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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Mar. 12, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 5145
This Iraq Survey Group chart lists the current high value detainees as of March 12, 2004 and intends to "inform HVD stakeholders of current ISG analytical/exploitation focus." The document states that detainees scheduled for release are ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Chart/List
Azi Salih al-Numan, Jamal Mustafa Abdallah Sultan al Tikriti, Ahmad Abdal-Rashid, Fadhil Abbas Ibrahim al-Ameri, Mahmud Fazi al-Hazaa al-Tikriti, Mullah Al-Bapir, Isam Rashid al-Huwaysh, Asit Sa'ami Mohammad Mahdi Tabrah, Khalil Khadir Mohammad Al-Salhat, Mehdi Abed Mehdi, Thair al-Latif Tilfah, Hazam Abdul Razzak Ayyubi Shihab, Isma'il Hamud Nayif
Mar. 13, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 302
Sample Detainee Status Report
Mar. 13, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1727
DoD Questionnaire: Questions for Officer concerning their observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in response to the accusations of detainee abuse ...
Mar. 13, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1772
Acknowledgment of receipt of Counseling Memorandum issued to and received by a Lieutenant Colonel counseling him for his participation in covering up the abuse and death of Iraqi civilians in an incident known as the Tigris River Incident, ...
Mar. 13, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 2072
Samarra Bridge incident. The soldier was found guilty of abusing two (2) detainees by pushing them in to the Samarra River on January 3, 2004. One (1) detainee died from drowning.
Mar. 15, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4758

State Department cable originating from the embassy in Baghdad describing CPA Administrator Paul Bremer's meeting with Samarra community leaders. Their meeting included discussions of concerns over security and treatment of detainees in Iraq.

May 27, 2008
Cable
L. Paul Bremer
Mar. 15, 2004 | Legislative | ACLU-RDI 4874

 A CRS report analyzing the law relating to the detention of two American citizens (Yaser Hamdi and Jose Padilla) as alleged "enemy combatants."

Nov. 09, 2005
Legal Memo
Jennifer K. Elsea
Jennifer K. Elsea, George W. Bush, William J. Haynes, II, Alberto R. Gonzales, Michael H. Mobbs, John D. Ashcroft
Yaser Esam Hamdi, Jose Padilla, John Walker Lindh, Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri
Mar. 16, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 51

An investigation into the death of, Mohamad Abu Abbas (ISN US 91Z-20039C1), a detainee at Camp Cropper, Baghdad, Iraq. An agent's investigation report states that Mr. Abbas complained of chest pain, and was eventually taken to a medical ...

Nov. 08, 2004
Investigative File (CID), Photograph
John Peterson, Thom Jones, Belinda Knight, Jacqueline J. Scott
Mohamad Abu Abbas
Mar. 16, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4621
This letter is from William H. Taft, IV of the State Department to Jakob Kellnberger, President of the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) concerning an Opinion Editorial a member of the ICRC's legal staff wrote for the Financial ...
Nov. 23, 2004
Letter
William Howard Taft, IV
Jakob Kellnberger
William Howard Taft, IV
Mar. 18, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 1550
CID Criminal Intelligence Report summarizing the investigation in to CID Report# 0841-04-CID259-80230. This document is related to ACLU RDI 1538.