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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RelevanceDateRelease Date
Sept. 02, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4090
Emails discuss a summary on standards of interrogation of detainees at Guantanamo. [Document not included].
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
David W. Bowker
Joshua L. Dorosin | JoAnn J. Dolan
David W. Bowker, Joshua L. Dorosin, JoAnn J. Dolan, Odell C. Dehart, Charles L. Daris, David A. Kaye, James H. Thessin, Edward R. Cummings, Samuel M. Witten
Mar. 31, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3959
This State Department memo addresses the issue of transferring and repatriating the Guantanamo detainees against the requirements of the Geneva Convention. The memo highlights the Geneva Convention provision which states, in part, "POWs shall be ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo
David W. Bowker
David W. Bowker, William Howard Taft, IV, James H. Thessin, Edward R. Cummings, Brent E. Blaschke
Mar. 18, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3798
This is a DOS Routing and Transmittal Slip for DOS Officials to initial - re: UK Detainees at Guantanamo Bay: Application for Judicial Review
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Jonathan B. Schwartz
JoAnn J. Dolan | Ed Cummings | David Kaye
JoAnn J. Dolan, Evan T. Bloom, David W. Bowker, Edward R. Cummings, Andre M. Surena, David A. Kaye
Mar. 18, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3755
This is a DOS Routing and Transmittal Slip for DOS Officials to initial - re: UK Detainees at Guantanamo Bay: Application for Judicial Review
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Jonathan B. Schwartz
JoAnn J. Dolan | Ed Cummings | David Kaye
JoAnn J. Dolan, Evan T. Bloom, David W. Bowker, Edward R. Cummings, Andre M. Surena, David A. Kaye
Nov. 16, 2001 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3659
Letter refers to an attached memo regarding the historical treatment of detainees. [Letter is not included].
Nov. 23, 2004
Letter
Evan T. Bloom
William J. Haynes, II, Todd F. Buchwald, David W. Bowker, Joshua L. Dorosin, Harry R. Melone, Eric J. Pelofsky, Mary Comfort, Andre M. Surena, David Kay, Evan T. Bloom, Edward R. Cummings