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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Aug. 05, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3239
Requests impersonation matter be reassigned to CID, Violent Crimes Section (VCS) Special Jurisdiction Unit (SJU) for FBI HQ oversight. Mostly redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Arthur M. Cummings, II
Manipulation of interrogator’s identity
Dec. 05, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3156
The author of the email is informing Frankie Battle that DOD interrogators have been impersonating FBI agents during their interrogastions. He/she states that "DOD interrogators [have been] impersonating Supervisory Special Agents of the ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Gary M. Bald | Frankie Battle | Arthur M. Cummings, II
Manipulation of interrogator’s identity
FBI | ACLU-RDI 3024
FBI Memo concerning FBI personal's knowledge and documentation of detainee and prisoner abuse in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Antonio Taguba
Use of water, Other, Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, General, Use of electricity, Stress positions, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Religious, Manipulation of interrogator’s identity, Other
June 23, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3021

Email refers to request by TJ Harrington to speak to General Miller regarding the impersonation of FBI interrogators and requests specific dates and details.

[Page 2 of this document was later released in less-redacted form, and is ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Thomas J. Harrington, Geoffrey D. Miller
Manipulation of interrogator’s identity
Jan. 20, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 3019
DOD email concering the outcome of a June 2003 investigation of an incident where Defence Intellience Aagency officials impersonated FBI agents when interviewing detainees at Guantanamo.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Thomas J. Harrington, Geoffrey D. Miller
Manipulation of interrogator’s identity
Jan. 21, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 3020
Email questioning the correctness of using of non-FBI personal to impersonate FBI agents when interviewing detainees at Guantanamo. The email states "When I was in the unit in December, I thought we agreed to take everything out of the EC that ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Marion E. Bowman
Manipulation of interrogator’s identity
Nov. 25, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 3018
Memorandum stating that DIA interrogators at Guantanamo mis-represented themselves as FBI officials when interrogating detainees at Guantanamo.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
David E. Nahmias, Valerie E. Caproni, Geoffrey D. Miller
Manipulation of interrogator’s identity
FBI | ACLU-RDI 2912
Email regarding the alleged impersonation of FBI Agents at Guantanamo.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Manipulation of interrogator’s identity
Feb. 09, 2005 | DOA | SOUTHCOM | ACLU-RDI 2352
Summarized witness statement of a Sargent stationed at Guantanamo from August 2003 to February 2003. He was an interrogator for the Special Projects Team. The Sargent stated that during his interrogations he “never impersonated an FBI agent or ...
June 15, 2006
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
John T. Furlow
John T. Furlow
Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Manipulation of interrogator’s identity
Mar. 22, 2005 | DOA | SOUTHCOM | ACLU-RDI 2350
Summarized witness statement of a Lt. Col. who was the former Interrogation Control Element (ICE) Chief at Guantanamo for the first week in December 2002 and re-deployed at end of June 2003. When asked about detainee abuse alleged to have ...
June 15, 2006
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Geoffrey D. Miller, Donald H. Rumsfeld
SERE, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Temperature, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Manipulation of interrogator’s identity