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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Non-US | ACLU-RDI 3684
Letter from Alexander Karagiannis Director, United Kingdom, Benelux, and Ireland Affairs assuring UK MP Clark that detainees held under US control in Guantanamo are still treated humanely depsite their lack of POW status.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Alexander Karagiannis
Helen Clark
DOS | ACLU-RDI 3685
This State Department fact sheet of Guantanamo detainees, listing total number in custody, reasons for US authority to detain them, their status under the Geneva convention, their treatment and transfer to foreign governments also serves as a ...
DOS | ACLU-RDI 3687
DOS Memo re: Talking Points and Issue Paper on Guantanamo Detainees. Statement of US position on Guantanamo detainees stating that: i) detainees are treated humanely; ii) detainees are not POWs; and iii) US is working with other countries whose ...
DOS | ACLU-RDI 3688
DOS Memo re: Talking Points on Release of Photo of Guantanamo Detainees.
Jan. 15, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3689
DOS Memo re: Talking Points on Guantanamo Detainees Treatment and Status. Memo states i) all detainees are treated humanely; ii) they are very dangerous people; iii) International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) has access to them; and iv) ...
Jan. 15, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3690
DOS Memo re: Talking Points on Guantanamo Detainees Treatment and Status. Memo states i) all detainees are treated humanely; ii) they are given three (3) culturally appropriate meals a day; iii) International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) ...
May 28, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3691
DOS Memo re: Talking Points on Guantanamo Detainees Treatment and Status. Memo states i) all detainees are treated humanely; ii) they are given three (3) culturally appropriate meals a day; iii) International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) ...
DOS | ACLU-RDI 3692
Letter from Pierre-Richard Proper to redacted party re: decision to treat detainees as enemy combatants
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Pierre-Richard Prosper
Pierre-Richard Prosper
DOS | ACLU-RDI 3693
DOS Memo re: Talking Points on Guantanamo Detainees Treatment and Status. These Talking points are to address questions and concerns of foreign governmants such as why families and consulates cannot visit detainees; why US cannot discuss the ...
Dec. 02, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3696
This is a State Department form letter to be used as a template for addressing inquires and questions concerning how family members of Guantanamo detainees may or may not visit their relatives being detained at Guantanamo and the rational for the ...