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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Email references and includes six attachments, including a proposed press release from the Commanding General, Donald J. Ryder. Attachments generally discuss detainee operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay.
Email includes a summary of the Office of Provost Marshall General's activities, which include providing the Army's Office of the Chief Legislative Liaison (OCLL) with the number of female detainees in custody at Abu Ghraib (BCCF or Baghdad ...
This email includes a summary entitled "Detainee Abuse Tasking Summary," which lists the ongoing and future activities of the Office of the Provost Marshall General (OPMG). The OPMG's activities include combat support, "policy-doctrine-training ...
This email includes a summary entitled "Detainee Abuse Tasking Summary," which lists the ongoing and future activities of the Office of the Provost Marshall General (OPMG). The OPMG's activities include combat support, "policy-doctrine-training ...
Emails discuss a Schlesinger analysis and a law of war policies chart/crosswalk. Some content is redacted, however, the crosswalk chart contains information regarding the Geneva Convention and international law of war guidelines.
Emails discuss a meeting with Secretary of Defense, Donald H. Rumsfeld, to discuss the following: detainee deaths, homicides and investigations, Red Cross issues, Migration of interrogation techniques and interrogations (GTMO - Baghram - Iraq), ...
Email includes a summary that discusses the interview of a Sergeant with the 372nd Military Police Company. The Sergeant reported witnessing detainee abuse in Abu Ghraib and would provide additional information to the CID at a later date.
Emails discuss the Criminal Investigation Command's (CID) interview of a Sergeant with the 372nd Military Police Company regarding allegations of detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib. One of the emails seeks to learn whether the Sergeant reported abuse ...
Email includes a document entitled "Allegations of Mistreatment of Iraqi Prisoners." The document contains questions and answers from a May 7, 2004 senate hearing, it states that 122 people are under investigation in 56 detainee death and abuse ...
Email includes a "Briefing to Senate Arm Service Committee." It is a briefing on the actions taken by the CID in response to allegations of detainee abuse and deaths.
The briefing explains that there are nine death cases still "active pending ...
Email includes a document discussing the Office of the Provost Marshall General's (OPMG) operations. Activities of the office include 33 CID investigations with 37 dead victims.
Email includes charts, which summarize detainee deaths that have occurred in Iraq and Afghanistan. The charts list the case number, manner of death, and whether an investigation is pending. One chart lists six unnatural/homicides in Iraq.
Emails discuss detainee abuse investigations. One email asks how many abuses have been reported and how many investigations have been initiated? The Taguba report is also mentioned. Also, a document discussing the operations of the Office of the ...
Email includes charts, which summarize detainee deaths that have occurred in Iraq and Afghanistan. The charts list the case number, manner of death, and whether an investigation is pending. One chart lists eight homicides in Iraq.
Email includes two proposed copies of Donald J. Ryder's briefing to the Senate Arms Service Committee. One of the briefings is enclosed, it mentions that there are 69 CID investigations, forty-two of the sixty-nine cases involved incidents that ...
Email includes a presentation entitled "Deaths of Detainees Under US Military Control." The presentation states that as of May 19, 2004, there have been 63 detainee deaths: 58 deaths in Iraq and 5 in Afghanistan. The 58 deaths in Iraq were ...
Email refers to a proposed press release from the Commanding General discussing the detainee death and abuse investigations. [The press release is attached, the first page of the attachment is blank]. The press release explains that there are ...
Emails refer to a Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) document related to an independent panel to review DOD detention operations and an Office of the Provost Marshall General (PMG) task summary sheet.
Emails refer to an attachment - "EXSUM - DODIG [Department of Defense Office of Inspector General] & DOJ and request for cases." [Document is not included].
Email refers to an attached document that discusses internment operations and law of war training. A particular paragraph in the document outlines the Army's rules/guidelines, stating soldiers do not kill or torture enemy prisoners.
Emails reference three request for information documents. The attached documents discuss the U.S. Army's role and responsibilities for enemy prisoner of war and detainees.
Email references a document entitled "Information Paper on PMG vice CID." The document discusses the Office of the Provost Marshall General's (OPMG) current and future operations. The document also includes a timeline of operational support the ...
Emails reference two attached documents entitled "Tasking Summary Sheet #13" and "CID Detainee Unit Investigations Summary 14 May 04."
[Documents are not included in the document].
The email references two attached documents. The first document, entitled "EXSUM," discusses photographic evidence of abuse at Abu Ghraib. The document states that the CID identified and confiscated twelve CDs of pictures, which depict a variety ...
Emails reference an attached document entitled "Detainee Abuse Tasking Summary." The document details the investigation activities of the Office of the Provost Marshall General.
Emails reference an attached document entitled "Tasking Summary #10 (12 May 04)." The document summarizes the investigation activities of the CID. The summary mentions CID's possession of CDs and videos relating to Abu Ghraib detainee ...
Email includes two attachments. One attachment, the information paper, provides background on the Army as Executive Agent (EA) for detainee operations. The second attachment, provides talking points on the Army as the EA for detainee operations ...
Emails discuss a briefing to the Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld. The significant points from the briefing are attached and included in the email; included in the points is a discussion of whether any team member observed detainee abuse at ...
The emails discuss a necessary pre-brief before the personnel debrief the U.S. House of Representatives-House of Armed Services Committee (HASC). The attached and included document outlines of presentation by BG Swan, MG Ryder and MG Romig on ...