âoutingâ of Plame as CIA agent, 127; recovery of, 125â28; in Watergate investigation, 126; White House e-mails as, 127
âmistake of lawâ defense, 54â55, 95â96
Mitchell, John, 26
Mohamed, Binyam, 132, 156
Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc.
, 132
Mohammed, Khalid Sheik, 78, 86, 111â13
Mora, Alberto J., 83, 87, 99, 107, 113
Moreno, Javier, 142
Morocco, 132, 153, 155
Mowhoush, Abed Hamed, 116
Mueller, Robert, 58, 112
Mukasey, Michael, 120
Muller, Erich âMancow,â 86
Mundarain Hernández, Germán, 162
Muskie, Edward, 41
Nation
, 28â29
National Archives and Records Administration, 127â28
National Intelligence Council, 18
National Intelligence Director, 45
National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), 13, 34â35
National Journal
, 9â10, 17
National Religious Coalition Against Torture, 167
National Security Act, 54
National Security Agency (NSA), 39â40, 44â49, 64, 65, 123, 124, 132â33, 138
National Security Archives, 127
National Security Council (NSC): and
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
, 97; and Iran-Contra scandal, 27; Nixonâs wiretapping of staff of, 41; on overthrow of Iraq, 8; torture approved by, 72, 79, 85, 121; and torture memos, 81
NATO, 147
Navy, 83, 87, 99, 107, 113
Nazis, 71â72, 108, 134, 143, 145, 166
NBC News, 127
Netherlands, 139, 142, 150, 157â59
news media.
See specific newspapers, television programs, and magazines
Newsweek
, 31, 50â51, 92
Newton, Michael A., 42
New Yorker
, 69, 75
New York Times
: on al Qaeda, 50; on CIAâs destruction of videos of detainee interrogations, 126; and Comeyâs objections to torture, 84; on Durhamâs investigation of missing CIA videos of detainee interrogations, 120; on false statements regarding link between al Qaeda and Iraq, 32; on FISA revision, 47; on illegal wiretapping by Bush administration, 39â40, 46â49, 53â54, 56, 57, 60, 64, 65, 124, 132; on intelligence failures for Congress, 34â35; on international accountability, 154; on International Criminal Court, 149, 151; on Iraqâs alleged procurement of uranium from Niger, 18; on âmarketingâ strategy for Iraq War, 11; on SERE program, 77â78; on Terrorist Surveillance Program, 57; on torture and torture memos, 94â95, 105, 126, 137; on waterboarding, 105, 126
Nicaragua, 27
NIE (National Intelligence Estimate), 13, 34â35
Niger, 17â18
Nightline
(ABC), 53
9/11 Commission, 8â9, 50, 139
9/11 terrorist attacks: and al Qaeda, 8â12, 32, 49â50, 78; false links between Iraq and, xiiiâxiv, 7, 8â10, 12, 14, 15â16, 22, 23, 24, 32, 75; intelligence on, 50; as justification for illegal wiretapping, 49â51; and âmarketingâ campaign for Iraq War, 11
Nixon, Richard: and Cambodia secret bombing, xii, 41; defense of crimes committed by, 61; duty of, to uphold law, 108; executive branch powers of, 44; government surveillance by, 39; impeachment of, xiiâxiii, 26, 41, 137; pardon of, by Ford, xiii, 27; resignation of, xiii, 41, 138; and state secrets privilege, 135; wiretapping by, xii, 39, 41, 48.
See also
Watergate
No Child Left Behind, 117
North, Oliver, 27
Norton-Taylor, Richard, 23, 157
Nowak, Manfred, 162
NRC Handelsblad
, 158â59
NSA.
See
National Security Agency (NSA)
NSC.
See
National Security Council (NSC)
nuclear materials procurement, 7, 11, 12, 16â18
Nuremberg trials, 108, 143, 144, 145
Obama, Barack, 121, 127, 133, 159
Obstruction of Congress
(Congressional Research Service), 19
Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), 47, 55â58, 60â61, 76, 79â85, 94, 115, 137
Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), 46, 80â82, 95, 97, 108, 128
OâNeill, Paul, 8
One Percent Doctrine, The
(Suskind), 50
Open Secret
(Amnesty International), 162
Open Society Justice Initiative, 157
OPR (Office of Professional Responsibility), 46, 80â82, 95, 97, 108, 128
Organization of