Teddy did a diary this morning on a newly-reported detail in the case of Mohamed Mohamud–the Portland man accused of attempting to set off a bomb. The FBI had contacted him a year earlier than originally disclosed. The first contact with Mohamud the complaint describes took place in June 2010, after Mohamud was prevented from [...]

In response to the news that David Margolis spiked the misconduct conclusion in the OPR Report on OLC justifications for torture, I wanted to put together a timeline of its construction. Two things stick out. First, the role of Mary Patrice Brown–who replaced Marshall Jarrett at a time when OPR was backing off its offer [...]

The known dates pertaining to Hassan Ghul’s capture and subsequent OLC memos pertaining to his torture.

January 22, 2004: Hassan Ghul detained by Kurds

February 21, 2004: Directorate of Intelligence document, “US Efforts Grinding Down al-Qa’ida,” says Ghul was captured while on a mission “to establish contact” with Zarqawi

February 24, 2004:

There’s an April 22, 2005 fax that Steven Bradbury relied on for his May 10, 2005 “Combined” memo that totally dismantles the premise of the May 10, 2005 “Techniques” memo.

Here are the potential areas under which EFF might be able to sue the telecoms going forward.

I suggested yesterday that one of the explanations for the CIA’s unreliable record of briefings on torture and terrorism in 2002 and 2003 might reflect an attempt to hide certain information.

Did CIA not reveal they were torturing detainees to dodge any question about the accuracy of claims about Iraq intelligence? 

While we don’t know the full schedule of briefings on Iraq intelligence, the schedule of intelligence documents pertaining to Iraqi ties

John Lopresti noted that it might be helpful to have a timeline of all the torture documents released in the last several weeks. And you know I can’t resist requests for timelines.

April 6: NYRB posts the Red Cross report on high value detainees

This timeline is incomplete. But since these events have been in the news again, I thought I’d throw it up.

My anthrax timeline updated with the dates from the DOJ document dump. Boy, if I were Steven Hatfill, I’d be pissed, even with my $5 million.

The media is finally beginning to question the story about Bruce Ivins (though Glenn is still schooling them). But here’s a question I see no one asking, much less answering. The LAT reported that attention began to focus on Ivins in “late 2006″ only after FBI Director Mueller changed the leadership team on the investigation.

Federal investigators moved away from Hatfill — for years the only publicly identified “person of interest” —