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A memo providing the Assistant Attorney General with recommendations regarding detainees to appear before the Transfer Review Board. Contents mostly redacted.

Provides the Assistant Attorney General with recommendations regarding detainees to appear before the Transfer Review Board. Contents almost entirely redacted. In most cases (names are redacted), FBI recommends that DOJ concur with DOD's ...

Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Jerry R. DeMaio
Jerry R. DeMaio

An FBI memo to the Department of Defense noting the results of FBI name checks on detainees who will appear before the Transfer Review Board.

Memorandum discussing the results of Department of Defense Criminal Investigation Task Force request for name checks on detainees scheduled to appear before the Transfer Review Board and the Military Liaison Detainee Unit. The contents if the ...
Memorandum regarding the repatriation of detainees scheduled to appear before the Transfer Review Board. All other contents redacted.

Memorandum requesting Savannah ITC of the FBI to check for the real names and aliases of a list of Guantanamo detainees who are in consideration for repatriation. The Department of Defense originally requested the name check from the FBI.

Memorandum with the Federal Bureau of Investigation results of Department of Defense requested name checks on Guantanamo detainees scheduled to appear before the Transfer Review Board. The contents are heavily redacted.

Memorandum providing the Assistant Attorney General's office with recommendations regarding detainees scheduled appear before the Transfer Review Board. The contents are heavily redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Jerry R. DeMaio
Jerry R. DeMaio
Memorandum with FBI recommendations to the Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice regarding detainees scheduled to appear before the Transfer Review Board. The contents are heavily redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Jerry R. DeMaio
Jerry R. DeMaio

Memorandum from the FBI to Assistant Attorney General with recommendations regarding detainees scheduled appear before the Transfer Review Board. The contents are heavily redacted.

Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Jerry R. DeMaio
Jerry R. DeMaio

Memorandum from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Counterterrorism division in Afghanistan. The memorandum describes a meeting at the United States Embassy in Kabul, held by the Ambassador at Large for the United States Commission on War ...

Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Pierre-Richard Prosper

Memorandum requesting creation of additional sub-files for quick access and retrieval of cable traffic received from Other Government Agencies regarding Guantanamo and Afghanistan and repatriation of detainees.

Explains that FBI's Military Liaison and Detainee Unit is responsible for conducting a threat assessment for each Guantanamo detainee who becomes eligible for repatriation, and establishes a procedure to ensure an FBI interview is conducted of ...

This FBI memo is from Counter-terrorism to International Operations, Madrid. There is a reference to an enclosure (not attached).
FBI Deleted Page Information Sheet

FBI Repatriation Evaluation. Notes under heading "Investigative Summary" and "Interview Summary" entirely redacted. FBI "concurs with the DOD's recommendation of release and recommends transfer to continued ...

Memo from FBI General Counsel Valerie Caproni to all field office personnel reiterates FBI policy that "no attempt be made to obtain a statement by force, threats, or promises."  Approved by John S. Pistole and Valerie E. ...

Dec. 15, 2004
Legal Memo
Valerie E. Caproni
John S. Pistole, Valerie E. Caproni
FBI memo to the Department of Justice re; Repatriation Issues, 03/18/2004. Contents redacted.
FBI memo to the Department of Justice re: repatriation issues, 03/19/2004.Contents redacted, except for "per documentation provided by DoD, the FBI proposes that DOJ concur with DoD's recommendation for continued detention in US DOD control", and ...
FBI memo to the Department of Justice re: Repatriation Issues, 05/07/2004. Contents redacted except for "The detainee summaries have been previously provided and do not contain any material changes." and "In addition, although the FBI concurs ...
This FBI memo is listed as: Memorandum from FBI to Department of Justice - Re. REPATRIATION ISSUES, 07/29/2003 and is almost completely redacted except for two (2) lines: 1) "the FBI proposes that DOJ concur with DOD's recommendation to transfer ...
This FBI memo is listed as: Memorandum from FBI to Department of Justice - Re. REPATRIATION ISSUES, 09/15/2003 and is almost completely redacted except for one (1) line: "the FBI proposes that DOJ concur with DOD's recommendation to transfer for ...
Contents almost completely redacted. There is one line at the end of the memo that states "the FBI proposes that DOJ concur with DOD's recommendation for continued detention of [redacted detainee's name] at GMTO (Guantanamo)."

Summarizes information received regarding transfer of Guantanamo prisoners to Sheberghan and Pol-I-Charki prisons in Afghanistan. Describes May 9th meeting convened by Pierre Richard Prosper, US Ambassador at Large for War Crimes, at which ...

Refers to Talking Points on Iraq detainees. Mentions draft ("Iraq_Detainees-AG") with edits by Corallo and Ayres.
Email with an attachment called "DOJ Assistance Programs for the..." Attachment not provided.
Refers to Draft OLC opinion. All other info redacted.
A timeline for DOJ criminal case, US v. Passaro.
Oct. 15, 2004
Other
David A. Passaro
Refers to "Daily." Contents Completely Redacted.
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
David E. Nahmias | Barry Sabin | Michael J. Mullaney
David E. Nahmias, Barry Sabin, Michael J. Mullaney, Patrick Rowan

This email is almost entirely redacted, but it appears to concern the "NC Case."

Oct. 15, 2004
Email
David E. Nahmias
Barry Sabin | Patrick Rowan | Christopher A. Wray
David E. Nahmias, Barry Sabin, Christopher A. Wray, Patrick Rowan
David A. Passaro was a contractor working on behalf of CIA, indicted in relation to interrogation techniques that resulted in death of a detainee, Abdul Wali, in Afghanistan. The indictment alleges that Passaro "beat Adbul Wali, using his hands ...
Oct. 15, 2004
Judicial (Pleading)
Frank D. Whitney | James A. Candelmo | Michael P. Sullivan
David A. Passaro, Frank D. Whitney, James A. Candelmo, Michael P. Sullivan
Abdul Wali
Physical assault, General

List of people to be notified of indictment in CIA NC case.

Contents completely redacted
Email referring to North Carolina case. All other contents redacted.
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Barry Sabin | David E. Nahmias
David E. Nahmias, Barry Sabin

Refers to "Update." All other info redacted.

Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Barry Sabin
David Nahmias | Christopher A. Wray
Barry Sabin, David E. Nahmias, Christopher A. Wray
Memorandum referring to "operation." Contents Completely Redacted.
Oct. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Barry Sabin
Barry Sabin
Email from Terese L. McHenry re: unclassified version of CRM comments on OLC opinion forwarded to David E. Nahmias by Jack L. Goldsmith. All other contents redacted.
Email referring to to unclassified version of Department of Justice Criminal Division comments on OLC opinion. The rest of the email contents are redacted.

Memorandum referring to joint comments on draft OLC memorandum; all other contents redacted.

Oct. 15, 2004
Legal Memo
David E. Nahmias | Laura Parsky
Barry Sabin | Teresa L. McHenry
David E. Nahmias, Laura H. Parsky, Teresa L. McHenry, Barry Sabin

Refers to Iraq matter. All content redacted.

Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Jack L. Goldsmith
David E. Nahmias
Jack L. Goldsmith, David E. Nahmias

Refers to mistake of law. All other content redacted.

Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Jack L. Goldsmith
David E. Nahmias
Jack L. Goldsmith, David E. Nahmias
DOJ Routing and Transmittal Slip re: Counterterrorism Section - Criminal Division

Handwritten note. Content: "Pulled this from Buces (?) files FYI."

Refers to MEJA Materials-Statute, DOJ Guidance Memos, Final Draft of DOD Regulations. States that there are 4 attachments. All other info redacted.