This April 2002 cable is redacted almost in full with the exception of a paragraph that questions the effectiveness of the confinement box on Abu Zubaydah, recognizing that it had a history of demonstrated effectiveness in the SERE program.
This heavily redacted cable states requests to employ "additional interrogation tactics" to move Abu Zubaydah into "forthcoming posture" regarding future terrorist attacks. The cable says to refer to the redacted text below for the particulars ...
Action request for appropriate handling of request by redacted government to interview detainees at Guantanamo
State Department cable to Geneva Mission to deliver a letter to Theo van Boven, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, assuring him that "the [Guantanamo] detainees are not being subjected to mental or physical abuse," detailing nature of ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, David W. Bowker, William Howard Taft, IV, Edward R. Cummings, Kevin Edward Moley
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, David W. Bowker, William Howard Taft, IV, Edward R. Cummings, Kevin Edward Moley
This State Department cable provides talking points concerning informing foreign governments about the transfer of their citizens/nationals to Guantanamo after they were picked-up on the battle field of Afghanistan, and policy guidance for ...
This is a memo detailing the visit of a three-person behavioral interrogation team's visit to Abu Zubaydah's holding compound and "evolving" interrogation room. It includes details of the team's suggestions for cell modifications, including "the ...
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 ...
State Department cable concerning a gentleman who approached the embassy to inquire about his son’s status in U.S. custody at Guantanamo. The father stated that he formed a group of detainee families to act collectively to seek information, ...
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 ...