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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Memo offers notes from a telephonic interview of [redacted] clarifying an earlier telephonic interview and sworn statement.
In the interview, [redacted] states that he did not observe detainee abuse and/or nudity.
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Summaries/Notes) Nudity
Memo discusses notes taken on June 9, 2004 from a telephonic interview with [redacted] concerning his knowledge of abuse at AG.
The interviewee stated he never observed or heard of detainee abuse and/or nudity.
Interviewee did state he believed ...
Memo contains information obtained from an interview of [redacted].
Interviewee arrived in AG from late July 2003, he generally discusses the interrogation process and the interrogation rules of engagement (IROE).
Interviewee noted that ...
General Sanchez establishes guidlines (attached) for all interrogations and states in this memo that: the interpreters are civilians who are subject to the Geneva Conventions; the interrogation techniques are only for “security internees under ...
This Memo is fowarding Gen. Sanchez's September 14, 2003 memo (ACLU RDI 935) which states "this memo that the interpreters are civilians who are subject to the Geneva Conventions; the interrogation techniques are only for “security internees”; ...
Memo discusses the identifying of a Military Police Captain who reportedly assaulted an Iraqi detainee. Interviewee reported that he/she observed [redacted] choking, dragging, kicking an Iraqi detainee on or about November 24, 2003. At the ...
This document is the Claim for Compensation; documents in support of the claim; and correspondence from the Army Claim Service concerning a claim by an Iraqi/Swedish citizen for compensation for his alleged torture and other mistreatment ...
Army Receipt of Payment for Claim re: Settlement for Wrongly Shooting and Detaining and Iraqi Citizen. This is related to ACLU RDI 434; 435; 436; 437; & 4865.
Army Accident Claim Form re: Shooting and Detention of Iraqi Citizen. Woman claims her son, a night guard, was shot six times by Marines, and is now unable to work. This is related to ACLU RDI 434; 435; 436; 437; & 4865.
Army request for release of prisoner arrested and shot by mistake. States individual was transferred from military hospital as a detainee instead of being released. This is related to ACLU RDI 434; 435; 436; 437; & 4865.
Army documents, handwritten notes in Arabic and U.S. Army claim forms relating to claim of wrongful shooting and detention of an Iraqi citizen. This also contains a note to the guards at Abu Ghraib to release a wrongfully detained Iraqi citizen ...
This is a memo describing how to handle detainees. It covers the way detainees are to be addressed, how they are to be handled, how to assess detainees and includes a "COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY FORCES APPREHENSION FORM" to be completed by ...
State Department memo listing the participants for the November 12, 2002 meeting between Undersecretary Grossman and Swedish State Secretary Lars Danielsson.
State Department memo with takling points on issues of the day entitled "Background on Key Issues". Content redacted. Mentions comments by A Lindh criticizing detention policies
State department Memo from Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper to Secretary Powell with requesting approval on reply to Edward Davey Member of the UK House of Commons re: his concerns about detainees. Approval was given.
This State Department memo is a partial of a larger memo entitled "Interrogations and Army Regulations". and states "The Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War provides that "no physical or mental torture, nor any other form of coercion, may be ...