State Department talking points on the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo. The main points being made are: 1) All accusations of mistreatment are taken seriously and fully investigated; 2) Torture and other forms of cruel treatment committed by ...
Dec. 23, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Ronald W. Miller
George W. Bush, Ronald W. Miller, Rexon Y. Ryu, JoAnn J. Dolan
Non-legal Memo
Ronald W. Miller
George W. Bush, Ronald W. Miller, Rexon Y. Ryu, JoAnn J. Dolan
State Department fax from Debra Long the DOS UN & Legal Programme Officer to Amb. Moley forwarding a letter from the Association Against Torture to President Bush.
This State Department Fact Sheet on the President's establishment of Military Commissions lists talking points on addressing issues and questions that might arise. The points highlight the following: i) The Order applies only to non-U.S. ...
Email from FBI official touring through Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The email states "DHS wanted us to be a part of one of the interrogation teams. [They] said as long as there was no 'torture' involved that we were within our guidelines. He ...
FBI memo re: Contacts made by BAU team during 05/23/02 on-site review of Guantanamo.
Detainee stated that he has been in prison for nine (9) months and no one can prove he committed any crime. He also claimed he was mistreated by U.S. Army Military Police soldiers during a recent cell block search. Interview was then ended.
DOS Cable re: Secretary of State Powell's January 25, 2003 Meeting with International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) President Kellenberger. Heavily redacted: Simply states that Powell met with Kellenberger in Davos on June 25 (which seems to ...
Detainee states he was detained by Northern Alliance forces and housed in a Kandahar, Afghanistan "jail". During his detention he observed the Northern Alliance guards randomly would beat some of the other the detainees with sticks, chains and in ...
DOD memo regarding a detainee's allegations of torture at Guantanamo between August and October 2003. The detainee turned himself over to Mauritanian authorities in November 2001 and was given to the United States in July 2002. The detainee ...
An OLC memo concluding that Congress cannot interfere with the President's exercise of his authority as Commander in Chief to control the conduct of operations during war, including his authority to promulgate rules to regulate military ...
Mar. 02, 2009
Legal Memo
Patrick Philbin
Daniel J. Bryant
Patrick Philbin, Daniel J. Bryant, John C. Yoo
Legal Memo
Patrick Philbin
Daniel J. Bryant
Patrick Philbin, Daniel J. Bryant, John C. Yoo