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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Mar. 13, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 926
Minutes of March 10, 2003 Meeting with the International Committee of the Red Cross. Contents redacted.
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Geoffrey D. Miller, Adolph McQueen
Mar. 13, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2914

FBI Memorandum from Guantanamo Task Force to Raymond Mey re: update regarding a Guantanamo detainee; Memorandum re: a Guantanamo detainee; DOD document. The contents are heavily redacted. An FBI Deleted Page Information Sheet is appended to ...

Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Raymond Mey
Raymond Mey
Mar. 13, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3155
Guantanamo Task Force Special project Update. Almost entirely redacted
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Robert S. Mueller
Mar. 14, 2003 | OLC | ACLU-RDI 5018

This legal memo from the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) of the Justice Department to the Department of Defense analyzes the legal standards governing military interrogations of "alien unlawful combatans" held outside the United ...

Apr. 01, 2008
Legal Memo
John C. Yoo
William J. Haynes, II
John C. Yoo, William J. Haynes, II, Timothy E. Flanigan, Alberto R. Gonzales, Patrick Philbin, Jay S. Bybee, Daniel J. Bryant, Robert J. Delahunty, Ari Fleischer, William Howard Taft, IV, John B. Bellinger, III, James C. Ho, Daniel Dell'Orto
Mar. 14, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6199
The document is an internal FBI detainee interrogation report. The report is almost entirely redacted, but pertains to the interrogation of Detainee ISN 00269 at Guantanamo Bay by agents from the FBI and NCIS.
Jan. 15, 2010
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Mohammed El Gharani
Mar. 15, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 929
Minutes of March 14, 2003 Meeting with the International Committee of the Red Cross. Contents redacted.
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Geoffrey D. Miller, James E. Payne, III, Adolph McQueen
Mar. 17, 2003 | ACLU-RDI 2398
Brian M Pharr is sending several files to JoAnn Dolan as the agenda for for a meeting of IAEG on March 18, 2003.
June 15, 2006
Email
Brian M. Pharr
JoAnn J. Dolan
Mar. 17, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3433
Interview of detainee at Guantanamo. Detainee stated he was in generally good health, but had a sore throat, but he saw the doctor and was awaiting medication. Otherwise he was fine, but thought the food was like at the "zoo". The detainee was ...
Mar. 18, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 927
Minutes of March 17, 2003 Meeting with the International Committee of the Red Cross. Contents redacted.
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Geoffrey D. Miller, Adolph McQueen
Mar. 18, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3434
This document is a production of a FBI summary of notes taken during an interview and rapport building session with a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo. The detainee states that he is in good health and has “been treated well and had no ...