The Story (61 page)

Reagan, Ronald,
30
,
128
,
220

Iran-Contra scandal story,
95
–96

Lebanon and,
70
,
78

Saddam Hussein backed by,
5
–6

Times
coverage,
95

Reid, Richard,
165

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press,
286
,
292
,
321

Reporters Without Borders,
261
,
286

Reston, James “Scotty,”
58

Rezayat, Mehdi,
124
–25

Rice, Condoleezza,
19
,
149
,
189
,
283
,
343
n12,
347
–48n17,
353
n4

botulinum toxin scare,
150

dysfunctional decision-making,
228

interview with Miller and Sanger,
149

WMD aluminum tubes intelligence and,
213
,
214

Richards, Charles,
66
,
67

Ridi, Essam Al,
358
n13

“Right Fight Now, The: Counterinsurgency, Not Caution, Is the Answer in Iraq” (Schmitt),
314

Risen, Jim,
152
,
157
,
163
,
207

Haideri story and,
250

Miller's collaboration with,
164
,
210
,
342
n1

surveillance technology used on,
321

WMD aluminum tubes stories,
210
,
347
n10

WMD reporting,
210
,
347
n10

Risha, Abdul Sattar Abu,
332
n17

Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Washington, DC,
148

Rivers, Larry,
90

Rizzo, John A.,
250
,
312
–13,
357
n6

Robb, Charles,
218

Robb-Silberman commission,
218
,
230
,
349
–50n7

Robertson, Nan,
41
–42,
48
,
53
,
335
n1

Rockefeller, Jay,
284

Rosen, James,
321

Rosenbaum, David,
95

Rosenberg, Howard,
37
–38

Rosenthal, Abe M.

Farber jailing and,
351
–52n3

Miller and,
56
,
76
,
81
,
82
,
86
,
87
,
89
,
171

Miller job interview with,
47
–51

rivalry with Max Frankel,
93
–94

as ruthless,
186

Safire defense of,
299
,
356
n1

as
Times
executive editor,
46
,
55

visiting Miller in prison,
266

Rosenthal, Andrew,
190
,
202

Rove, Karl,
263
,
264
,
272
,
274
,
304
,
305
,
307
,
315
,
352
n6,
353
n4

Rubaie, Mowaffak al-,
23

Rumsfeld, Donald,
167
,
174
,
177
,
228
,
314
,
347
n14

Rush to Judgment
(Knott),
343
n11

Russert, Tim,
241
,
305
,
350
–51n2,
352
n6

Russia

biological weapons program,
115
–16,
117
,
121
–23,
125
–28,
197
,
338
n1

KGB Bonfire and Flute programs,
126

Vector research center,
122
–23

Rwanda,
90

Saadi, Amir,
203

Sadat, Anwar el,
74
,
76
–77

Saddam Hussein

Al Qaeda and,
13
,
207
,
210
,
290
–91

anthrax letter attacks linked to,
150
,
222

assumption of presidency and bloodbath,
5

betrayal of Middle Eastern rulers,
13

brutality of,
4
–5,
7
,
8
,
16

character of,
14

chemical attack on Halabja, Kurdistan,
16
,
90
,
156

Clinton's policy to overthrow,
156

genocide against the Kurds,
15
–16,
90
,
156
,
222
,
332
n15,
333
–34n22

intelligence agencies of,
7

Iran-Iraq War and,
5

killing of Shiittes,
16
,
17

King Hussein of Jordan and,
103
,
154

left in power after Gulf War,
xiii

Miller's assessment of,
4
–5

Miller's attempts to interview,
8

miscalculations by,
13

9/11 terrorist attacks and,
14

Reagan's backing of,
5
–6

removal of,
26

titles and tyrannical rule of,
7
–8

UNSCOM inspections and,
26
,
119
–20,
121
,
133
,
134
,
155
,
160
,
165
,
168
,
181
,
196
,
203
,
211
,
338
n2,
342
n7,
348
–49n2

US neocon pressure to overthrow,
150

WMD and, non-US assessments,
211

WMD and chem-bio program,
2
,
3
–4,
6
,
26
,
118
,
119
–20,
129
,
133
,
181
–82,
211
,
213
,
347
–48n17

Saddam Hussein and the Crisis in the Gulf
(Miller and Mylroie),
5
,
11
,
102
,
208

Safire, Bill

Abe Rosenthal and,
299
,
356
n1

WMD and nuclear program,
xii
,
3
–4,
14
,
26
,
158
,
165
,
166
,
181
,
211
,
216
–17,
218
–19

letter of November
1
, 2005 on Miller's behalf,
299
,
300
–301

as Miller's friend and advisor,
97
–98,
99
,
194
,
205
,
228
,
229
,
231
,
237
,
265
–66,
281
,
288
,
292
,
296
,
306

