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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Report on an informal investigation conducted by Brigadier General Richard P. Formica into specific allegations of detainee abuse within CJSOTF-AP [Combined Joint Special Operating Task Force – Arabian Peninsula] and 5th SF [Special Forces] Group ...
This document is part of an AR 15-6 investigative file with a chronology of the progress and steps taken to investigate abuses at the Abu Ghraib detention Facility.
June 30, 2006
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File (AR 15-6)
Richard P. Formica
List of legal references for Formica Report. Heavily redacted. Under a section headed "Interrogation," states, "US policy expressly prohibits as a means of or aid to interrogation: Acts of violence or intimidation, including physical or mental ...
An email exchange between two FBI officials regarding Army interviews of FBI agents who may be witnesses to a prisoner's allegations of abuse.
Apr. 27, 2009
Email
Toni M. Fogle
An email between two FBI officials regarding the scheduling of an interview with the Army.
This is an email to Valerie Caproni from a redacted agent discussing FBI conduct in Iraq. It states that Caproni's email regarding advice to FBI agents in Iraq is timely because agents have been complaining about the advice they received from CTS.
Dec. 07, 2010
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Report of incident in which a detainee claimed that other detainees are beating and threatening to kill him for being a spy.
Nov. 30, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Threat, Assault/death
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding an update on Guantanamo legal processes and the authorization to continue detainee interrogation under Article 17 of the Geneva Convention of the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
June 15, 2011
Email
Frankie Battle, Julie F. Thomas
This is a letter from U.S. representative in the UK as the Director of United Kingdom, Benelux, and Ireland Affairs to Ms. Helen Clark, MP, UK House of Commons thanking her for her recent letter and concerns over the detainment and treatment of ...
Dec. 02, 2004
Letter
Alexander Karagiannis
Helen Clark
Alexander Karagiannis
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the fulfillment of an Office of Inspector General request for documents related to Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghuraib Prison.
June 15, 2011
Email
J. Stephen Tidwell, Warren T. Bamford