This State Department cable provides talking points for US mission & Embassy officials to inform foreign governments about the transfer of their citizens/nationals to Guantanamo after they were picked-up on the battle field of Afghanistan. It ...
Army Central Command Combined Arms Assessment Team Initial Impressions Report (ARCENT CAAT). This is a report in several chapters concerning various aspects of military operations and assessments.
Email refers to a paper from the National Security Council that discusses the legal status of detainees.
[Document is not included].
This memorandum authored by Bruce Jessen and others to Col. Coomey on February 28, 2002 includes specific recommendations for interrogation procedures based on conditions at Camp X-Ray. The memorandum contains "Cardinal Pre-Conditions for ...
Feb. 03, 2017
Non-legal Memo
Bruce Jessen
Bruce Jessen
EIT, Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Other Humiliation
Non-legal Memo
Bruce Jessen
Bruce Jessen
EIT, Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Other Humiliation
Army Field Manual No. 3-19.4: FM 3-19.4 Military Police Leaders' Handbook Describes need to set up temporary EPW (Enemy Prisoners of War) collecting points; Evacuating EPWs quickly so their transit does not impede the movement of friendly forces; ...
Email refers to a draft press guidance that appears to concern a Washington Post article discussing the CIA's "assistance in renditions." The email seeks clearance on the press guidance.
[Document not included].
Letter from OAS/Inter-Commission on Human Rights to Colin L. Powell requesting precautionary measures for detainees in Guantanamo.
The letter states that 254 detainees were brought to Camp X-ray on or about Jan 11, 2002 from Afghanistan, Mr. ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Juan Mendez
Colin L. Powell | Roger F. Noriega
Colin L. Powell, Roger F. Noriega, Harry R. Melone
Letter
Juan Mendez
Colin L. Powell | Roger F. Noriega
Colin L. Powell, Roger F. Noriega, Harry R. Melone
An OLC memo concluding that, “the President has plenary constitutional authority, as the commander in chief, to transfer such individuals who are held and captured outside the United States to the control of another country.” ...
Mar. 02, 2009
Legal Memo
Jay S. Bybee
William J. Haynes, II
Jay S. Bybee, William J. Haynes, II, Alberto R. Gonzales, John C. Yoo, Robert J. Delahunty, Patrick Philbin
Legal Memo
Jay S. Bybee
William J. Haynes, II
Jay S. Bybee, William J. Haynes, II, Alberto R. Gonzales, John C. Yoo, Robert J. Delahunty, Patrick Philbin
This is a memo from the CIA which describes the month-long custody and interrogation of detainee Abu Zubaydah and requests comments from Alec/HQs "on establishing the priority focus of the ongoing interrogations of Abu Zubaydah".
Dec. 20, 2016
Cable
Abu Zubaydah, Abd Al-Rahman M. Al-Umari
EIT, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound
Cable
Abu Zubaydah, Abd Al-Rahman M. Al-Umari
EIT, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound
This heavily redacted paper "discusses the techniques and strategies for resisting interrogation described in captured al-Qa'ida training manuals and other documents. It suggests methods for recognizing when sophisticated resistance to ...