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 15, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 939

This email is a request for guidance in training and equipping the Army’s 2nd Brigade with detainee operations. One of the Generals on the email chain states “Let's not get confused with running "prison" operations and ...

Apr. 06, 2005
Email
George A. Higgins
George A. Higgins, William B. Wood , Richard A. Cody
May 15, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2050
These emails between Army Officers concerns the training of soldiers going overseas who will or may encounter Prisoners of War (POWs) or other detainees and how the Rules of Engagement (ROE) are to be implemented.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Julian H. Burns
Antonio Taguba | Dan M. Colglazier | Raymond D. Barrett
Antonio Taguba, Stephen J. Curry, Raymond D. Barrett, Jr, Julian H. Burns, Thomas G. Miller
May 15, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2491

Appointment of Brigadier General Richard P. Formica as an investigating officer to "conduct an informal investigation into allegations of detainee abuse occurring while detainees were under the control of [redacted] and were detained at ...

June 30, 2006
Non-legal Memo
Ricardo Sanchez
Richard P. Formica
Ricardo Sanchez, Richard P. Formica, John P. Abizaid
May 15, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2654
This Report of Decision by the Article 78 Board is a determination that the detainee is a security threat and orders continued interment. ISN number 25143. NDRS: 156216. The Board was Convened by Convening Order No. 3, effective 15 August 2003, ...
May 15, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2655
This Report of Decision by the Article 78 Board is a determination that the detainee is a security threat and orders continued interment. ISN Number: 25142. NDRS: 156215. The Board was Convened by Convening Order No. 3, effective 15 August 2003, ...
May 15, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2674
Fragmentary Order 801 marking the activation of the Multinational Forces Iraq under command of General Ricardo S Sanchez and Lieutenant General Thomas F Metz. At the handover of power to the Interim Iraqi Govrnment on 06/20/2004, "the dynamic of ...
June 30, 2006
Other
Ricardo Sanchez, Thomas F. Metz
May 15, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 4056
Email's subject reads Interrogation Rules of Engagement. [Includes a photograph/text that is indecipherable].
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
JoAnn J. Dolan
May 15, 2004 | WH | ACLU-RDI 4687
White House Cover Sheet re: Transmission Receipt of SOC for PC Meeting on Detainees
May 15, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6313
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding potential examinations of the FBI's role and involvement in detainee abuses alleged at Abu Ghurayb Prison.
June 15, 2011
Email
Marion E. Bowman, Valerie E. Caproni, Thomas J. Harrington, Gary M. Bald, M. Chris Briese, Frankie Battle
May 14, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 484

Emails between Army officers sharing the results of the Taguba Report concerning the events of abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

Mar. 23, 2005
Email
James R. Helmly, Antonio Taguba, Janis Leigh Karpinski, Paul Hill, Julian H. Burns, Donald J. Ryder