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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Aug. 13, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4050
This is a series of forwarded emails of a news article from Radio Free Asia (RFA) entitled "Powell Says U.S. Won't Send Uyghurs Back to China." Messages between recipients have been redacted. The comments of the mail recipients is redacted.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Robert X. Goldberg
JoAnn J. Dolan | Ronald W. Miller | Christopher N. Camponovo
Colin L. Powell, JoAnn J. Dolan, Ronald W. Miller, Christopher N. Camponovo, Kenneth N. Bailes
Sept. 24, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4051
An email discussing "SR responses."
Dec. 30, 2004
Email, Letter
JoAnn J. Dolan
Sarah E. Prosser
JoAnn J. Dolan, Sarah E. Prosser, Robert K. Harris, Sharon E. Ahmad, Patrick Philbin
July 12, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4052
No relevant text.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Edward R. Cummings
Joshua L. Dorosin | JoAnn J. Dolan | Waldo W. Brooks | Todd F. Buchwald | Ronald J. Bettauer
Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin, JoAnn J. Dolan, Waldo W. Brooks , Todd F. Buchwald, Harry R. Melone, Ronald J. Bettauer
May 13, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4054
Statement on International Humanitarian Law and Respect for Human Rights by Douglas Davidson. His statement condemns the allegations of abuse at Abu Ghraib and states that the allegations will be investigated and that offenders will be punished ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Interview (Statement)
Douglas Davidson
Douglas Davidson, Harry R. Melone, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Mark Traecey Patrick Kimmitt, Geoffrey D. Miller, George W. Bush
May 16, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4055
Emails discuss a news article and a Meet the Press interview. The original email states "Newsweek reports that they have obtained a series of OLC memos from the fall of 2001 forward, quotes a State Department lawyer as saying "we were horrified" ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
JoAnn J. Dolan | Edward R. Cummings | Todd F. Buchwald | James H. Thessin
JoAnn J. Dolan, Edward R. Cummings, Todd F. Buchwald, James H. Thessin, Alberto R. Gonzales, Colin L. Powell, William Howard Taft, IV, John C. Yoo
May 15, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 4056
Email's subject reads Interrogation Rules of Engagement. [Includes a photograph/text that is indecipherable].
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
JoAnn J. Dolan
May 05, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4057
Email includes a link of a military report, http://www.nprorg/iraq/2004/prison_abuse_report.pdf, which is the Article 15-6 Investigation of the 800th Military Police Brigade.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Joan M. Sherer
Joan Sherer
Mar. 04, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4058
Email refers to an Inter-American Commission on Human Rights brief. [Brief is not included].
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Nina E. Schou
JoAnn J. Dolan, Nina E Schou, Harry R. Melone
Mar. 04, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4059
Email refers to an Inter-American Commission on Human Rights reply brief. [Brief is not included].
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Nina E. Schou
JoAnn J. Dolan, Nina E Schou, Harry R. Melone
Oct. 18, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4061
Email refers to a brief filed by the U.S. Mission to the Organization of American States. [Brief is not included].
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
JoAnn J. Dolan, Harry R. Melone