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June 15, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2185
Email provides an update from a previous meeting, the author mentions that Private First Class England will go before the Courts Marshal on June 22 and that some changes have been implemented at the Bagram facility. Also, the author mentions that ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
James R. Schlesinger, Donald J. Ryder, George R. Fay, Paul J. Kern
June 25, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2203
Email includes an executive summary that discusses the DOA's investigations into detainee abuse, including the different types of support they have received thus far.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Keith B. Alexander, George R. Fay, Donald J. Ryder, Geoffrey D. Miller, James R. Schlesinger, Donald J. Ryder, Antonio Taguba, James A. Coggin, Chris Geren, Michael D. Maples, Edward Moore, Jr.
Aug. 09, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2210

Email includes a PowerPoint presentation entitled "Detainee Operations Summary," which outlines different events surrounding detainee abuse cases, including Private First Class England's pre-trial investigation.

Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Lynndie Rana England, Paul J. Kern, Anthony R. Jones, George R. Fay, Joel F. Hefley , Barbara A. Mikulski, Tina Ballard, Keith B. Alexander, Gregory Meeks, Henry A. Waxman, Chris Geren, Michael D. Maples, Ron Lee Wyden, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Sabrina D. Harman, Ricardo Sanchez, Richard B. Cheney, Edward L. Richmond, Richard X. McGraw, Paul Wolfowitz, James R. Schlesinger
Nagem Sadoon Hatab , Naeem Sadun Hatab
DOD | ACLU-RDI 2246
Chart shows the ebb and flow of media coverage on detainee abuse since January 2004.
Feb. 15, 2006
Chart/List
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Lynndie Rana England, Charles H. Jacoby, David W. Barno, Richard P. Formica, James R. Schlesinger, Albert T. Church, Anthony R. Jones, George R. Fay, Paul J. Kern, Antonio Taguba
June 24, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1188
In response to increased attention to detainee conditions in U.S. government and media the Army instituted reforms on handling and detainees and reporting any abuse. The document consists of several "Executive Summary’s" that detail the issues ...
May 16, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Donald J. Ryder, George R. Fay, James R. Schlesinger
July 20, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 808

[Partially unreadable] Interview of MG Barbara G. Fast's July 20, 2004 Statement re: AG. Interviewed by LTG Jones and MG Fay. Fay explained there was pressure for interrogators to perform, but stated did not believe there was pressure to ...

Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Barbara G. Fast, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Anthony R. Jones, George R. Fay, Stephen A. Cambone, Ricardo Sanchez, Thomas Pappas, Antonio Taguba, Ronald L. Burgess, Jr., Janis Leigh Karpinski, L. Paul Bremer, Geoffrey D. Miller, Keith B. Alexander, Donald J. Ryder, Walter Wojdakowski, William G. Boykin, James R. Schlesinger, Albert T. Church, George R. Fay, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, John M. Custer, III, John P. Abizaid
Physical assault, Other