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. 29, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3938
This State Department Cable is entitled "Subject: International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Detainee Access." There is no other discernible information or context.
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Richard A. Boucher
Feb. 10, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3939
This State Department cable provides talking points for US mission & Embassy officials to inform foreign governments about the transfer of their citizens/nationals to Guantanamo after they were picked-up on the battle field of Afghanistan. It ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, Richard A. Boucher, Pierre-Richard Prosper, Ronald W. Miller
Mar. 22, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3941
This State Department cable provides talking points for US mission & Embassy officials to inform foreign governments about the transfer of their citizens/nationals to Guantanamo after they were picked-up on the battle field of Afghanistan. It ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, Richard A. Boucher, Pierre-Richard Prosper, Ronald W. Miller, JoAnn J. Dolan
Jan. 25, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3977
DOS Cable re: Secretary of State Powell's January 25, 2003 Meeting with International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) President Kellenberger. Heavily redacted: Simply states that Powell met with Kellenberger in Davos on June 25 (which seems to ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, Richard A. Boucher, Craig A. Kelly
Mar. 24, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4079
Emails discuss and refer to press guidances for Richard Boucher.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
James Burger
JoAnn J. Dolan
Charles L. Daris, James Burger , JoAnn J. Dolan, Himamauli Das, Richard A. Boucher, Steven A. Solomon, Joshua L. Dorosin, Edward R. Cummings, Waldo W. Brooks
May 07, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4108
Email from JoAnn Dolan to Steve A. Solomon, Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin with attachment entitled PG-GTMO. The comments are "In response to your request for anything official from the Dept on the stepped up review and release of gitmo ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Steve A. Solomon | Edward R. Cummings | Joshua L. Dorosin
Richard A. Boucher, JoAnn J. Dolan, Edward R. Cummings, Steven A. Solomon, Joshua L. Dorosin, Monica J. Tillery
Mar. 22, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4989
State Department Cable Subject: Transfer of Detainees to Guantanamo, March 21, 2003. No further information or content
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Richard A. Boucher
Mar. 19, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4327
DOS Cable re: State Department Press Statement. Document Contains Press Statements on the Regional Securities Ministerial Meeting held in Bogota, Columbia; A bi-lateral statement by the U.S. and Mexico on climate change; and the Canadian prime ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Cable
Richard A. Boucher
Richard A. Boucher
June 17, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4360
State Department cable giving a summary of meeting between Sec. Powell and Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh. FM Lindh praised the current U.S. efforts in the Middle East and assured Sec. Powell that the Europeans will do what they can to help ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, Richard A. Boucher, Henry Bisharat, Craig A. Kelly , Beth Jones
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