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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Jan. 06, 2011 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 5913
This DOS Cable from the US Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan to the DOS Washington describes the Pakistani news coverage of matters concerning US policy and matters of interest to the US government for January 11, 2006. Specifically, the Cable ...
Jan. 10, 2011 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 5914
This DOS Cable from the US Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan to the DOS Washington describes the Pakistani news coverage of matters concerning US policy and matters of interest to the US government for January 8-10, 2011. Specifically, the Cable ...
Apr. 21, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 5886
This DOS Cable is from the US Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan to the DOS Washington with a summary of media reactions in Pakistan to US policies & other matters.
May 06, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 5888
This DOS Cable is from the US Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan to the DOS Washington with a summary of media reactions in Islamabad US policies & other matters.
June 14, 2006 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 5902
Summary of the media reaction in Damascus to Syrian foreign relations with the US and other countries also named. The Cable also discusses the Suicide of Three (3) Guantanamo Bay Detainees on June 10, 2006.
Apr. 05, 2003 | JCOS | ACLU-RDI 6393
This document is a Memorandum for the Commander of the US Southern Command. The subject is "Counter-resistance techniques in the war on terrorism." Under "Tab A," the document lists an A-X of interrogation techniques.
June 16, 2011
Non-legal Memo
Richard B. Myers
Apr. 05, 2003 | JCOS | ACLU-RDI 6394
This document is a Memorandum for the Commander of the US Southern Command. The subject is "Counter-resistance techniques in the war on terrorism." Under "Tab A," the document lists an A-X of interrogation techniques.
June 16, 2011
Non-legal Memo
Richard B. Myers
Oct. 21, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 6329
The document is a Department of the Army memorandum for the Investigative Operation Division, Headquarters, United States Army Criminal Investigative Command (USACIDC). The memorandum includes information about allegations of abuse made by a ...
July 02, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 6455
This document is an email from redacted FBI officials concerning documentation for detained persons.
Apr. 04, 2008 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5855
This is the Death certificate for Luay Mustafa Razzaq Abd-Al. Mr. Abd-Al was found hanging in his prison cell at the Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Cropper, Baghdad, Iraq, of an apparent suicide. He was given medical treatment at the ...
May 06, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Luay Mustafa Razzaq Abd Al