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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Dec. 05, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3156
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 ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Gary M. Bald | Frankie Battle | Arthur M. Cummings, II
Manipulation of interrogator’s identity
FBI | ACLU-RDI 3157
FBI Deleted Page Information Sheet
FBI | ACLU-RDI 3153
Contents completly redacted.
FBI | ACLU-RDI 3154
Information Regarding Detainees at Guantanamo, Contents Completly Redacted
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
July 09, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3151
Counterrorism Division Guantanamo Bay Inspection Special Inquiry Computer search page. No content.
July 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3152
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 ...
July 15, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3149
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.
July 12, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 3150
[Redacted] did not witness or participate in aggressive treatment, interrogations or interviews of GTMO military detainees that was not consistent with FBI policy.
July 12, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3147
Responds to inquiry. Author observed no aggressive treatment of detainees between 4/16/2003-4/18/2003