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Emails refer to graphs depicting information on detainees at various camps, including Camp Bucca and Abu Ghraib. [Graphs are not included].
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
Emails discuss leadership training.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder, James R. Schlesinger
Daily update on Office of the Provost Marshall General's operations/activities.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder, James R. Schlesinger
Email includes the daily update for the Office of the Provost Marshall General discussing their operations and Military Police guidelines.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Stephen A. Cambone, Donald J. Ryder
Email includes an executive summary that discusses the role of female military policeman (MPs) in detainment facilities. Among their roles, female MPs search male inmates and serve as security in male inmate housing areas.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder, James R. Schlesinger
Emails discuss a June 14, 2004 congressional hearing (secret security level).
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
Email refers to preparatory interview questions for DOD Officials, Colonel Thomas Pappas, Brigadier General James Coggin, Deputy Commanding General Walter Wojdakowski, Lieutenant General Kieth B. Alexander and Commanding General Donald J. Ryder, ...
Email discusses plans to develop a joint publication on detainee operations, developed by the Army, Office of the Provost Marshall General and other agencies. The joint proposal will be a revision of the document developed by the Air Land Sea ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
This document is an exchange of emails concerning a Joint Publication on Detainee Operations.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
Donald J. Ryder
Email refers to an attached document, which will be used in briefing Major General Donald J. Ryder on issues the Office of the Provost Marshall General and the Army have. [Contents of attachment redacted].
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder