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 ...
State Department cable synopsizing a meeting between Sec. Powell and Swiss Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Diess concerning the geneval Conventions application to the Guantanamo detainees.
State Department cable discusses the Swiss National Council's (lower house of parliament) declaration to other nations that they continue to respect the Geneva Conventions as "indisputable mimimum standards that may not be qualified under any ...
State Department cable stating that describing how information on U.S. military commissions will be applied to the detainees at Guantanamo was being sent to Swiss Foreign Minister Poldir Sven-Olof. Heavily redacted.
This cable sent from the Paris Mission sent to State Department Headquarters with the following synopsis: “On March 19, 2002, post received a letter addressed to the Ambassador from the attorneys of the families of detainees who are allegedly in ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
JoAnn J. Dolan, Colin L. Powell, Bruce Swartz, John B. Bellinger, III, Eliana Davidson
Cable
Colin L. Powell
JoAnn J. Dolan, Colin L. Powell, Bruce Swartz, John B. Bellinger, III, Eliana Davidson
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 ...
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 ...