Theses emails are between DIS Officials discussing developing interrogation policies and guidelines. One of the authors states that the interrogation mission is codified under the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Combat Command doctrine. However, questionable conduct in the past by certain interrogators and murky rules of the road led to the need for an interrogation policy to be developed. One of the authors states "Frankly, if never occurred to me that anyone except DIA would prepare and issue such a policy. We issue policies on everything else we do, why not interrogation?"