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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Email from Ronald Miller to JoAnn Dolan with attachement entitled: Letter - Prosper to OSD. Attachement not included.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
JoAnn J. Dolan
JoAnn J. Dolan, Ronald W. Miller, Pierre-Richard Prosper
Email includes a cable with the following subject: International Committee of the Red Cross delivers note verbale on 'rights and duties' of the U.S. as occupying power. Email is completely redacted.
Emails discuss revisions made to talking points and an interview.
Emails discuss pleas from human rights groups, like Amnesty International, urging the U.S. to not return Uyghur detainees back to China. The detainees are currently being held in Guantanamo Bay, there is fear that if they are returned the Uyghurs ...
DOS Press Release re: Guantanamo Detainees and Other War Crimes Issues. Remarks by Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper's to the Foreign Press Center.
Dec. 30, 2004
Other
Pierre-Richard Prosper
Pierre-Richard Prosper
Message entirely redacted except for a footnote that states "Note: The detainee's father — who has publicized his son's situation by occupying in a cage in downtown Stockholm throughout the past week — staged a protest in front of the Embassy on ...
Email from Andrew Sagor to Todd F. Buchwald, Joshua L. Dorosin, Robin H. Sakoda and Cara L. Abercrombie re: Clearance/comments needed on red response letter, with an attachment not included. Mr. Sagor's comments are "S/WC1 has been tasked to ...
Partially redacted press guidance for DOD release of draft military instruction, which lists/defines certain violations of laws of war and other offenses triable by military commission. The talking points instruct that if inquired about the ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Ronald W. Miller
Ronald W. Miller, Pierre-Richard Prosper