafters), “Strategic Review: Stay the Course—Faster,” October 28, 2003, as cited in Douglas J.Feith,
War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism
(New York: HarperCollins, 2008), pp. 460, 644.

2.
Rumsfeld, “Plan for Iraq,” October 14, 2003.

3.
Rumsfeld, “Risk in the Way Ahead in Iraq,” October 28, 2003.

4.
Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III with Malcolm McConnell,
My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005), p. 227.

5.
Judy Keen, “Rice Will Manage Iraq's ‘New Phase,'”
USA Today,
October 6, 2003.

6.
David E. Sanger, “White House to Overhaul Iraq and Afghan Missions,”
New York Times,
October 6, 2003.

7.
“Rumsfeld Avoids Questions on Iraq Role,” CNN, October 9, 2003.

8.
Rumsfeld to Rice, “Cartoon,” October 15, 2003.

9.
David E. Sanger, “White House to Overhaul Iraq and Afghan Missions,”
New York Times,
October 6, 2003.

10.
Rumsfeld to Powell, “Afghanistan—Embassy Kabul Staffing,” March 26, 2004.

11.
Rumsfeld to Bush et al., “Iraq Reporting Relationships,” October 6, 2003.

12.
Rumsfeld to Bush et al., “Iraq Reporting Relationships,” October 6, 2003.

13.
Rumsfeld to Bush et al., “Iraq Reporting Relationships,” October 6, 2003.

14.
Rumsfeld, handwritten note, October 14, 2003.

15.
Rumsfeld, “Alternative Approaches to Operate the NSC—Consensus v. Options for POTUS,” April 1, 2004; Rumsfeld to Rice, “Interagency Process,” August 20, 2002.

16.
Rumsfeld, “Conversation with Jerry Bremer,” December 10, 2003.

17.
Rumsfeld, “Fight to the Death,” July 24, 2003.

18.
Alexandar Vasovic, “Saddam: ‘I'm Willing to Negotiate,' Raising Hopes Insurgency Might Weaken,” Associated Press, December 15, 2003.

19.
Department of Defense notes of NSC meeting, April 9, 2003.

20.
Department of Defense notes of NSC meeting, April 9, 2003; Ambassador L. PaulBremer III with Malcolm McConnell,
My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005), p. 334.

21.
Department of Defense notes of NSC meeting, April 10, 2003.

22.
International Monetary Fund, “Iraq: Third and Fourth Reviews Under the StandBy Arrangement, Financing, Assurances Review, and Requests for Extension of theArrangement and for Waiver of Nonobservance of a Performance Criterion,” IMFCountry Report No. 07/115, March 2007, p. 13.

23.
Coalition Provisional Authority, “Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period,” adopted March 8, 2004.

24.
Department of Defense news transcript, “Defense Department Operational Update briefing,” April 20, 2004.

25.
Rumsfeld to Abizaid et al., “Sunni Engagement,” December 19, 2003.

26.
Rumsfeld to Bremer, “Sunni Outreach,” April 12, 2004.

27.
Glen D. Shaffer, Director for Intelligence (J-2) to Myers et al., “The Importance of the Tribes in Post-Saddam Iraq,” April 8, 2003.

28.
Bing West,
No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah
(New York: Bantam Books, 2005), p. 61.

29.
Stephan Faris, “Islamic Justice: The Religious Militia Muscles In,”
Time,
March 1, 2004.

30.
Rumsfeld to Abizaid et al., “SADR,” August 30, 2003.

31.
Rumsfeld to Abizaid et al., “SADR,” August 30, 2003.

32.
OSD Policy, “Apprehension of Moqtada al Sadr,” January 7, 2004.

33.
Edward Wong with David E. Sanger, “Truce Extended in Falluja Siege, and Talks Go On,”
New York Times,
April 26, 2004.

34.
Edward Wong with David E. Sanger, “Truce Extended in Falluja Siege, and Talks Go On,”
New York Times,
April 26, 2004.

35.
Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III with Malcolm McConnell,
My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005), pp. 135–36.

36.
Rodman to Rumsfeld, “Decision Not to Go After Sadr,” December 6, 2005.

37.
Paul Bremer, statement to the Iraqi people, March 3, 2004; Paul Bremer, statement on UN Envoy Lakhdar Brahaimi's announcement regarding Iraq's political transition, April 14, 2004.

