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May 04, 2004 | CRIM | ACLU-RDI 2737

Heavily redacted email thread re "potential torture involving Iraqi detainees".

Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Laura Parsky | David E. Nahmias | Teresa L. McHenry
Laura Parsky | David E. Nahmias | John Richter | Monique Roth | Teresa L. McHenry
Laura H. Parsky, Teresa L. McHenry, David E. Nahmias, John Richter, Monique Roth
May 04, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 2738
DOD Deleted Page Information Sheet
May 04, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2813

Cable from FBI requesting Savannah ITC to check for the real names and aliases of a list of detainees who are in consideration for repatriation as per a Department of Defense request.

May 04, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4258
State Department cable concerning the reaction by Turkish officials and the Turkish press and NGOs to the allegations of abuse at Abu Ghraib Prison. The Turkish officials were not publically critical, but the press was running articles and ...
Dec. 20, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell
May 04, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4481
Email asks for a response to request for guidance regarding Department response to International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) report. Contents completely redacted.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Robert P. Waller
Rexon Y. Ryu | Philo L. Dibble | Joshua L. Dorosin
Rexon Y. Ryu, Philo L. Dibble, Joshua L. Dorosin, Todd F. Buchwald, Jonathan S. Carpenter, James A. Larocco
May 04, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4620
This State Department Cable is entitled "Subject: Secretary's May 6, 2004, Conversation with ICRC (International Committee for the Red Cross) President Jakob Kellenberger". There is no other discernible information or context.
Nov. 23, 2004
Cable
Richard A. Boucher
May 04, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 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 ...
May 04, 2004 | CIA | ACLU-RDI 5032
CIA maps of Iraq printed from the Internet.
May 04, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4114

Email from Rexon Y. Ryu to Philo L. Dibble, Todd F. Buchwald, Joshua L. Dorosin and Patrick M. Hefferman re Urgent - Note to S on Detainees. The comments from Mr. Ryu are "Please move for signature ASAP. 1 am confirming with L whether we ...

Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Rexon Y. Ryu
Philo L. Dibble | Todd F. Buchwald | Joshua L. Dorosin | Patrick M. Heffernan
Philo L. Dibble, Rexon Y. Ryu, Todd F. Buchwald, Joshua L. Dorosin, Patrick M. Heffernan , William Howard Taft, IV
May 04, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 5053

This article describes the CIA Inspector General's investigation into the death of three prisoners in U.S. custody in Iraq and Afghanistan. The article names two of the three of the prisoners, Mandadel Al-Jamadi and Abid Hamid Mowhoush.

Other
Bob Baer, Jack Cloonan
Manadel Al-Jamadi, Abed Hamed Mowhoush