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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A letter from Scott Muller, general counsel of the CIA, to John Yoo, OLC, enclosing a list of legal principles applicable to the CIA's detention and interrogation of detainees, including the use of the "enhanced interrogation ...

DOS Cable re: International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Delivers a Verbal Request to Visit Guantanamo Detainees. The cable is completly redacted.
Dec. 23, 2004
Cable
Pierre-Richard Prosper, Steven A. Solomon
All REDACTED
Dec. 23, 2004
Cable
Kevin Edward Moley
State Department cable with talking points for Sec. of State Powell's presentation remarks to the UN Commissioner for Human Rights and Permanent Council Meeting in response to the comments of the EU Foreign Minister concerning the U.S. dentention ...
Dec. 23, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
State department cable with a response to the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights issuing of a report critical of the U.S. in its handling of terror suspects, specifically keeping detainees at Guantanamo. The response is in the name ...
Dec. 23, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
State Department cable to U.S. Missions and Embassies with talking points on the humanitarian situation in Iraq. The cable details the efforts the U.S. has made to ensure that civilians are not adversely impacted and that all persons are treated ...
Dec. 23, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Letter from U.S. Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis to United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights re: Report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions.
Dec. 17, 2004
Letter
Jeffrey DeLaurentis
Jeffrey DeLaurentis
Emails between JoAnn J. Dolan, Francis M. Gaffney, Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin, Todd F. Buchwald and Thomas C. Krajeski concerning draft OSCE intervention on the humanitarian situation in Iraq. the final comments from Frank Gaffney ...
Email from Jonathan Crock to JoAnn Dolan re "Saudi cable" sent to DOD. Doc not listed in DOS log.
This letter is a response to allegations by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, that the U.S. has detained individuals without bringing charges, deprived them of procedural protections, and failed to dislcose ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Jeffrey DeLaurentis
Jeffrey DeLaurentis