38.
Dexter Filkins, “U.S. Transfers Power to Iraq 2 Days Early,”
New York Times,
June 29, 2004.

PART TWELVE
Wartime Detention

1.
Department of Defense, “DoD Chains of Command until 19 Nov 03 (Abu Ghraib abuses: Sep–Dec 03),” undated.

2.
Associated Press, “Vatican Calls Prison Abuse a Bigger Blow to U.S. than Sept. 11,”
USA Today,
May 12, 2004.

3.
Tom Curry, “Will Rumsfeld Survive Abuse Scandal?” MSNBC, May 6, 2004.

4.
Edward Kennedy, statement, “The Prisoner Abuse Resolution,” 108th Cong., 2d sess., Congressional Record, vol. 150, no. 64, May 10, 2004, p. S5058.

5.
Colin Powell, interviewed by Larry King,
Larry King Live,
CNN, May 4, 2004.

6.
Seymour M. Hersh, “Torture at Abu Ghraib,”
The New Yorker,
May 10, 2004.

7.
Al Gore, remarks, New York University, New York, May 26, 2004.

8.
Rumsfeld, handwritten letter to Bush, May 5, 2004.

9.
Hearing of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees, “Testimony of Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld,” May 7, 2004.

10.
Hearing of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees, “Testimony of Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld,” May 7, 2004.

11.
Hearing of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees, “Testimony of Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld,” May 7, 2004.

12.
“Death in the Night,”
Time,
May 5, 1952.

13.
Rumsfeld, handwritten letter to Bush, May 9, 2004.

14.
Kate Zernike, “Cited as Symbol of Abu Ghraib, Man Admits He Is Not in Photo,”
New York Times,
March 18, 2006.

15.
“Review of Department of Defense Detention Operations and Detainee Interrogation Techniques” (Church Report), May 11, 2004.

16.
“Final Report of the Independent Panel to Review DoD Detention Operations” (Schlesinger Panel), August 23, 2004.

17.
“Report on Detention and Corrections Operations in Iraq” (MG Ryder Report), November 5, 2003; “Assessment of DoD Counterterrorism Interrogation andDetention Operations in Iraq” (MG Miller Report), September 9, 2003; “Taguba Report with Annexes (AR 15-6 Investigation of the 800th Military Police Brigade),” March 12, 2004; “Review of Department of Defense Detention Operations andDetainee Interrogation Techniques” (Church Report), May 11, 2004; “CFC-A AODetainee Operations: Report of Inspection” (Jacoby Report), June 26, 2004; Department of the Army Inspector General, “Detainee Operations Inspection” (Mikolashek Report), July 21, 2004; “Final Report of the Independent Panel to Review DoD Detention Operations” (Schlesinger Panel), August 23, 2004; “Investigation of Intelligence Activities at Abu Ghraib” (Fay/Jones Report), August 25, 2004; “Article 15-6 Investigation of CJSOTF-AP and 5th SF Group Detention Operations” (For-mica Investigation), October 10, 2004; “Assessment of Detainee Medical Operations for OEF, Gitmo, and OIF” (LTG Kiley Medical Review), May 24, 2005; “Investigation into FBI Allegations of Detainee Abuse at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Detention Facility” (Schmidt-Furlow Report), June 9, 2005; “Review of DoD-Directed Investigations of Detainee Abuse,” August 25, 2006.

18.
Rumsfeld, “Memorandum,” June 1, 2004.

CHAPTER 38
The Least Worst Place

1.
Rick Atkinson,
The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943–1944
(New York: Holt, 2008), pp. 118–19; Thomas Farragher, “Vengeance at Dachau in Dark Footnote to Death Camp's Liberation, US Soldiers Shocked by Holocaust Executed Nazi SS Troops,”
Boston Globe,
July 2, 2001.

2.
“60,000 Inmates Sexually Abused Every Year,” Associated Press, June 23, 2009; “Sexual Abuse Behind Bars,”
Washington Post,
September 15, 2009.

3.
Rumsfeld to Hadley et al., “Transferring Responsibilities to Afghanistan and Iraq,” February 3, 2005.

4.
Haynes to Rumsfeld, “President's Military Order on Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism,” November 14, 2001.

5.
Haynes to Rumsfeld, “President's Military Order on Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism,” November 14, 2001.

6.
Ex parte Quirin,
317 U.S. 1 (1942).

7.
Haynes to Rumsfeld, “President's Military Order on Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism,” November 14, 2001.