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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June 14, 2001 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 335
Army Field Manual No. FM 3-0: FM 3-0 Operations
June 14, 2001 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 336
Army Cover Page for Field Manual: FM 3-0.
Dec. 31, 2004
Letter
Eric K. Shinseki
Eric K. Shinseki, Joel B. Hudson
July 10, 2001 | JCOS | ACLU-RDI 250
This Dod manual that provides the basic doctrine and policy governing the unified direction of forces and discusses the functions of the Department of Defense and its major components.
Oct. 19, 2004
Chart/List, Other
Henry H. Shelton
Henry H. Shelton
Aug. 01, 2001 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 231
Army Field Manual FM 3-19.40: Military Police Internment/Resettlement Operations. Military Handbook for Police Internment and Resettlement Operations. Field Manual depicts the doctrinal foundation, principles, and processes that Military Police ...
Aug. 22, 2001 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 318
Training manual: Mission Plan for the Transportation Cargo Transfer Company
Aug. 22, 2001 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 331
This Mission Training Plan document is missing booklet cover and several other pages.
Aug. 24, 2001 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 445
Army Field Manual No. 4-02.4: FM 4-02.4 (FM 8-10-4) Medical Platoon Leaders' Handbook; Tactics, Techinques, And Procedures
Sept. 10, 2001 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 438
Army Training and Evaluation Program No. 63-136-30-MTP: Mission Trainig Plan for Headquarters Detachment, Main Support Battalion, Heavy Division
Sept. 25, 2001 | OLC | ACLU-RDI 4539

The memo discusses whether a change to the FISA law would render it unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment. Specifically it considers and concludes that changing the law from requiring that foreign intelligence gathering be “the ...

Mar. 02, 2009
Legal Memo
John C. Yoo
David S. Kris
John C. Yoo, David S. Kris
Sept. 25, 2001 | OLC | ACLU-RDI 6569
This September 25, 2009 OLC memo from John Yoo finds that in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the President has the constitutional power to 1) retaliate against any person, organization, or state suspected of involvement in these attacks ...
Aug. 31, 2016
Legal Memo
John C. Yoo
Deputy Counsel to the President