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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Nov. 26, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3966
Email from Clifton Johnson forwarding an article in the Independent (UK) with the headline "Guantanamo treatment is 'monstrous', says law lord", Dated November 26, 2003. The forwarding comments are: "Folks, The story below was in today's ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Clifton M. Johnson
Pierre-Richard Prosper | JoAnn J. Dolan | Jonathan M. Crock | Todd F. Buchwald | David A. Kaye
Clifton M. Johnson, Pierre-Richard Prosper, JoAnn J. Dolan, Jonathan M. Crock, Todd F. Buchwald
Nov. 26, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 5129
Press Release from the Public Affairs Office of the 82nd Airborne Division concerning the death of Maj. Gen. Abed Hamed Mawhoush.
Jan. 14, 2014
Other
Abed Hamed Mowhoush
Nov. 25, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2841

Contents redacted.

Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, Geoffrey D. Miller
Nov. 25, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 3018
Memorandum stating that DIA interrogators at Guantanamo mis-represented themselves as FBI officials when interrogating detainees at Guantanamo.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
David E. Nahmias, Valerie E. Caproni, Geoffrey D. Miller
Manipulation of interrogator’s identity
Nov. 25, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3362
Memo's synopsis: "Document information concerning impersonation by DOD interrogators at Guantanamo representing themselves to be officials of the FBI and US State Department."
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Arthur M. Cummings, II
Nov. 25, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3535
The document's synopsis reads: "To document information concerning the impersonation by DOD interrogators at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba who represented themselves as officials of the FBI and US State Department." Contents redacted.
Nov. 25, 2003 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 3826
This is a fax cover sheet from the Embassy of Australia discussing a press release on military commissions. [The press release is not included].
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Andrew Shearer
Pierre-Richard Prosper
Andrew Shearer, L.R. Lohman, Harry R. Melone, Pierre-Richard Prosper
Nov. 25, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4748
Memorandum from the FBI Counterterrorism division sent internally. The memo addresses FBI interviews conducted at Guantanamo by FBI Agents from San Diego and San Francisco. FBI Deleted Page Information Sheet is appended to the document.
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Arthur M. Cummings, II
Nov. 25, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4829

The interview of an official regarding injuries a civilian detainee sustained. The official responded to approximately six questions regarding the source of the detainee's injuries. The official stated that sometime in November 2003 the ...

Nov. 25, 2003 | CID | ACLU-RDI 4831
This document is part of a larger document. The contents of this document are: “Recommendations: (Appointment Letter Dated 25 November 2003) as of 4 DEC 03 - No further investigation. Detainee received injury when his head hit a board on the ...