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Jan. 15, 2002 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 3671
State Department talking points memo on addressing the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo. The memo poses potential questions and answers to be given in response.
Dec. 02, 2004
Non-legal Memo
David A. Kaye, Evan T. Bloom
DOS | ACLU-RDI 3673
State Department talking points memo on addressing the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo. The memo gives guidance on addressing: Factual Inquiries Concerning welfare/whereabouts of individual detainees; Mail delivery; Visits of a Consular ...
DOS | ACLU-RDI 4643
This memo discusses the inordinate strain that has been placed on U.S. military resources due to the detention of enemy combatants. The memo briefly explains that other coalition members should be willing to bear a portion of the burden as they ...
Dec. 02, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Sharon E. Ahmad
DOS | ACLU-RDI 4644
This memo appears to be talking points regarding the rights of detainees at Guantanamo.
Dec. 02, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Sharon E. Ahmad
July 06, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4645

This email is a forward of a July 4, 2004 article in the New York Times entitled "Officials Detail A Detainee Deal By 3 Countries" which makes the claim that the U.S. released certain detainees from Guantanamo in consideration fro ...

Dec. 02, 2004
Email
Tom Malionek
Lois Allder | John Blanck
JoAnn J. Dolan
Aug. 03, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4646
This State Department document is a point-by-point response to an opinion (not enclosed) by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the United Nations former Commission on Human Rights, to the U.S. detention of Al Qaeda operatives and others ...
Feb. 11, 2003 | Legislative | ACLU-RDI 4650
This Letter from Senator Jeff Bingaman, (D-NM) is an inquiry to State Department Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky concerning a Washington Post article published on December 26, 2002 which described U.S. interrogation methods ...
Dec. 02, 2004
Letter
Jeff Bingaman
Paula Dobriansky
Jesse Francis Bingaman, Jr., Paula J. Dobriansky
May 28, 2004 | Legislative | ACLU-RDI 4651
This document is a request by Rep. Ike Skelton to the State Department Subject: Requesting when the Department was advised of the February 2004 report of the International Committee of the Red Cross on the mistreatment of the detainees in Iraq
Dec. 02, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Ike Skelton
Isaac Newton Skelton IV
May 21, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4652
This document is a cover page for an underlying document. It indicates whether the underlying document requires a signature from Paul Kelly. No indication as to what the underlying document is.
Dec. 02, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Paul V. Kelly
Peggy Cifrino
Paul V. Kelly
| ACLU-RDI