A letter providing legal advice regarding whether the conditions of detention at certain overseas CIA facilities are consistent with the applicable standards of the DTA. It concludes that the conditions of confinement did not constitute "cruel, ...
This CIA memo discusses the timeline for the use of enhanced interrogation techniques post 9/11 on high value detainees at black sites.
This message includes notes on the attached revised interrogation plan, and discusses the role of the CIA's Operational Assessment Division in implementing this plan.
This CIA document is heavily redacted and identifies James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen as contractors who administered enhanced interrogation techniques to Abu Zubaydah and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed.
This is a memo from the Chief of the White House Liaison Section, Executive Services Division, Washington Headquarters Services, DOD to the National Security Council Records Management Office reporting that the "Under Secretary of Defense for ...
This cable describes the current state of the interrogations for Abu Zubaydah and recommends the use of sleep deprivation to "degrade his ability to keep up his full mental capacities."
Index of DOJ advice on interrogations, including OLC memos, letters, testimony.
Aug. 31, 2016
Non-legal Memo
Alberto Gonzalez, John A. Rizzo, Jay Bybee, John C. Yoo, William "Jim" Haynes, Scott W. Muller, Jack L. Goldsmith, Patrick Philbin, John McLaughlin, John Ashcroft, Daniel B. Levin, James B. Comey, William E. Moschella, Steven Bradbury, John B. Bellinger, III, Ron Lee Wyden, Brian A. Benczkowski
Non-legal Memo
Alberto Gonzalez, John A. Rizzo, Jay Bybee, John C. Yoo, William "Jim" Haynes, Scott W. Muller, Jack L. Goldsmith, Patrick Philbin, John McLaughlin, John Ashcroft, Daniel B. Levin, James B. Comey, William E. Moschella, Steven Bradbury, John B. Bellinger, III, Ron Lee Wyden, Brian A. Benczkowski
This email chain discusses the use, purpose, and constraints of psychological support in interrogations and includes feedback from Jim Mitchell.
This CIA cable contains psychologists James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen's assessment of Abu Zubaydah's current mental state, resistance posture, and recommendations for continued interrogation.
This CIA cable provides information about the size and use of the confinement box for proposed use in an interrogation of Abu Zubaydah.