500 Days Quotes

“The classified information was nothing more than the statements from El-Maati and Almalki that had been extracted by torture, and Omar Khadr’s false identification of Arar.”
― Kurt Eichenwald, 500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars

“I have concluded on the basis of classified information that Arar is unequivocally inadmissible to the United States,” the”
― Kurt Eichenwald, 500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars

“The CIA had no doubt that the weapons were there, while the Pentagon was unsure whether the capacity to make them even existed. It was as if the intelligence analysts were saying that they were confident that Saddam’s wife was ready to give birth, but remained uncertain if she was pregnant.”
― Kurt Eichenwald, 500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars

“There was analysis dating back years that demonstrated Saddam had no such arsenal. Yet even though it was his group that handled Iraq, it hadn’t been asked for input on”
― Kurt Eichenwald, 500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars

“Black wanted to discuss everything that had since been green-lighted, but most of it remained classified. He could only hint at the magnitude of the problems caused by skittishness among policy makers—and their recent conversion to born-again belligerence in the war on terror.”
― Kurt Eichenwald, 500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars

“Now he was being questioned by the Americans while on board the USS Bataan,”
― Kurt Eichenwald, 500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars

“Bush said. “This is a great opportunity. We can change and improve our relations with countries around the world.”
― Kurt Eichenwald, 500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars

“There were also rules, he said, that applied to how to treat captured enemies. “You can’t use force just to interrogate.”
― Kurt Eichenwald, 500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars

“These tariffs were a public slap in the face to America’s most loyal friend, delivered with a private wink that it was really just a charade. This decision, Meyer fumed, was reprehensible.”
― Kurt Eichenwald, 500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars