Questionnaire asked the Staff Sergeant thirty-seven questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. Staff Sergeant stated no standards, only "experience" to conduct interrogation. Also, responded that new ...
Letter from Margaret P. Grafeld, DOS to Amrit Singh, ACLU re: the ACLU's FOIA Request. The letter states that the document production requested is being complied with in some parts and denied or withheld in part.
State Department cable concerning a meeting with the French Foreign Minister Hubert Colin de Verdiere. Mr. de Verdiere expressed concerns over a United Nations Security Council resolution on Iraq; the treatment of several French citizens in the ...
States U.S. policy on the treatment of Guantanamo detainees, dietary provisions, U.S. position on physical and mental abuse of detainees, ICRC access to detainees, long-term housing, unavailability of POW status to detainees and brief summary of ...
This document (identical to ACLU-RDI 4589, 4590, and 4593) is an undated draft memo from the OLC analyzing whether the CIA interrogation program would violate Article 16 of the Convention Against Torture. The document argues that they do not ...
An OLC summary of three OLC opinions issued to the CIA in May 2005 regarding the legality of the CIA's interrogation program. Those three opinions are listed as "Related Documents." [OLC Vaughn Index # 164]
Aug. 24, 2009
Legal Memo
EIT, SERE, Use of water, Waterboarding, Water dousing, Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, Stomach/abdominal slap, Attention grasp, Facial hold, Walling, Stress positions, Cramped confinement, Sleep deprivation, Dietary manipulation, Nudity
Legal Memo
EIT, SERE, Use of water, Waterboarding, Water dousing, Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, Stomach/abdominal slap, Attention grasp, Facial hold, Walling, Stress positions, Cramped confinement, Sleep deprivation, Dietary manipulation, Nudity
State Department cable with talking points to address concerns of foreign governments about their citizens being held at Guantanamo. The cable states; 1) These individuals pose a threat to the United States and international peace and security ...
This State Department letter is from Paul V. Kelly, Assistant Secretary Legal Affairs, DOS to Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)concerning an article in the Washington Post dated December 26, 2002 concerning U.S. interrogation methods. Mr. Kelly is ...
Dec. 02, 2004
Letter
Paul V. Kelly
Jeff Bingaman
Paul V. Kelly, Jesse Francis Bingaman, Jr., Paula J. Dobriansky
Letter
Paul V. Kelly
Jeff Bingaman
Paul V. Kelly, Jesse Francis Bingaman, Jr., Paula J. Dobriansky
This document is an undated draft memorandum analyzing whether the McCain Amendment would prevent the CIA from using its "enhanced interrogation techniques." The memo concludes that the McCain Amendment would not do so because (1) ...
Aug. 24, 2009
Legal Memo
John McCain
EIT, SERE, Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, Stomach/abdominal slap, Attention grasp, Facial hold, Stress positions, Sleep deprivation, Dietary manipulation, Nudity
Legal Memo
John McCain
EIT, SERE, Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, Stomach/abdominal slap, Attention grasp, Facial hold, Stress positions, Sleep deprivation, Dietary manipulation, Nudity
Letter from William F. Schultz, Executive Director, Amnesty International to U.S. President George W. Bush re: Human Rights in Afghanistan.