Date:
16 January 2009
Author(s):
Juan Zarate (Combating Terrorism Directorate), Nick Rasmussen (Combating Terrorism Directorate), Eric Grant (Combating Terrorism Directorate)
Classification Level:
Top Secret/NOFORN
Citation:
National Security Council. Executive Office of the President.Dismantling al-Qaida. Eric Grant, Nick RasmussenandJuan Zarate. Transition 7186.
Transition Memo:
Transition 7186 –Dismantling al-Qaida
Dismantling Al Qaida
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Chronology for Dismantling al-Qaida
Executive Order 13224 (September 25, 2001)
National Security Presidential Directive/NSPD-8 (October 24, 2001)
National Security Presidential Directive/NSPD-9 (October 25, 2001)
National Security Presidential Directive/NSPD-17 Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-4 (September 14, 2002)
President Bush signs Executive Order 13354, creating NCTC (August 27, 2004)
Date: 23 September 2001
Author(s): George W. Bush (executive order)
Description: Executive order targets financial ties between a host of designated individuals and organizations and American citizens, organizations, and assets. The executive order also bans donations by American citizens to specified individuals and organizations.
Date: 27 August 2004
Author(s): George W. Bush (Executive Order), The White House, Office of the Press Secretary(release)
Description: The document contains (I believe) only the exact text of Executive Order 13354. Description of order: Prioritizes counterterrorism, establishes the National Counterterrorism Center under the leadership of a director appointed by the President and the Director of Central Intelligence and defines center functions and duties.
Date: 11 February 2004
Author(s): George W. Bush (speech)
Description: Bush describes the A.Q. Khan network, including how penetrating the network was instrumental in preventing a nuclear-armed Libya. Bush celebrates this effort, as well as the invasion of Iraq, as important counterproliferation accomplishments. Bush offers additional proposals to increase the effectiveness of nonproliferation, including expanding the area of responsibility for the Proliferation Security Initiative, expanding funding for programs providing productive employment for former weapons scientists, and suspending nations under IAEA investigation from the IAEA board.
National Strategy for Combating Terrorism (February 2003)
Date: February 2003
Author(s): White House (unclear)
Description: The document defines modern terrorism as not fundamentally new, but rather more dangerous because of its international scope, high coordination, and dangerous technologies. The document states that direct action, ending state sponsorship of terror, shoring up international counterterror alliances/helping unstable states, alleviating conditions that lead to terrorism, and defending the U.S. homeland are the paths to winning the War on Terror. Document highlights that victory will come not through the impossible objective of eradicating terror but by drastically reducing the scope and means of international terror such as to keep civilization safe.
The President signs the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (December 17, 2004)
National Implementation Plan (NIP) for winning the WOT (June 26, 2006)
9/11 Five Years Later: Success and Challenges (September 2006)
Date: September 2006
Author(s): Unknown
Description: Document names successes of post-9/11 policy—Afghan and Iraqi liberation, Libya disarmament, the financial campaign against terrorism, moving counterterrorism away from law enforcement approach, Saudi Arabia/Pakistan alliances, homeland security reform, human rights, etc. The document identifies continuing challenges like evolving terror networks, the need for more attack prevention, countering propaganda/internet recruitment, and WMD acquisition prevention.
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Fact Sheet: Bringing Terrorists to Justice (September 6, 2006)
Date: 6 September 2006
Author(s): The White House, Office of the Press Secretary
Description: Fact sheet announces prisoner transfer from CIA to DoD custody in Guantanamo Bay. Fact sheet celebrates successes of CIA enhanced interrogation program in War on Terror. Fact sheet provides update on legal developments, including Supreme Court ruling that GWOT prisoners had Geneva Conventions protections as well as Bush’s passing legislation for terrorist trial by military commission.
NSC/HSC Principals Committee Meeting on Current Threats Discussion Slides and Summary of Conclusions (January 29, 2007)
Date: 3 August 2007
Author(s): George W. Bush (speech)
Description: Bush thanked Congress for their work in the legislative process, expresses a desire to keep working on counterterrorism measures, and asks Congress to pass subsequent legislation reforming Congressional oversight of intelligence and retargeting the allocation of grant money to cities and states.
President Bush Signs “Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission” into Law (August 3, 2007)
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