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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State Department talking points on 1) Isreal/Palestinians: Roadmap Progress; 2) Iraq: World Bank loans for reconstruction; 3) Iraq: Appointment of governing council President, return of Iraqi refugees, Amnesty International report on internal ...
Dec. 23, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell
State Department talking points on 1) Isreal/Palestinians: Roadmap Progress; 2) Iraq: World Bank loans for reconstruction; 3) Iraq: Appointment of governing council President, return of Iraqi refugees, Amnesty International report on internal ...
Dec. 23, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell
Log Book for the 72nd Military Police Company at Abu Ghraib Prison, Aug. 2003
Appointment of investigating officer for allegations of detainee mistreatment during Operation Thunder Payback at Ramadi Palace, Iraq – July 11-12, 2003. The appointment letter incorrectly states the date of the operation and events as July 29, ...
Email states "I just briefed the SAC on your e-mail." and "I will talk to SC Battle as soon as possible upon his return from OCONUS travel on Sunday 8/3 unless he calls me before then. I'll also try to reach you by phone. I'll keep you posted." ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Frankie Battle
This cable seems to provide the Director of Central Intelligence's guidelines for the operation of detention facilities, and specifically for COBALT, a CIA black site in Northern Kabul, Afghanistan. Almost everything but the acknowledgement is ...
Dec. 20, 2016
Non-legal Memo, Cable
George J. Tenet
Detainee treatment logs from the Detainee Treatment Logs from Area Support Medical Battalion, Baghdad International Airport . The treatment logs list ailment and disposition columns. Heavily Redacted.
Army document entitled "Report of Proceedings by Investigating Officer/Board of Officers". Document is Blank or redacted except for recommendations, "At PLT level, the company will conduct the following training: EPW 5S, implied responsibilities ...
Email describes a new, streamlined screening process for detainees and lists 175 detainees cleared for release from Abu Ghraib, Al-Salhiva, Camp Bucca, Camp Cropper and Tasferrat [detainee names and numbers redacted].
June 16, 2005
Email
Janis Leigh Karpinski
These emails concern having all deploying soldiers receive training in detainee operations as well as the Laws of War and the Geneva conventions concerning the handling and treatment of Prisoners of War (POWs).
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Julian H. Burns