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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Emails between Patrick W. Kelley, John F. Curran, Valerie E. Caproni and Others re: Confidential memo from Colin L. Powell regarding the transfer of Guantanamo detainees with habeas corpus proceedings pending.
The confidential memo from the ...
An FBI agent touring Guantanamo witnessed four (4) seperate incidents of detainee abuse, including stess positions, extreme hot/cold rooms, isolation and the use of loud music upon the detainees.
An FBI agent states that when he/she was at Guantanamo they did observe treatment that was not only aggressive, but personally very upsetting. He/she states that these (unspecified) techniques were not being conducted by FBI agents, but employed ...
May 27, 2004 Iraq Daily Situation Report. John Pistole is asking Valerie Caproni to review the "2nd paragraph" of the report "re: the techniques" and to discuss it with him and Gary Bald. Email is heavily redacted as to content.
Email chain concerning questions from Congress re: Detainee abuse allegations, Iraqi public corruption, contract fraud and Members of the House Armed Services Committee visiting Guantanamo on 5/25/2004
Memo from Inspection to Counterterrorism re: Inquiry re Activities of FBI Personnel at Abu Ghraib Prison during Oct 2003 - December 2003. the memo states "Synopsis: Provid e summa of the results of 14 interviews conducted to date by the summary ...
Contains multiple EC's re: Fingerprinting, photographing and updating records to reflect detainees who were captured in Afghanistan at the Bagram Collection Point and repatriated or transferred to/from Guantanamo, including transfer to Riyadh, ...
Includes transfer to Bagram, Afghanistan; Russia; Denmark; Pakistan; Turkey; Iraq; Spain; Great Britain (names redacted, but repatriation/transfer status and related date provided).
Email requests FBI employees who served at Guantanamo, and did not observation of aggressive treatment of detainees to submit an EC documenting the negitive response.
Responds to request from Section Chief to Unit Chiefs on 9/23/2004, stating that all FBIHQ divisions are requested to search e-mails, work copies and investigative notes in connection with the FOIA application. Lists responsive documents.
Responding to email concerning detainees. The memo author states they did not witness or participate in aggressive treatment, interrogations or interviews of military detainees at Guantanamo that was not consistent with FBI policy.
[Redacted] did not witness or participate in aggressive treatment, interrogations or interviews of GTMO military detainees that was not consistent with FBI policy.
This memo is a response to a Bureau wide memo sent by Steve McCraw to illicit information from FBI agents who toured through Guantanamo Bay to report any suspected or witnessed abuse of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. An FBI Information Technology ...
The author of the email is informing Frankie Battle that DOD interrogators have been impersonating FBI agents during their interrogastions. He/she states that "DOD interrogators [have been] impersonating Supervisory Special Agents of the ...
Email appears to be personal email to FBI personnel from an unknown sender. Subject: "hello, FBI-Guy" and "the letter". Contents redacted except for "I'll be in at 10:30 Friday morning. I'll check around to see if you're still here at that time."
FBI Notes re: Documents Provided to SSA, FBI While Assigned to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Between April-May 2002 and November-December 2003. Contents redacted.
FBI Memo from Behavioral/Operational Consultation Team to FBI Criminal Investigation Task Force (CITF) re: Assessment and Recommendations Regarding Interviewing, Debriefing, Interrogation of Al-Qaeda/Taliban detainees at Guantanamo. Contents ...
FBI Memo from Behavioral Science Consultation Team to Criminal Investigations Task Force (CITF) re: Behavioral Assessment of Security and Interview Strategies and Training at Guantanamo. Contents redacted.
FBI Memo from Behavioral Science Consultation Team to Criminal Investigations Task Force (CITF) re: Behavioral Assessment of Security and Interview Strategies and Training at Guantanamo. Report on Consultation April 2-4, 2002. Contents redacted.
FBI Memo from Behavioral Science Consultation Team to Deputy Commander, Criminal Investigations Task Force (CITF) re: Consultation at Guantanamo July 9-11, 2002. Contents redacted.
FBI Memo from Criminal Investigations Task Force (CITF) to Behavioral Sciences Consultation Team (BSCT) re: CITF-BSCT Guantanamo Interrogators Debrief July 31, 2002. Memo states "On July 31, 2002, the CITF Behavioral Sciences Consultation team ...
Summarizes activities at Camp Delta, Guantanamo - Feedback sessions, coaching and training in "al-Qaida 101," "Islam 101" and Behavioral Assessment/Interview Strategies. Meetings with FBI/CITF leaders, plans for feedback ...
The author is giving a bullet point up-date on the interviewing of detainees at Guantanamo. The up-dates includes: i) continuing assistance to the FBI/CITF; ii) There is a release package for about 20 detainees now up at Belvoir for authority to ...
Email sender is an FBI official in Guantanamo. He notes that Pentagon was scheduled to repatriate four (4) detainees, three (3), (Afghans) and one (1) (Tajik) to their home countries in late October [2002], and that the same plane will return ...
This email concerns an FBI Official going to Guantanamo to "sit down with the 2 Star and Lieutenant Colonel" concerning the role of the FBI and the mission of the FBI at Guantanamo.
The author states: "Although we think it's not prudent to dwell on [a certain Lieutenant Colonel's] style and actions, we believe that before the General can fully appreciate what the FBI has to offer, he must first understand what has ...
The author states that he/she is attaching documents that may be of interest to Spike Bowman, who is reviewing legal aspects of detainee interviews at Guantanamo. They were provided by one of the JAG lawyers working at CITF. One of these is a ...