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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This Army operations report details a house raid in the Tahrir district of Baghdad. The report states "Conducted raid on home. Received small arms fire from roof as we were conducting the front door entry. Also received fire inside the building. ...
This memo discusses an official's appointment to Investigating Officer for the purpose of conducting a formal investigation, pursuant to Army Regulation 15-6, into the circumstances surrounding the release of a civilian detainee from the Warhorse ...
Memo from an Investigating Officer requesting an extension of an Army Regulation (AR) 15-6 investigation.
This document is part of a larger document. The contents of this document are: “Recommendations: (Appointment Letter Dated 25 November 2003) as of 4 DEC 03 - No further investigation. Detainee received injury when his head hit a board on the ...
This Army memo identifies the interpreter and interrogator an investigating officer used for an Army Regulation 15-6 (Procedures for Investigating Officers and Boards of Officers investigation) investigations.
This memo discusses an official's appointment to Investigating Officer for the purpose of conducting a formal investigation, pursuant to Army Regulation 15-6, into the circumstances surrounding the capture and detention of three Iraqis (a man and ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Non-legal Memo
Physical assault, General, Other
This is an Army memo discussing a phone conversation an investigating officer had with a reporter with Reuters concerning footage the reporter recorded while accompanying the Alpha Company, 588th Battalion on a November 22, 2003 raid.
This Army memo includes five letters of reprimand issued to Army officers, a Major, Captain, Second Lieutenant, First Sergeant and a Staff Sergeant, assigned to the Alpha Company, 588th Engineers Battalion. The reprimands were issued after an ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Non-legal Memo
Other
This memo is a legal review of the Army Regulation 15-6 investigation into the death of Zaid Muhammed Tariq, an Iraqi national detainee. On August 22, 2003, at the "(Dakota) Detention Facility," officers found Mr. Tariq on the floor of his cell ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File (AR 15-6)
Martin E. Dempsey
Zaid Muhammed Tariq
This document is a US Army Press Release of August 16, 2004. the Press Release discussing a new review process that incorporates the interim Iraqi government's Ministries of Justice, Interior and Human Rights.
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo, Other
Frank E. Schmelzer , Barry Johnson