This DOD memo is an update on the of detainees in the Iraqi detention facilities as part of detainee operations. This memo collects news articles and updates the reader on new and information specific to detainee operations. It states that there ...
A detainee who was not interested in being interrogated got in to a verbal spat with an interrogator who, after becoming angry with the detainee, threw a refrigerator and a chair at the detainees, injuring the detainee. There was also some very ...
Detainee alleged that he was abused while in custody of US forces at Camp Bucca. The detainee claims he was wrongly arrested, beaten, sexually assaulted and had his money ($160,000US) stolen. Once released, detainee filed a complaint with the ...
This memo focuses on a discussion and reporting in the UK that the British officials do not want their citizens returned to the UK for trial on terrorism charges and are willing to allow them to be tried at Guantanamo. the memo points out what ...
This memo details how a Staff Sergeant took photos of himself standing with his rifle with his left foot propped on the detainee's buttocks, who is lying in the sand with hands bound behind his back and a sack covering his head. Photo was taken ...
This memo concerns the legal investigation and determination by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations following the discovery of photos depicting detainees bound, hooded and apparently abused while in custody. The photos were discovered ...
June 30, 2006
Legal Memo
Stress positions, Cramped confinement, Hooding/Goggling, Other Humiliation, Environmental manipulation
Legal Memo
Stress positions, Cramped confinement, Hooding/Goggling, Other Humiliation, Environmental manipulation
This email concerns a Video Tele Conferece on interrogation policy to "determine a legal basis of this on how it relates to the Geneva Convention". Heavily redacted.
This memo from General Wooley from the Air Force Special Operations Command is to remind all Air Force personnel that all who come into contact with EPWs or detainees will strictly adhere to standards of behaviour contained in international and ...
Instructions on what to do when notified of an Enemy Prisoner of War/defector is captured. When searching the person, "A JAG presence is a good idea; keep a JAG near-by if debriefing a Muslim-radical as they anticipate US torture and will claim ...
Interview of soldier by a Special Agent of the DIA Office of Inspector General. The soldier reported that ineffective interrogation techniques were being used by the Task Force. It is alleged in this interview that suspected detainees were being ...
Report of investigation by the Office of the Inspector General of the Defense Intelligence Agency regarding a matter of detainee abuse that was also investigated by the Army CID (0037-04-CID201-54050). This report concluded that an un-named ...
Army memorandum addressed to the Commander of the Combined/Joint Task Force (CJTF)-I80, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The subject is "Administrative Reprimand" and the document relates to an investigation conducted by the Army CID ...
Statement of a soldier to Defense Intelligence Agency Inspector General, at Arlington VA, on 06/10/2004 about alleged violations of the Geneva Conventions. Facts of the incident are redacted. Person stated that the "episode did not appear to be ...
A soldier was interviewed on 06/09/2004 and a follow-up interview was conducted on 06/10/2004 regarding possible Iraqi detainee abuse while deployed in support of a task force. Heavily redacted.
Email between DOD officials discussing development of an Interrogation Policy and tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP).
Letter from one DOD official to another DOD official concerning the discovery of a PowerPoint presentation containing 49 slides of pictures of abuse by US troops in Iraq in the very early phase of the war. Slides include pics of Iraqi men ...
Letter is a response to questions from Senator Leahy regarding the treatment of detainees in US custody. The letter denies the use of hoods, stripping or stress positions. States that "Lt Gen. Sanchez's 05/13/2004 memo prohibits the use of ...
June 30, 2006
Letter
Patrick Leahy, Ricardo Sanchez
Stress positions, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Environmental manipulation
Letter
Patrick Leahy, Ricardo Sanchez
Stress positions, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Environmental manipulation
This is an excerpt of Articles 4 and 5 of the 1949 Geneva Convention.
Discussion of Geneva Convention. Illustrates points where Iraq has violated the Convention.
This DOD Regulation was issued by the U.S. Central Command on February 7, 1995. It discusses the "policies and procedures for determining whether persons who have committed belligerent acts and come into the power of US forces are ...
DOD PowerPoint presentation on Guantanamo. Heavily redacted.
This DOD memo gives information on Geneva Convention provisions and Secretary of Defense press guidance regarding photography and filming of Enemy Prisoners of War.
Standard Operating Procedures for the Handling of Detainees: First Marine Division, November 3, 2004
This standard operating procedure details how the 1st marine Division is to handle detainees. It includes guidance for apprehension of groups such as religious leaders, woman and children who will not be apprehended without General's ...
This memo discusses the Geneva Convention, the protections it affords, proper treatment of the dead and responsibility for violations of the Convention protections.
DOD PowerPoint presentation on Guantanamo's states that the facility is a "Long-term holding facility for detention of enemy combatants" and gives a brief descriptions of detainees and the initiatives being undertaken at the camp to ensure the ...