After September 11, 2001, U.S. officials authorized the cruel treatment and torture of prisoners held in Afghanistan, Iraq, Guantanamo, and the CIA's secret prisons overseas.

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May 04, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3358
Email contents redacted, however, the name Andrew Arena is un-redacted.
May 18, 2005
Email
Andrew Arena
Mar. 15, 2005 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 940
Update on the 800th Military Police Brigade's training and readiness. Attached slide is "Mobilization History" with "specified training tasks".
Apr. 06, 2005
Email
Julian Burns
Julian H. Burns
Aug. 30, 2005 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 465
Questions whether FORSCOM [United States Army Forces Command] has a weekly update on criminal cases involving detainees. Reference is made to detainees being held at Fort Bragg and in Germany. In response the answer is "Due to the sensitivity, ...
Aug. 31, 2005 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 466
Questions whether FORSCOM [United States Army Forces Command] has a weekly update on criminal cases involving detainees. Reference is made to detainees being held at Fort Bragg and in Germany. In response the answer is "Due to the sensitivity, ...
Aug. 16, 2005 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 473
Request from KnightRidder Newspapers for an interview with Gen. McNeill about the Commander's Inquiry he ordered into the deaths of two (2) detainees at the Bagram Collection Point in December 2002. One of the detainees was found in his cell, ...
Mar. 23, 2005
Email
Dan K. McNeill
Dan K. McNeill
General, Physical assault
July 08, 2005 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3968
Email from Henry Bisharat to Betsy Anderson forwarding an article by the Associated Press re: "Swedish Man Is Released From Guantanamo." Mr. Bisharat comments are synopsizing the article and stating that he also heard Foreign Minister Freivalds ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Henry Bisharat
Betsy L. Anderson
Henry Bisharat, Ronald W. Miller, Jonathan M. Crock, Heather A. Conley, Elizabeth H. Richard, JoAnn J. Dolan
May 04, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2891
Email from individual who indicates he is "TDY at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba," which has "a key and close working relationship with DOD, specifically JTF-170. DOD has designated JTF-170 as the command responsible for developing intelligence from the ...
Apr. 11, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6101
The document is an internal FBI email regarding the release of the name of the agent who stated that there was an executive order dealing with treatment of Iraq prisoners as well as a document that discusses DoD interrogators misrepresenting ...
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
John S. Pistole | Gary M. Bald | Cassandra M. Chandler | Eleni P. Kalisch | Robert S. Mueller
Mar. 30, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6095
The document is an internal FBI email regarding a visit to Guantanamo and tour of Camp Delta by four staffers from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI).
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
John S. Pistole
Valerie E. Caproni, John S. Pistole
Mar. 23, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6093
The document is an internal FBI email regarding the Washington Post article on FBI detainee records, specifically that the FBI release was not reviewed by the DoJ.
Email
Cassandra M. Chandler, Eleni P. Kalisch, Valerie E. Caproni