{"id":3025,"date":"2007-08-06T12:02:14","date_gmt":"2007-08-06T18:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=3025"},"modified":"2017-05-21T03:09:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T09:09:35","slug":"the-black-sites-cias-secret-interrogation-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/the-black-sites-cias-secret-interrogation-program\/","title":{"rendered":"The Black Sites: CIA&#8217;s Secret Interrogation Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/gitmo-prisoners02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/gitmo-prisoners02.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>By Jane Mayer, The New Yorker<\/p>\n<p>In March, Mariane Pearl, the widow of the murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, received a phone call from Alberto Gonzales, the Attorney General. At the time, Gonzales&#8217;s role in the controversial dismissal of eight United States Attorneys had just been exposed, and the story was becoming a scandal in Washington. Gonzales informed Pearl that the Justice Department was about to announce some good news: a terrorist in U.S. custody-Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the Al Qaeda leader who was the primary architect of the September 11th attacks-had confessed to killing her husband. (Pearl was abducted and beheaded five and a half years ago in Pakistan, by unidentified Islamic militants.) The Administration planned to release a transcript in which Mohammed boasted, &#8220;I decapitated with my blessed right hand the head of the American Jew Daniel Pearl in the city of Karachi, Pakistan. For those who would like to confirm, there are pictures of me on the Internet holding his head.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pearl was taken aback. In 2003, she had received a call from Condoleezza Rice, who was then President Bush&#8217;s national-security adviser, informing her of the same news. But Rice&#8217;s revelation had been secret. Gonzales&#8217;s announcement seemed like a publicity stunt. Pearl asked him if he had proof that Mohammed&#8217;s confession was truthful; Gonzales claimed to have corroborating evidence but wouldn&#8217;t share it. &#8220;It&#8217;s not enough for officials to call me and say they believe it,&#8221; Pearl said. &#8220;You need evidence.&#8221; (Gonzales did not respond to requests for comment.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/reporting\/2007\/08\/13\/070813fa_fact_mayer\">(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jane Mayer, The New Yorker In March, Mariane Pearl, the widow of the murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, received a phone call from Alberto Gonzales, the Attorney General. 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