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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Mar. 21, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4211

Cable discusses many issues, including an issue of selling arms to countries with histories of supporting terrorism or regional conflict.

Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Sharon E. Ahmad, George W. Bush, Colin L. Powell, Richard Lee Armitage
Mar. 25, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4212
State Department cable discusses the Swiss National Council's (lower house of parliament) declaration to other nations that they continue to respect the Geneva Conventions as "indisputable mimimum standards that may not be qualified under any ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Sharon E. Ahmad, Colin L. Powell
Apr. 02, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4213
State Department cable to Geneva Mission to deliver a letter to Theo van Boven, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, assuring him that "the [Guantanamo] detainees are not being subjected to mental or physical abuse," detailing nature of ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, David W. Bowker, William Howard Taft, IV, Edward R. Cummings, Kevin Edward Moley
Apr. 11, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4214
State Department cable concerning the German representative to the Council of Europe. Committee of Ministers. Justice Ministry committee told U.S. Embassy officials thast military commissions are "extraordinary courts" and thus "run counter to ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Colin L. Powell
Apr. 30, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4215
State Department cable distributes transcript from the April 30, 2002 press conference where a variety of subjects were addressed. Among the issued raised were: i) UK decision to treat detainees as POWs and transfer them to Afghan interim ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
May 29, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4216
State Department cable distributes transcript from the May 29, 2002 press conference where a variety of subjects were addressed. Among the issued raised were: i) Deputy Sec. Armitage meets with Swedish Defense Minister Bjorn Von Sydow; ii) ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Richard Lee Armitage, Colin L. Powell
Dec. 11, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4217
State Department cable with letter from Sec. Powell to the Chairman of Working Group on Detention addressing concerns over the conditions of detainees confinement and the legal theory on which confinement based in.
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Jan. 22, 2003 | Legislative | ACLU-RDI 4218
This State department fax is a forwarding of a letter Sen. Kerry received from a constituent containing allegations of mistreatment of Guantanamo detainees. Parts of document unreadable.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
John Kerry
Paul V. Kelly
John Forbes Kerry, Paul V. Kelly
Jan. 17, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4219
State Department cable to Washington recounting discussions with the Swiss government over concerns of not classifying Al-Qaeda and Taliban detainees in Guantanamo according to Geneva Conventions. It is clearly stated that the Swiss government ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Jan. 17, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4220
State Department cable describing discussion in the UK Parliament concerning the treatment and continued detention of UK citizens held at Guantanamo. PM Tony Blair was questioned by opposition members about the UK's access to British citizens and ...