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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June 29, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3100
FBI E-mail from Chris Swecker to Valerie E. Caproni re: UR714/SC/Detainee Abuse. [Email is heavily redacted] Later e-mails note that decision was made at DOJ that these matters would not be investigated as Civil Rights Violations. There is ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Chris Swecker, Marion E. Bowman, John F. Curran, Joseph R. Lewis, Jana D. Monroe, Eleni P. Kalisch, Maureen Baginski, Charles Phalen, David W. Szady, Mark J. Mershon, Michael P. Sullivan
July 26, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3125

Emails between Patrick W. Kelley, Valerie E. Caproni, John F. Curran and Others re: US DOJ Executive Secretariat correspondence. Urges the AG to do all he can to ensure regular unrestricted access by the International Committee of the Red ...

Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Patrick W. Kelley
Valerie E. Caproni | John F. Curran | Marion E. Bowman | Thomas J. Harrington | Bruce J. Gebhardt | John S. Pistole
Patrick W. Kelley, Valerie E. Caproni, John F. Curran, Marion E. Bowman, Thomas J. Harrington, Jonathan I. Solomon, John S. Pistole, Maureen Baginski, Grant Ashley, Gary M. Bald, Eleni P. Kalisch, Glenn A. Fine, John D. Ashcroft, Chris Swecker, Bruce J. Gebhardt
May 27, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3137
Email chain concerning questions from Congress re: Detainee abuse allegations, Iraqi public corruption, contract fraud and Members of the House Armed Services Committee visiting Guantanamo on 5/25/2004
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Robert S. Mueller | Kenneth L. Wainstein | Eleni P. Kalisch | Cassandra M. Chandler | John F. Curran
Valerie E. Caproni, Robert S. Mueller, Kenneth L. Wainstein, Eleni P. Kalisch, Cassandra M. Chandler, John F. Curran, Kathleen E. Kennedy, Joseph R. Lewis, Chris Swecker, Laura M. Laughlin, Thomas G. Kinnally, Michael P. Sullivan
June 14, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6190
The document is an internal FBI email sent from Eleni Kalisch to FBI Director Robert Mueller, regarding an HPSCI briefing concerning detainee interrogations. The briefing included information about the yield of information from detainee ...
Email
Eleni P. Kalisch
Robert S. Mueller
Eleni P. Kalisch, Robert S. Mueller, Bruce J. Gebhardt, John S. Pistole, Gary M. Bald, Keith B. Alexander, Lowell Jacoby
Jose Padilla
Mar. 23, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6093
The document is an internal FBI email regarding the Washington Post article on FBI detainee records, specifically that the FBI release was not reviewed by the DoJ.
Email
Cassandra M. Chandler, Eleni P. Kalisch, Valerie E. Caproni
Feb. 15, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6079
The document is an internal FBI email regarding a Q&A attachment that Eleni Kalisch has made changes to.
Email
Eleni P. Kalisch
Eleni P. Kalisch
Feb. 11, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6078
The document is an internal FBI email regarding talking points about open FBI investigations relative to detainee abuse.
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Eleni P. Kalisch
Valerie E. Caproni, Eleni P. Kalisch
Dec. 30, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6064
The document is an internal FBI email regarding the Office of Inspector General's initiation of a full investigation into the FBI's handling of allegations of detainee abuse, including any FBI personnel who may have either witnessed or ...
Email
John S. Pistole
Robert S. Mueller
John S. Pistole, Robert S. Mueller, Gary M. Bald, Valerie E. Caproni, Willie T. Hulon, Cassandra M. Chandler, Eleni P. Kalisch, Toni M. Fogle, Thomas J. Harrington
Dec. 01, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6063
The document is an internal FBI email regarding a detainee's allegation of experiencing abusive treatment from two FBI agents in Afghanistan.
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
John S. Pistole
Valerie E. Caproni, John S. Pistole, Gary M. Bald, Willie T. Hulon, Robert S. Mueller, Eleni P. Kalisch, Cassandra M. Chandler, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle
June 02, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6061
The document is a redacted internal FBI email regarding allegations of abuse by private contractors at the Abu Ghurayb Prison and other detention facilities in Iraq.
Email
Eleni P. Kalisch
Robert S. Mueller | John S. Pistole | Bruce J. Gebhardt
Eleni P. Kalisch, Robert S. Mueller, Bruce J. Gebhardt, John S. Pistole