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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May 20, 2004 | DOA | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 1756

This Court Martial record (volume 5 of 8) discusses the court martial proceedings of Staff Sergeant Ivan L. Frederick, II, who was charged for offenses he committed while assigned to the Abu Ghraib Detention Facility on or about November 08, ...

Nov. 30, 2005
UCMJ (Court-Martial)
Ivan L. Frederick, II, Romie Leslie Brownlee, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Ricardo Sanchez, Antonio Taguba, George R. Fay, Megan M. Ambuhl, Charles A. Graner, Jr., Jeremy C. Sivits, Javal Sean Davis, Sabrina D. Harman, Armin J. Cruz, Lynndie Rana England, Paul J. Kern, Anthony R. Jones, Geoffrey D. Miller, Walter Wojdakowski, Barbara G. Fast, Janis Leigh Karpinski, Steven L. Jordan, Jason L. Jones, Togo D. West, Jr., Richard A. Coleman, J.L. Johnson, J.S. Mobley, Barbara G. Fast, Thomas Pappas
Use of water, Water dousing, Physical assault, Threat, Use of electricity, Stress positions, Cramped confinement, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Dietary manipulation, Environmental manipulation, Temperature, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Religious, Forced grooming, Other
May 26, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 783
Interviewee worked in in-screeing and interrogation operations. Recalled an incident at Camp Cropper Baghdad International Airport, where interrogators with teh 519th MI Brigade put a detainee in a stress position, he was on his knees with his ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Thomas Pappas, George R. Fay, Ricardo Sanchez
Physical assault, Stress positions, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Nudity, Other Humiliation
May 06, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 827
Memo contains notes from a Procedure 15 interview of official conducted by George Fay and [redacted]. In the memo, the interviewee stated he arrived to AG in early November 2003 as an interrogator. Stated he had no knowledge of detainee abuse, ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Thomas Pappas, Ricardo Sanchez, George R. Fay
Physical assault, Use of phobias, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
May 23, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 832
Interviewee's Procedure 15 interview is an addendum to his prior interview (Interviewee's title and length of assignment are unknown). Interviewee stated that he observed a detainee hooded and handcuffed to a railing. When he inquired about the ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
George R. Fay, Ricardo Sanchez
Use of water, Water dousing, Physical assault, General, Stress positions, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity
May 23, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 833
Interviewee (title and length of assignment unknown). In the interviewee's sworn statement, recalled observing a detainee hooded and handcuffed to a railing. Interviewee recalled seeing dogs used during interrogations, in one instance, the dogs ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
George R. Fay, Ricardo Sanchez
Use of water, Water dousing, Physical assault, General, Stress positions, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity