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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May 21, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2991
E-mail between T.J. Harrington, Valerie Caproni and other un-named FBI officials concerning photographs on a CD from various FBI personnel during their TDY rotation to the Baghdad Operation Center. An FBI agent who reviewed the CD did not believe ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Thomas J. Harrington
Valerie E. Caproni
Thomas J. Harrington, Valerie E. Caproni
Sept. 14, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3032
Indicates an incident wherein a detainee at Guantanamo was the subject of a "Forced Cell Extraction". The email states "the incident described by the detainee matches up with an instance wherein the detainee was the subject of a Forced Cell ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni, Jay W. Hood
Other
Sept. 01, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3034
Concerns discussing an update on Guantanamo with SC Fogle. The email states "where are we with this? Do we need to get Mr. Thompson involved? I'd like to get these interviews done."
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni, Toni M. Fogle, Larry Thompson
Sept. 01, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3036
Email details approval for the Guantanamo facility by Rear Admiral James M. McGarrah in charge of the Office of Administrative Review for Detained Enenmy Combatants
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni, Gordon R. England, James M. McGarrah
FBI | ACLU-RDI 3039
Email states that NCIS is the lead on the detainee abuse investigations at Guantanamo Bay.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni
FBI | ACLU-RDI 3040
Email deatils a detainees's Guantanamo hearing wherein the detainee wants to represent himself or have a Yemeni lawyer represent him.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni
FBI | ACLU-RDI 3041
Email discusses detainee's hearing at Guantanamo where press, Amnesty International, ACLU, Human Rights Watch and the American Bar Association were present.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Aug. 03, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3045
Detainee issue. Contents redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Marion E. Bowman
Valerie E. Caproni
Marion E. Bowman, Valerie E. Caproni
July 28, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3049
FBI status update to Valerie Caproni on responses from FBI agents assigned to Guantanamo re: Detainee abuse
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni, Donald W. Thompson, Jr
May 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3052
Edward H. Lueckenhoff request for Guidance regarding OGC EC dated 5/19/2004. Contents heavily redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Gary M. Bald
Edward H. Lueckenhoff | Thomas J. Harrington | Frankie Battle | Valerie E. Caproni | M. Chris Briese
Edward H. Lueckenhoff, M. Chris Briese, Gary M. Bald, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, Valerie E. Caproni