Anthony Summers - The Eleventh Day

24 “helplessness”/tensions:MFR 04021470, 12/12/03;

25 commando operation:WP, 12/19/01;

26 Clinton visit/“the moon”:WP, 12/20/01, CR, 183, 503n64;

27 “people who”/“not persuasive”:WP, 12/19/01;

28 Sheehan:Benjamin & Simon, 515;

29 “influential”:Clarke to Rice, 1/25/01;

30 “loss of urgency”:Tenet, 139;

31 “Full Monty”:NYT, 5/12/11.

32 foreknowledge:The authors have seen no evidence of Pakistani involvement in 9/11. Soon after publication of the 9/11 Commission Report, however, the distinguished reporter Arnaud de Borchgrave reported that—according to an “unimpeachable source”—former Pakistani intelligence officers knew beforehand all about the September 11 attacks.” This information, de Borchgrave wrote, had reached the Commission only as its report was being printed. UPI, 8/3/04.

33 “Stone Age”:Musharraf, 201.

34 demands:There are differences between the language of Washington’s demands as rendered in Musharraf’s memoir—seemingly verbatim—and the version reproduced in the 9/11 Commission Report. Musharraf found a demand to help “destroy” bin Laden illogical, he remembered. How could the United States be so sure that bin Laden and al Qaeda were behind 9/11, he wondered, if it was still searching for evidence? Musharraf, 205, CR 331, 558n37.

35 reservations/​cooperated:CR, 331, Musharraf, 206;

36 “We have done”:Musharraf, 223;

37 3,021: Sunday Times (U.K.), 8/1/10;

38 some 700/369 handed over/bounty:Musharraf, 237, 369;

39 Grenier:NYT, 5/12/11;

40 best-known:Musharraf, 237–, 220, 240–.

41 “destroy”/“We have done”:Musharraf, 205, 220.

42 “still visiting”:MFR 03012967, 10/8/03;

43 McFarland:Fox News, 1/7/11;

44 “I’m convinced”:“Whatever Happened to bin Laden?,” http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com;

45 “You in the West”/poll: Sunday Times (U.K.), 8/1/10;

46 S Section:NYT, 5/12/11;

47 “They were very”: Sunday Times (U.K.), 3/8/08;

48 Better to do/officials: Sunday Times (U.K.), 8/1/10, Fox News, 1/7/11;

49 “We will kill”:transcript, 2nd presidential debate, 10/7/08;

50 no statements:NYT, 10/2/10;

51 “I think”:transcript, Meet the Press , NBC News, 8/15/10;

52 audio messages/still shaped:NYT, 10/2/10;

53 “senior NATO”:CNN, 10/18/10;

54 “sightings”/“years”:New York Daily News , 10/18/10.

55 intelligence:In late November 2010, Saudi Arabia’s Prince Turki said in an interview that he thought bin Laden was moving to and fro across the Pakistani/Afghan border, communicating by messenger, and still giving orders. “I think they should find him,” Turki said, “I think the United States should call the countries that are of interest, like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Russia, China, and set a plan in motion to capture or—or eliminate him.” Transcript, int. of Turki, Situation Room , CNN, 11/17/10.

56 “launched”: Courrier International (France), 5/5/11;

57 bulletin/Post:breaking news alerts, WP , 5/1/11;

58 Tonight/Jubilant:text of Obama address, Telegraph (U.K.), 5/2/11, WP , 5/2/11;

59 shield/​unfounded/​“Resistance”/​nightclothes:e.g., Telegraph (U.K.), 5/3/11, 5/4/11, 5/5/11, Reuters, 5/4/11;

60 “full authority”: Irish Times , 5/4/11;

61 “before the Pakistanis”: Independent (U.K.), 5/8/11;

62 “captured alive”: Al-Arabiya , 5/4/11, Guardian (U.K.), 5/5/11;

63 Abbottabad:Musharraf, 39–, Independent (U.K.), 5/4/11, Weekly Standard , 5/2/11, AP, 5/2/11;

64 “involved”/“inconceivable”/“whether there”: Financial Times , 5/4/11, Spectator , 5/7/11, LAT , 5/8/11;

65 “was not anywhere”: Independent (U.K.), 5/4/11;

66 “a bit amazing”:AP, 5/2/11;

67 couriers:WSJ, 5/4/11, Telegraph (U.K.), 5/4/11, 5/5/11, Independent (U.K.), 5/4/11;

68 Musharraf on al-Libi:Musharraf, 258–, 221;

69 “It was decided”: Irish Times , 5/5/11;

70 “a few minutes”:AP, 5/2/11;

71 under surveillance?: Telegraph (U.K.), 5/4/11.

72 Bush/Musharraf deal reported, et seq.: Guardian (U.K.), 5/9/11. As this book went to press, the authors were unaware of any response by either the U.S. administration or Prime Minister Gilani to the report that there had been a deal in place. The All Pakistan Muslim League, however, posted a legal notice denying the reported deal by Musharraf (http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150198113099339).

73 Musharraf denial: Indian Express , 5/10/11;

74 disposed of at sea:WP, 5/2/11;

75 “trophies”/​Congress/​DNA: Telegraph (U.K.), 5/5/11, Irish Times , 5/13/11, Sunday Times (U.K.), 5/8/11;

76 al Qaeda acknowledged: Telegraph (U.K.), 5/7/11, Irish Times , 5/7/11.

AFTERWORD

1

“We are sure”:

Miller & Stone with Mitchell, 187;

2

“the noblest”:

AP, 9/23/09;

3

“Palestine”:

ed. Lawrence, 9;

4

“Crusaders’ ”:

ibid., 17;

5

“theft”/“paltry”:

ibid., 163;

6

“have surrendered”:

ibid., 163, 171, and Scheuer,

Osama bin Laden

, 155;

7

$144:

AP, 9/28/01,

NYT

, 10/14/01;

8

$100:

ed. Lawrence, 272;

9

$146:

BBC News, 7/3/08;

10 $124:AFP, 4/8/11;

11 permitted:Lacey, Inside the Kingdom , 291, Guardian (U.K.), 4/30/03;

12 a constant:see ed. Lawrence, 4, & refs., Scheuer, Osama bin Laden , 99, 153, & refs.;

13 motivation:see pp. 233, 276–77, and 279–80. “We wanted”:Bergen, OBL I Know , 225;

14 bled:ibid., 316, bin Ladens & Sasson, 177, CR, 191: “I am rejoicing”:ed. Lawrence, 208;

15 second only: NYT , 7/24/10, CNN, 7/20/10;

16 Pew:“Muslim Publics Divided on Hamas and Hezbollah,” 12/2/10, http://pewglobal.org;

17 “Brand”:“Bin Laden Is a Dying Brand,” 1/7/10, www.businessinsider.com;

18 Leiter:Fox News, 2/9/11, citing testimony to House Homeland Security Committee;

19 Aulaqi target: Sunday Times (London), 5/8/11;

20 pastor/Qur’an: NYT , 4/1, 4/2/11, New York Daily News , 4/2/11, Irish Times , 4/2, 4/4, 4/6/11;