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May 10, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3314

Emails between Valerie Caproni to T.J. Harrington and Otrhers re: Instructions for FBI Interrogators at Guantanamo. The emails goes in to detail on how FBI agents serving at Guantanamo should conduct themselves and not deviate from Bureau ...

Mar. 21, 2005
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Thomas J. Harrington
Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, Arthur M. Cummings, II, Valerie E. Caproni, David E. Nahmias, Marion E. Bowman, Andrew Arena, Michael E. Dunlavey , Geoffrey D. Miller, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Bruce Swartz, Alice Fisher
May 10, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3357
Memo to FBI officials notifying them of the treatment/interrogation of detainees in Abu Graib and growing interest in the treatment of detainees in Guantanamo. Officials are advised to preserve any documentation (e.g. emails, ECs and notes).
May 18, 2005
Email
Janice K. Fedarcyk
Janice K. Fedarcyk
May 10, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3508
Email states "Mr Harrington - FBI-GTMO reviewed the MM and HQ control files this morning. The only document we found that is pertinent to the issues under review is the 5130103 EC, dratted by SSA [redacted] of the Behavioral Assessment Units ...
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
Thomas J. Harrington
Valerie E. Caproni | John F. Curran | Frankie Battle
Valerie E. Caproni, Frankie Battle, John F. Curran, Thomas J. Harrington
May 10, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3510
Email is redacted, except sentence that states conducting a physical search of control files.
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
Thomas J. Harrington | Valerie E. Caproni | Gary M. Bald | John S. Pistole | Frankie Battle | Arthur M. Cummings, II
Thomas J. Harrington, Valerie E. Caproni, Gary M. Bald, John S. Pistole, Frankie Battle, Arthur M. Cummings, II
May 10, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3601
DOS Letter to U.S. Representative, Ike Skelton, regarding the International Committee of the Red Cross' (ICRC) report, which contains allegations of detainee mistreatment in Iraq.
Nov. 23, 2004
Letter
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Condoleeza Rice, Isaac Newton Skelton IV, Colin L. Powell, George W. Bush, P. Michael McKinley, William E. Landfair, Paul V. Kelly, Elizabeth H. Richard
May 10, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3619
This DOS Cable appears to be a cover sheet for an attached document. [Attached document is not included].
Nov. 23, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
May 10, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3911
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Principals Committee Meeting on Detainees
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
JoAnn J. Dolan
May 10, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3912
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Summary of Conclusions for PC Meeting on Detainees 5/4/04
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
JoAnn J. Dolan
May 10, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 5067

This articles describes the arrest, detainment, and interrogation of Abid Mahawish's four sons (Husam, Arkan, Qusay, Mohammed) in Iraq. The youngest brother, Mohammed, was subjected to a mock execution.

Mar. 15, 2013
Other
Abed Hamed Mowhoush, Husam Mahawish, Arkan Mahawish, Qusay Mahawish, Mohammed Mahawish
May 10, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6277
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the lack of written guidance given to FBI agents about standing clear of coercive interrogation techniques that are outside of FBI policy.
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni