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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Apr. 05, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3569
This email contains a forwarded email from Linda Watt, Foreign Policy Advisor, SOUTHCOM, about the construction of the detainee facilities at Guantanamo. It states how many detainees will be housed there and the expectation of the resumption of ...
Nov. 23, 2004
Email
Linda Watt, Gregory M. Suchan, Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Gordon Gray, Chris Duvall, Brent E. Blaschke , James J. Carragher
May 01, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3570
This State Department Cable is entitled "Subject: May 1 Transfer of Detainees to Guantanamo". There is no other discernible information or context.
Apr. 28, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3571
State Department Inter-Agency document Cover letter, no attachment; no content.
Nov. 23, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Colin L. Powell, Condoleeza Rice
Dec. 10, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3572
This is a State Department cable containing an Action Message that states the US Government is gathering information on the identities and nationalities of detainees found in the conflict zone of Afghanistan, but is not sharing that information ...
Jan. 14, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3573
State Department cable with talking points concerning non-Afghani detainees picked-up on the battlefield of Afghanistan. The cable describes how the US intends to treat the legal status and prosecution of the detainees and appears to give ...
Jan. 17, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3574
This State Department cable is a report on detainees as well as an assessment of the ground situation in Afghanistan. The cable focuses on a description of the Qandahar airport holding facility holding the Cuba-bound al-Qaida and Taliban ...
Nov. 23, 2004
Cable
Zalmay Mamozy Khalilzad
Zalmay Mamozy Khalilzad, Colin L. Powell, Condoleeza Rice, Stephen Hadley, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz
Jan. 02, 2005 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3575
This State department cable is providing an up and status on the transfer of detainees from Afghanistan to Guantanamo. The detainees scheduled for transfer were complicated by protesters and Human Rights Chamber which purportedly issued an ...
Jan. 24, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3577
This State Department memo provides breakdown by nationality of 27 Bagram detainees; states that “Bagram is a temporary ‘collection center’ where some detainees stop over en route to their permanent location.  The conditions at Bagram are ...
Nov. 23, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Gregory M. Suchan
Gregory M. Suchan, Richard Lee Armitage
Feb. 01, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3578
This State Department cable provides talking points concerning informing foreign governments about the transfer of their citizens/nationals to Guantanamo after they were picked-up on the battle field of Afghanistan. The information is on the ...
Nov. 23, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Pierre-Richard Prosper
Pierre-Richard Prosper
Feb. 08, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3579
This State Department cable provides talking points concerning informing foreign governments about the transfer of their citizens/nationals to Guantanamo after they were picked-up on the battle field of Afghanistan. The information is on the ...
Nov. 23, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Brent E. Blaschke
Brent E. Blaschke , Colin L. Powell, Debra L. Cagan, Gregory M. Suchan