This memo is designed to inform and instruct members of the 1st Force Service Support Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force on the collection and handling of Enemy Prisoners of War, Civilian Internees and other Detainees. The memo includes the ...
DOD memo on the military’s on the need to be sensitive and aware of the importance of preserving good relations with the local Afghani population and joint military persons while operating in Afghanistan. It stresses the need to maintain good ...
Powerpoint presentation gives details of the Geneva Conventions, and the 5 S's (Search, Silence, Segregate, Safeguard and Speed to the rear).
Memo states that during a recent "welfare visit" a British citizen at Guantanamo informed UK officials that he was "hooded and physically abused" prior to transfer to Guantanamo. In response, the memo states that Paul Butler, the Deputy ...
June 30, 2006
Non-legal Memo
Timothy J. Keating
Timothy J. Keating
Physical assault, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling
Non-legal Memo
Timothy J. Keating
Timothy J. Keating
Physical assault, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling
Email with attached talking points for the US Mission in Geneva to address the deaths of detainees at Bagram.
Paper outlines answers to possible questions regarding the two recent deaths at Bagram detention facility. The deaths occurred on 12/03/2002 and 12/10/2002. Both bodies underwent autopsy performed by an international medical team.
DOD cable is part of an email attachment with talking points to address questions concerning Detainee operations. Dupe to RDI 2440.
DOD Presentation re: Deaths of Detainees Under U.S. Military Control PowerPoint Presentation.
Memo requests assistance in gathering information concerning investigations into abuse of detainees under US military control. The memo seeks to have various organs of the DOD that come in to contact with such information to cooperate in the ...
This letter is from James Gondles of the American Corrections Association giving a synopsis of his organizations assessment of the facilities at Guantanamo Bay. The letter states that Guantanamo "appeared to provide a safe, secure and humane ...
Email from Anne C. Brunson to JoAnn Dolan concering DOD talking points on Enemy Prisoners of War.
This DOD memo is a list of talking points to address questions concerning the role of international law and the Geneva Convention relating to POWs.
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 ...
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 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.
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
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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
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 serves as an update on events and happenings at Guantanamo Detention facility. It is noted that Senator Cornyn (R-TX) visited Guantanamo on Monday to view US detainee detention facilities and conditions. Also it reports that there are ...
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 ...
This is an email from one DOD official to another regarding an incident where a detainee, while being interrogated, lunged out of his chair and attempted to attack the interpreter. The detainee bit the finger of the Special Agent in charge of the ...
A FBI agent's statement of incident where he interviewed a detainee at Guantanamo on 08/05/2005. It was this agent who was bitten by the detainee as the detainee attempted to attack the interpreter. The agent states [the detainee] lunged out and ...
An FBI agent discusses a detainee interview conducted on 08/05/2005 that became violent. The agent details an exchange between the detainee and interrogator(s). The agent states that the detainee initially refused to leave his cell for an ...
This document has a collection of nine (9) sworn statements made by agents and others who were present or near by the interview room where detainee Hisham Bin Ali Bin Amor Sliti lunged from his seat and attempted to attack the interpreter ...
A Military Police soldier punched a detainee in the mouth at Guantanamo hospital to stop the detainee from spitting at the MPs. The incident was reported in sworn statements by the soldiers present as follows: Detainee, Mash Alawad Alhabiri, was ...
This document is a collection of seven (7) sworn statements concerning an incident at the Guantanamo hospital on October 7, 2004 when a detainee, Mash Alawad Alhabiri, attacked an MP and was subdued with a punch that bloodied his lip. Each ...
DOD Hospital Record for the October 7, 2004 Incident at Guantanamo Hospital when a detainee attacked an MP who was attempting to loosen the detainees restraints to make the detainee more comfortable. The detainee was subdued with a punch in the ...
This memo is a synopsis of the Military Police investigation in to the incident at Guantanamo Hospital where detainee Mash Alawad Alhabiri began to spit and attempt to attack the MPs present and was subdued by an MP with a punch to the mouth, ...
This memo is a synopsis of an investigation in to a possible incident of detainee abuse at Guantanamo. The detainee became unruly during an interview and overturned a table and began to kick personnel in the room. The detainee was restrained with ...
Details of an incident that occurred on 07/01/2005. A Yemeni detainee was told he was being moved to a different cell and refused to cooperate. During a Forced Cell Extraction (FCE) the detainee was slightly injured to his lip and forehead. Very ...
This is a Defense Intelligence Agency PowerPoint Presentation on the DIA's interaction with Iraqi detainees. It covers the policies and procedures; Interrogation Handling Safeguards; Debriefing Team Methodology as well as an overview of the ...
This memo is a synopsis of an investigation in to an allegation of abuse of a detainee. The abuse was reported to have occurred at the Bagram Collection Point (BCP) between April 7, 2002 and February 7, 2003. The investigator was not able to ...
This DOD Memo provides a summary on CID investigations of detainee abuse and/or death in Iraq and Afghanistan. It lists forty-one (41) instances of death and abuse and the status of the investigations as well as any information relevant to the ...
This memo is a response to an inquiry to an allegation that a particular detainee was abused by U.S. forces while at the Bagram Collection Point (BCP) in Bagram Afghanistan from April 7, 2002 through February 2003. The memo states “All Bagram ...
This DOD memo is a bullet-point memo describing the DOD's operations at Guantanamo. It appears to be both an up-date for interested DOD officials and talking points on the detainee operations. It covers the chronology and rational of the detainee ...