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June 14, 2004 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 560

This is a List/Chart of fifteen (15) pending cases for NCIS Team Iraq as of June 14, 2004.

Dec. 02, 2003 | CID | ACLU-RDI 561
These emails are between Army CID and Navy NCIS investigators concerning the policy for reporting criminal investigations during contingency operations and specifically hostile fire deaths. The Army CID Investigator provides the Standard ...
Aug. 27, 2003 | CID | ACLU-RDI 562
These emails are from an Army CID officer concerned about where to conduct an autopsy in the event a detainee dies in custody. The question was over transporting the body to the United States and what ramifications that might have. The email ...
Dec. 19, 2003 | CID | ACLU-RDI 563
These emails are between Army CID and Navy NCIS investigators concerning the policy for reporting criminal investigations during contingency operations and specifically hostile fire deaths. The Army CID Investigator provides the Standard ...
June 25, 2004 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 564
These are emails between Navy NCIS investigators discussing the death of a detainee in Iraq and who will lead the investigation. The death involved a US Marine detachment and the question was if Army CID or Navy NCIS would lead. Army CID is lead ...
June 02, 2004 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 565
These emails are between Navy NCIS investigators tracking down a Navy Military Working Dog (MWD) handler and follows-up to ask whether CID HQ came through with any information on the MWD who gave statement to Army CID but wasn’t implicated in any ...
Dec. 14, 2001 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3552

This State Department cable is captioned "Subject: Prosecution of Non-Afghanis Fighting With Al Qaeda Or Taliban" but contains no discernible information on the subject matter.

Nov. 23, 2004
Cable
William E. Landfair
Dec. 28, 2001 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3554
State Department Action Cable with talking points about detentions at Guantanamo Bay of Al-Queada terrorists.
Nov. 23, 2004
Cable
Edward H. Goff
Jan. 02, 2005 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3556
This State Department Cable is entitled "Subject: Visit to Qandahar: Focus on Detainees" with no discernible information on its contents.
DOS | ACLU-RDI 3557
State Department Talking Points memo on the use of Guantanamo Bay as a detention facility for Al Qaida and Taliban detainees. The memo provides some background information on the decision to use Guantanamo, including the legislative context and ...
Nov. 23, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Arlen Specter