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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Jan. 06, 2004 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 3744
Letter from Christophe Girod, International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) to William H. Taft IV, DOS re: Situation of Persons Detained in Afghanistan. The letter references a Note sent to other U.S. Officials and states "This Note and the ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Christophe Girod
William Howard Taft, IV
William Howard Taft, IV, Charles A. Allen, John B. Bellinger, III, Mike McKinley, Shirin Tahir-Kheli
Mar. 09, 2004 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 3746
Fax and letter from International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Delegation Christophe Girod to William Howard Taft, IV of the State Department re: Repatriation of seven nationals of the Russian Federation from Guantanamo on 2/27/04.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Christophe Girod
William Howard Taft, IV
William Howard Taft, IV, Charles A. Allen, John B. Bellinger, III
Mar. 26, 2004 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 3747
Fax cover sheet from International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of the Legal DivIsIon, Jean-Philippe Lavoyer, to William Taft, legal advisor, DOS re: Letter from Francois Bugnion, Director for International Law and Cooperation within ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Jean-Philippe Lavoyer
William Howard Taft, IV
William Howard Taft, IV
Mar. 26, 2004 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 3769
Fax cover sheet from Jean-Philippe Lavoyer to State Department legal Advisor Taftr forwarding a communique from Francios Bugnlon, Director for international Law and Cooperation within the Movement (attachment not included).
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Jean-Philippe Lavoyer
William Howard Taft, IV
William Howard Taft, IV
Oct. 10, 2001 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3919
State Department Routing and Transmittal Slip from Evan T. Bloom to William Howard Taft, IV re: Papers for your review Amb. Prosper would like to send this out to other agencies for clearance this afternoon.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Evan T. Bloom
William Howard Taft, IV
Evan T. Bloom, William Howard Taft, IV, Pierre-Richard Prosper
Feb. 19, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3950
This email from JoAnn Dolan forwardeding a transcript of UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw's statements regarding UK citizens detained at Guantanamo.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
William Howard Taft, IV | Ronald W. Miller | Thomas Dukes | Ed Cummings | James H. Thessin | Todd F. Buchwald | Joshua L. Dorosin
JoAnn J. Dolan, William Howard Taft, IV, Ronald W. Miller, Thomas Dukes, Karen L. Hecker, James H. Thessin, Edward R. Cummings, Todd F. Buchwald, Joshua L. Dorosin, Laura H. Parsky
May 03, 2004 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 3991
Letter from Cristophe Girod, International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC), to William Howard Taft IV re: Working Paper on ICRC Sixth Visit to the internment facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, between January 26 th and March 8th 2004. Mr. ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Christophe Girod
William Howard Taft, IV
William Howard Taft, IV, Jay W. Hood, P. Michael McKinley, Charles A. Allen, John B. Bellinger, III, Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Benjamin R. Mixon
Sept. 13, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4013
Message entirely redacted except for a footnote that states "Note: The detainee's father — who has publicized his son's situation by occupying in a cage in downtown Stockholm throughout the past week — staged a protest in front of the Embassy on ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Pierre-Richard Prosper | Ronald W. Miller | William Howard Taft, IV | Brian H. Leventhal | Ed Cummings | Joshua L. Dorosin | Andre M. Surena | Todd F. Buchwald
JoAnn J. Dolan, Pierre-Richard Prosper, Ronald W. Miller, William Howard Taft, IV, Brian H. Leventhal, Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin, Andre M. Surena, Katherine M. Gorove, Todd F. Buchwald
Jan. 09, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4014
Subject line states ICRC only. Ms. Dolan's remarkes are "The cable is in on yesterday's meeting. I also have copies of the two ICRC letters referred from PRM. If anyone does not have copies already, let me know and I will get them around." ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
William Howard Taft, IV | Ronald W. Miller | Joshua L. Dorosin | Todd F. Buchwald | Waldo W. Brooks | Edward R. Cummings
JoAnn J. Dolan, William Howard Taft, IV, Ronald W. Miller, Joshua L. Dorosin, Todd F. Buchwald, Waldo W. Brooks , Edward R. Cummings
Aug. 13, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4043
Email forward of a Radio Free Asia article, in which Colin L. Powell tells RFA that the Uyghur detainees being held in Guantanamo will not be sent back to China. The article discusses allegations that the Uyghur detainees were abused/mistreated ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
William Howard Taft, IV
JoAnn J. Dolan, William Howard Taft, IV, Colin L. Powell, Sharon E. Ahmad