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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Deleted Page Information Sheet
This FBI memo describes the workgroup that brings together Behavioral Analysis Unit personnel in order to incorporate their skills and experience in to a practical guide for personnel involved in conducting interviews of Al-Qaeda and Taliban ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Frankie Battle
Deleted page information sheet that references "Detainees 2733-2736" and "Detainees 2753-2756."
The document contains two electronic communications that relate to Guantanamo (attachments not provided).
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Pasquale D'Amuro, Andrew Arena
The document discusses the Joint Intelligence Interrogation Facility (JIIF) at Guantanamo and the various investigative agencies that are assisting in interviewing and building cases against detainees.
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Pasquale D'Amuro
These are emails between FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit and FBI officials stateside. The email is an update on the BAU’s progress and activities while at working with other agencies at Guantanamo The author mentions that they are continuing to ...
These emails are personal messages between FBI agents, one stateside and one at Guantanamo. the one who is stateside received a call from a former AUSA from the Newark, NJ office who passes on warm regards to the agent at Guantanamo. The email ...
The document describes how the author received more training with DHS interrogators and JTF-170 BSCT (Behavioral Science Consultation Team). The email states "We will see how this shakes out, but. got a sense that they will really kick into ...
This series of emails discusses the addition of ATF agents in the interrogation of Guantanamo detainees. it also lays out the new interrogation plan of assigning specific detainees to agents for a continuous interrogation relationship.
This email refers to Guantanamo. The only unredacted text in the document is: "This is totally unacceptable, if in fact it is occurring. Please advise."
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Stephen R. Wiley
Stephen R. Wiley