DOS Cable re: International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Delivers a Verbal Note on "Rights and Duties of the U.S. as an Occupying Power. the cable is mostly redacted.
This email from JoAnn Dolan forwards a letter received by the U.S. Mission from an attorney representing a Guantanamo Detainee. The letter requests that the detainee be given access to counsel and to have the charges and legal justification for ...
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Linda Watt | Brent E. Blaschke | Priscilla G. Hernandez | Alexander Karagiannis | Eliana Davidson
JoAnn J. Dolan, Linda Watt, Brent E. Blaschke , Eliana Davidson
JoAnn J. Dolan
Linda Watt | Brent E. Blaschke | Priscilla G. Hernandez | Alexander Karagiannis | Eliana Davidson
JoAnn J. Dolan, Linda Watt, Brent E. Blaschke , Eliana Davidson
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.
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
State Department cable concerning a meeting with Saudi officials where they discussed Iraq; the Guantanamo detainees; and Kuwaitis streaming in to Saudi Arabia. The Saudis expressed concern over the occupation of Iraq because Iraqi sovereignty is ...
Email exchanes concerning the Sec. of State's upcoming testimony. Heavily redacted.
An OLC memo from Steven Bradbury to John Rizzo analyzing whether certain conditions of confinement used by the CIA in covert overseas facilities are consistent with Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions. The conditions are: (1) ...
Aug. 24, 2009
Legal Memo, Letter
Steven G. Bradbury
John A. Rizzo
John A. Rizzo, Steven G. Bradbury
Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Hooding/Goggling, Other Humiliation, Forced grooming
Legal Memo, Letter
Steven G. Bradbury
John A. Rizzo
John A. Rizzo, Steven G. Bradbury
Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Hooding/Goggling, Other Humiliation, Forced grooming
Email from Tamara K. Fitgerald to Winston E. Mann, Katherine M. Gorove and Sandra L. Hodgkinson re: Final Ramcharan Report on Iraq
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Tamara K. Fitzgerald
Winston E. Mann | Katherine M. Gorove | Sandra L. Hodgkinson | Richard Pregent
Katherine M. Gorove
Tamara K. Fitzgerald
Winston E. Mann | Katherine M. Gorove | Sandra L. Hodgkinson | Richard Pregent
Katherine M. Gorove
State Department cable concerning Sec. of State Powell's upcoming meeting with the Swiss Foreign Minister Calmy-Rey. Document mostly redacted.
Email exchanes concerning the Sec. of State's upcoming testimony.