State Department cable concerning Israel/Palestinian issues, i.e the Gaza Strip; Allegations of Abuse at Guantanamo; and The way forward for Iraq. The cable also stats that on April, 26, 2004 a government of Bahrain delegation visited Guantanamo ...
An investigation into alleged aggravated assault, cruelty, and maltreatment of an Iraqi prisoner by U.S. forces. The detainee stated that he was held at the "Disco" (a detention facility in Mosul, Iraq) for approximately one ...
Nov. 05, 2008
Investigative File (CID)
Use of water, Other, Physical assault, General, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Temperature, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Forced physical training
Investigative File (CID)
Use of water, Other, Physical assault, General, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Temperature, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Forced physical training
State Department cable from the U.S. Mission in Geneva to Washington containing a letter by Leila Zerrougui, the UN Special Rapporteur on Arbitrary Detention concerning persons being held by U.S. forces where the persons have not been charged ...
Memo includes excerpts from an ICRC press statement on the U.S. government's detention policies. The ICRC's President asked the U.S. to institute due legal process and to make significant changes for the more than 600 detainees being held in ...
State Department cable providing talking points and summarizes discussion from September 18, 2003 Human Rights and Terrorism Meeting at The Hague. The summary includes a "surprising defense of the U.S. policies in the war against terror noting ...
Letter from William F. Schultz, Executive Director, Amnesty International to U.S. President George W. Bush re: Human Rights in Afghanistan.
Letter from Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) requesting Sec. of State Powell to have the State Department provide the Committee on Foreign Relations with copies of documents, and any other legal memoranda prepared after September 11, 2001, that interpret ...
State Department cable concerning the government of Sweden releasing "Report on the State of Human Rights Worldwide and in the U.S." The Report covers the Israel/Palestinian conflict and is critical of Israel. The Swedish Foreign Minister was ...
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 ...
Discusses Ibn Sheik al Libby being sent to Egypt to be tortured in order to get information from him. "Later, FBI sources complained to me that the Egyptians didn't learn any more from the prisoner than they had."