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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July 22, 2004 | DON | ACLU-RDI 542
These emails are between Marine Corps officers concerning an updated version of the detainee abuse cases involving Marines. The email has a spreadsheet attached that is not readable in the document; however, the email alludes to details contained ...
July 22, 2004 | DON | ACLU-RDI 543
This US Marine Corp spreadsheet lists twenty-one (21) cases of alleged detainee abuse. The table of cases includes ten (10) substantiated incidents and eleven (11) unsubstantiated incidents. The incidents include: beating detainees with fists; ...
July 22, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1740
This report provides Commanding General with report of investigations conducted in July 2004. It finds that the inspection area contains overlapping checklist items from the other four inspection areas and that the facilities inspected did not ...
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 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3232
Contents completely redacted except for the comment "I wen keep you advised" and a handwritten stating "Let me know what you have forwarded."
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Alex J. Turner
Alex J. Turner
July 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3251
The email pertains to the abuse of detainees in Iraq. Refers to interviews of detainees in Jan 2004. and states "In a telephone conversation with Assistance United States Attorney (AUSA) Robert A. Spencer of the Eastern District on July 22, 2004, ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Alex J. Turner, Robert A. Spencer
July 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3338
FBI email to Alex Turner, cc: Charles Cunningham. Mostly redacted.
May 18, 2005
Email
Alex J. Turner
Alex J. Turner, Charles J. Cunningham
July 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3342
Emails between FBI and Alex J. Turner re: Your Request. The author states that they have experienced "what I would descnbe as unfavorable contact with the EDVA regarding Washington Field Office's (WFO) failure to more aggressively address pending ...
May 18, 2005
Email
Alex J. Turner
Alex J. Turner, Charles J. Cunningham , Robert A. Spencer
July 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3344
FBI memo providing the Washington Field Office with an update on an investigation of abuse of detainees in Iraq.
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Charles J. Cunningham , Alex J. Turner
July 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3378
In response to the canvass of FBI agents who toured through Guantanamo Bay an inquiry regarding the treatment of military detainee’s treatment was instigated. An Information Technology Specialist (IT) reports that during his/her assignment in ...
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo
John S. Hooks Jr., Jerome M. Pender, William G. McKinsey, Monte C. Strait