State Department cable concerning the procedures for U.S. Military commissions that may be established to try suspected Taliban and Al-Qaeda terrrorists. This State Department cable provides talking points for US mission & Embassy officials to ...
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
Summary of a FBI interview of a detainee being held at Camp X-Ray, Guantanamo Bay about his affiliation with the Taliban and Al Qaeda. The detainee mentioned that he was transferred to Camp X-ray from Kandahar (stayed in Kandahar for 45 days ...
Report of Proceedings of an AR 15-6 investigation into facts and circumstances surrounding reports of inappropriate or unauthorized pictures of John Walker Lindh taken by member of Special Forces at Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan on or about ...
State Department cable concerning the German representative to the Council of Europe. Committee of Ministers. Justice Ministry committee told U.S. Embassy officials thast military commissions are "extraordinary courts" and thus "run counter to ...
Army memo in connection to an AR 15-6 investigation. The memo states the appointment of an Officer to investigate whether Special Forces Group Five (5) knowingly withheld requested documentation and photographic evidence from Dept. of Justice in ...
July 15, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File
Geoffrey C. Lambert
David Burford
David P. Burford, Geoffrey C. Lambert
John Walker Lindh
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File
Geoffrey C. Lambert
David Burford
David P. Burford, Geoffrey C. Lambert
John Walker Lindh
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee was asked about his affiliation with the Taliban/Al Qaeda. The detainee stated that he "did not use anti-American rhetoric in his lectures." Also stated that in Bagram, he was ...
State Department cable distributes transcript from the May 29, 2002 press conference where a variety of subjects were addressed. Among the issued raised were: i) Deputy Sec. Armitage meets with Swedish Defense Minister Bjorn Von Sydow; ii) ...
An OLC memo concluding that “the military has the legal authority to detain [Jose Padilla] as a prisoner captured during an international armed conflict,” and that the Posse Comitatus Act poses no bar.
This June 16, 2002 cable asks that 1) psychological supervision of Abu Zubaydah be provided while the IC SERE psychologist is away and 2) that the group come to agreement on implementing the period of isolation of Abu Zubaydah, using verifiable ...