Salah, Muhammad Abdel-Hamid,
108
,
109

Salih, Barham,
25

Sandakhchiev, Lev,
122
–23,
124

Sanger, David,
149
,
283
,
305
,
320
,
342
n1,
355
–56n18

Saqer, Muhammad Jassem al-,
169

Sauber, Richard,
263

Saudi Arabia

coalition forces in, Gulf War,
11
–12

culture of,
104
–5

Miller as
Times
“special Gulf correspondent” in,
11
,
104
–7

Miller pretending to be a Saudi woman in,
83
–84

mutawa
(religious police),
104
–5,
106

Osama bin Laden and,
106
,
337
n2

siege of the Grand Mosque (1979),
77

Wahhabism in,
12
,
105

Savir, Uri,
107

Sawyer, Diane,
117

Schacter, Daniel L.,
310

Scheuer, Michael,
340
n3

Schmitt, Gary J.,
314

Schwarz, Dan,
335
n1

Schwarzkopf, H. Norman,
12

Scott, Janny,
289

Scowcroft, Brent,
343
n15

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),
56
,
59
,
60

Seelye, Kit,
287
–88

See No Evil
(Baer),
341
n3

Senate Intelligence Committee,
314
,
351
n1

report on Wilson and yellowcake claim,
282
,
283

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence,
230
,
349
–50n7

Sestanovich, Steve,
311

Sethna, Zaab,
154
–55,
159
,
160

Sexton, Joe,
186
,
193

Shafer, Jack,
229
,
349
n4,
350
n8

Shahristani, Hussein al-,
178
,
344
n3

Shane, Scott,
151

Sheehan, Mike,
140

Shenon, Phil,
240
,
303

Sheraton Hotel, Baghdad,
6
–7,
9

Sidell, Frederick R.,
179

Siebenlist, Trudy,
32

Silberman, Laurence H.,
218

Simon & Shuster,
268
,
352
n5

60 Minutes,
232

Skadden, Arps attorneys,
271
,
316
,
318
,
356
n2

Slate,
229
,
349
n4,
350
n8

Smith, Hedrick “Rick,”
48
,
54
,
55
,
60

Smithson, Amy E.,
338
n2

Snowden, Edward J.,
320

Somalia,
64
,
336
n1

Specter, Arlen,
262
,
264
,
293

Spertzel, Richard,
119
,
150

Spiridonov, Yuri,
124
,
125

Spy
magazine,
60

Srebrenica,
90

Stalin, Joseph,
7

Stanage, Niall,
317

Stasi (East German secret police),
15

State of Denial: Bush at War
(Woodward),
219

Sterling, Jeffrey,
321

Stewart, Martha,
257

St. George, Utah,
27
,
31
–32

St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
56

Stone, I. F. “Izzy,”
43

Stone, Robin,
193

Strauss, Lewis,
37

Sudan,
66
,
82
,
144

Al Shifa pharmaceutical company, Khartoum,
134
,
339
n5

Bin Laden and,
106
,
134

Clinton airstrikes against,
134
,
338
n3

Sullivan, Margaret,
318

Sulzberger, Arthur Gregg,
317

Sulzberger, Arthur, Jr.,
58
,
63
,
93
,
93
n,
265
,
335
n7

Abe Rosenthal and,
299
,
356
n1

Blair
plagiarism scandal and,
185
–86

blogs and,
317

defense of Miller's WMD reporting,
226
–27

firing of Jill Abramson,
320

legal battle over protecting Miller's source,
245
,
251
–53,
265
,
266
,
274
,
276
–77,
279
–80,
281
,
290

legal settlement and terms of agreement, “war on Judy” and Miller resignation,
301
,
318

Miller in Iraq War and,
175

Miller's return to the
Times
after jailing and,
293
–98

Pulitzers and,
171

Safire's proposal to on “Miller Mess,”
300
–301

“war on Judy” at the
Times
and,
294
–95

Sulzberger, Arthur Ochs “Punch,”
42
,
99
,
171
,
299
,
351
–52n3,
356
n1

Sulzberger, Carol,
99

Syria

ISIS in,
28
–29,
322

Lebanon and,
69
–70,
78

Obama's policiies and,
322

terrorists backed by,
69
,
73

Tagliabue, John,
151
,
207

Taha, Ribab “Dr. Germ,”
120
,
203
,
204

Tamimi, Taissir Rajab Al-,
270

Task Force
20
(Special Operations),
182
–83,
184
,
285
,
345
n7,
353
–54n7

Tate, Joseph A.,
245
–46,
264
,
272
,
274
,
275
,
287
,
316

Taubman, Philip,
58
,
229
,
291
–92,
294
,
301

Tavernise, Sabrina,
209

Temby, Dave,
3

Tenet, George

Bin Laden and,
165

Chalabi and,
232

leaks and,
313

PDBs and,
165

“war” on Al Qaeda,
146

WMD aluminum tubes intelligence and,
218

WMD search and,
204
,
347
–48n17