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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Feb. 11, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6078
The document is an internal FBI email regarding talking points about open FBI investigations relative to detainee abuse.
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Eleni P. Kalisch
Valerie E. Caproni, Eleni P. Kalisch
Feb. 09, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6077
The document is an internal FBI email regarding a meeting at the Department of Justice to discuss issues relative to the FBI mission overseas, including detainee interrogations.
Feb. 09, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6076
The document is an internal FBI email regarding the confirmation of FBI's awarness of all detainee abuse allegations against FBI employees. The email states that all relevant information has been reviewed and it has been confirmed that there were ...
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni
Oct. 30, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6075
An email, including a chain of forwarded emails, concerning an Naval Criminal Investigative Service interview of a Las Vegas FBI Special Agent regarding an incident in which the FBI agent is alleged to have been present during an interview ...
Apr. 27, 2009
Email
Toni M. Fogle
Feb. 09, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6074
The document is an internal FBI email regarding the confirmation of FBI's awarness of all detainee abuse allegations against FBI employees. The email details two such allegations, one which was investigated by IIS and the other by OIG.
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni, Toni M. Fogle
Jan. 06, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6073
The document is an internal FBI email regarding the FBI's lack of involvement in detainee abuse and the claim that the FBI Director did not need to be specifically aware of any abuse allegations.
Email
Marion E. Bowman
Valerie E. Caproni | Gary M. Bald | Thomas J. Harrington
Marion E. Bowman, Valerie E. Caproni, Gary M. Bald, Thomas J. Harrington
Jan. 04, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6072
The document is an internal FBI email regarding the procedure used for handling abuse allegations made by detainees. These allegations are handed over to the Department of Defense for investigation.
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni
Nov. 05, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6071
An email, including forwarded emails, regarding the legality of another agency requesting to interview FBI personnel. The author of one of the forwarded emails states that whenever this type of request is made, both the agent and FBI are to be ...
Apr. 27, 2009
Email
Toni M. Fogle
Toni M. Fogle
Dec. 23, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6070
The document is an internal FBI email regarding the preparation of a chronology of events with respect to FBI involvement with the issue of treatment/mistreatment of detainees.
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Mar. 09, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6069
The document is an internal FBI email regarding the Office of General Inspector and the Department of Defense's search for and collection of documents related to detainees and whether the various divisions were instructed to copy the Inspection ...
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
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Valerie E. Caproni, Patrick W. Kelley