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David Johnston

Analysis: This Memo Must Not Be Leaked

David Johnston | New York Times | October 25, 2003

"Many political analysts of both parties said they believed that the memorandum, although seemingly sent in confidence, was written to carefully position Mr. Rumsfeld in the struggle within the Bush administration for control of postwar policy in Iraq." [more]

CIA, FBI Staffers See No Link Between Iraq, al Qaeda

James Risen and David Johnston | New York Times | February 2, 2003

"Analysts at the Central Intelligence Agency have complained that senior administration officials have exaggerated the significance of some intelligence reports about Iraq [and] at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, some investigators said they were baffled by the Bush administration's insistence on a solid link between Iraq and Osama bin Laden's network." [more]

Agencies Monitor Iraqis in US for Terror Threat

David Johnston and Don Van Natta Jr. | New York Times | November 17, 2002

"The previously undisclosed intelligence program involves tracking thousands of Iraqi citizens and Iraqi-Americans with dual citizenship who are attending American universities or working at private corporations, and who might pose a risk in the event of a United States-led war against Iraq, officials said." [more]

Bush Authorized 'Targeted Killings'

David Johnston and David E. Sanger | New York Times | November 6, 2002

"The lethal missile strike that killed a suspected leader of Al Qaeda in Yemen was carried out under broad authority that President Bush has given the C.I.A. over the past year to pursue the terror network well beyond the borders of Afghanistan, senior government officials said today." [more]

Ashcroft, Mueller Learned of Agent's Alert, Bush Not Told

David Johnston and Don van Natta, Jr. | New York Times | May 21, 2002

"Senior Bush administration officials said neither Mr. Ashcroft nor Mr. Mueller briefed President Bush and his national security staff until recently about the Phoenix memorandum. Nor did they tell Congressional leaders." [more]

US Wants DNA of All Afghan Detainees

David Johnston and James Risen | New York Times | March 3, 2002

"Frustrated by their inability to identify a vast majority of captured fighters of Al Qaeda and the Taliban, federal authorities are proposing to create a DNA databank of terrorism suspects by analyzing blood samples from thousands of detainees being held in Afghanistan and Cuba, government officials said." [more]

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