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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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 29, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 4053
Emails discuss and include John Yoo's Wall Street Journal op-ed entitled "Terrorists Have No Geneva Rights."
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
John C. Yoo, David P. Stewart, JoAnn J. Dolan, Harry R. Melone, George W. Bush
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
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
July 15, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4060
DOS Cover Sheet for a petition from Ambassador Roger F. Noriega to Executive Secretary of the OAS, Santiago Canton. [Petition not incuded].
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Roger F. Noriega
Santiago Canton
Roger F. Noriega, 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
Aug. 18, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4162
Cover sheet for memo to Condoleeza Rice and Richard L. Armitage, the cover sheet asks Armitage-Rice to coordinate the state's response to the attached/enclosed memo. [Memo is not included].
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Saadia Sarkis
Condoleeza Rice | Richard L. Armitage
Daniel B. Smith, Saadia Sarkis, Condoleeza Rice, Harry R. Melone, Richard Lee Armitage
Sept. 13, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4163
Email discusses using an informal approach with Matt Waxman in order to have him provide a briefing on U.S. detainee policy in Afghanistan to Mahmoud Cherif Bassiouni.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Molly C. Phee
Yvette M. Wong | Mark P. Lagon | Brigid R. Weiller
Matthew C. Waxman, Molly C. Phee, Joshua L. Dorosin, Monica J. Tillery, Yvette M. Wong, Mark P. Lagon, Brigid R. Weiller, Harry R. Melone, Lynn M. Sicade
Sept. 01, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4164
No relevant text.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Edward R. Cummings
Steven A. Solomon | JoAnn J. Dolan | Joshua L. Dorosin
Monica J. Tillery, Edward R. Cummings, Steven A. Solomon, Joshua L. Dorosin, Harry R. Melone