After September 11, 2001, U.S. officials authorized the cruel treatment and torture of prisoners held in Afghanistan, Iraq, Guantanamo, and the CIA's secret prisons overseas.

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Jan. 17, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4198
Cable is a message from the President expressing the U.S. government's concern about the economic crisis Argentina is currently facing. The President also stated that the U.S. stands ready to assist/support Argentina. Also, a press guidance is ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
George W. Bush, Sharon E. Ahmad
June 24, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4195
Memo is a press guidance that discusses the State Department's release and withholding of documents/memos.
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo
George W. Bush, Charles L. Daris
Feb. 08, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4196
DOS Daily Press Briefing Index. Lists topics to be discussed included, Terrorism- Detainees at Guantanamo/Geneva Convention/International International Committee for the Red Cross/Australia situation.
Dec. 30, 2004
Chart/List
Richard Boucher
Richard A. Boucher, Beth Jones, Charles L. Daris
Apr. 11, 2003 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 4193
Press release from the International Committee of the Red Cross regarding the "chaos" in Baghdad and other parts of Iraq. The ICRC urgently appeals to the Coalition forces and all other persons in authority to do everything possible to protect ...
May 13, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 4194
Memo includes excerpts from an ICRC press statement on the U.S. government's detention policies. The ICRC's President asked the U.S. to institute due legal process and to make significant changes for the more than 600 detainees being held in ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Charles L. Daris, Margaret J. Pollack, Carol T. Santos
Mar. 24, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4190
This press guidance sets forth the rights of POWs under the Geneva convention.
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Charles L. Daris
Mar. 27, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4191
Memo, among other things, describes the U.S. government's application of the Geneva Convention with respect to the War on Terrorism and differentiates the U.S. government's treatment of detainees from the Iraq's treatment of American detainees.
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo
JoAnn J. Dolan | Ronald W. Miller
JoAnn J. Dolan, Ronald W. Miller, William Howard Taft, IV, James H. Thessin, Edward R. Cummings, Gregory W. Sullivan, Rhonda H. Shore, Charles L. Daris
Apr. 11, 2003 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 4192
ICRC press release announcing its renewed assurance of its highest consideration for the Permanent Mission of the U.S.
Dec. 30, 2004
Other
Charles L. Daris
Feb. 11, 2002 | ACLU-RDI 4187
State Department memo is a press guidance/talking points from the DOS discussing the reasons why the U.S. will not release the ICRC's report on the treatment of Guantanamo detainees.
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo
David W. Bowker | Edward R. Cummings
Charles L. Daris, David W. Bowker, Edward R. Cummings
Feb. 07, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4184
The memo appears to be the Press Secretary's talking points for a press statement. The statement appears to address the President's stance on treating detainees according to the principles of the Geneva Convention.
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Ari Fleischer
George W. Bush, Ari Fleischer, Charles L. Daris