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Sept. 30, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4627
This is a State Department talking points memo on how to address the issues of detainees and detainee abuse. It references speeches and interviews that President Bush and other administration officials have given to describe and give context as ...
Nov. 23, 2004
Non-legal Memo
George W. Bush, Scott McClellan, Mark Traecey Patrick Kimmitt, L. Paul Bremer, Colin L. Powell, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Condoleeza Rice
May 24, 2004 | CIA | ACLU-RDI 5084
CIA printout of Third Geneva Convention, as available on the Yale Law Avalon Project's website.
DOS | ACLU-RDI 4388
State department cable concerning a visit to Stockholm by Amb. Pierre-Richard Prosper. Amb. Prosper met with senior Swedish officials and refuted arguments that U.S. acting outside international law because the detainees are unlawful or illegal ...
Dec. 23, 2004
Cable
Pierre-Richard Prosper
Apr. 15, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4142
DOS Memo re: Talking Points on Draft Resolution on the Question of Arbitrary Detentions in the Area of the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo. Commission on Human Rights draft resolution requesting clarification on the living conditions and status of ...
July 23, 2004 | Legislative | ACLU-RDI 3680
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 ...
Oct. 15, 2004
Letter
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Colin L. Powell
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Colin L. Powell
DOS | ACLU-RDI 4370
State Department talking points on the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo. The main points being made are: 1) All accusations of mistreatment are taken seriously and fully investigated; 2) Torture and other forms of cruel treatment committed by ...
Dec. 23, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Ronald W. Miller
George W. Bush, Ronald W. Miller, Rexon Y. Ryu, JoAnn J. Dolan
Aug. 23, 2007 | OLC | ACLU-RDI 4555

A letter from the OLC providing legal advice regarding the continued use of sleep deprivation on a detainee. It concludes that continued use would be consistent with all applicable law, and that "the continuation of the technique ...

Aug. 24, 2009
Legal Memo, Letter
Steven G. Bradbury
Steven G. Bradbury, John A. Rizzo
EIT, Sleep deprivation
Mar. 13, 2002 | OLC | ACLU-RDI 4542

An OLC memo concluding that, “the President has plenary constitutional authority, as the commander in chief, to transfer such individuals who are held and captured outside the United States to the control of another country.” ...

Mar. 02, 2009
Legal Memo
Jay S. Bybee
William J. Haynes, II
Jay S. Bybee, William J. Haynes, II, Alberto R. Gonzales, John C. Yoo, Robert J. Delahunty, Patrick Philbin
May 24, 2004 | CIA | ACLU-RDI 5086
CIA printed copy of Fourth Geneva Convention as stored on the website of the Yale Law School's Avalon Project.
June 09, 2004 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 4011
A letter from Netta Voutilainen of Amnisty International to Sec. of State Powell expressing concern for Mohammed Jassem 'Abd al-'Issawi, detained in Abu Ghraib since 12/17/03. Ms. Voutilainen askes "to be informed why he has been detained; and I ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Netta Voutilainen
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, George W. Bush, Donald H. Rumsfeld, L. Paul Bremer, Bonnie McElveen-Hunter