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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Criminal Investigative Task Force discussion on its policy when participating in interviews at Guantanamo. The email author states "Our folks should make it clear that our participation in dialogues related to aggressive strategies does not ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Email
Geoffrey D. Miller, Brittain P. Mallow
A detainee at Guantanamo alleged abuse while in a detention facility in Afghanistan. This memo is a referral of that allegation.
Heavily redacted. Refers to a legal assessment made by CITF-SJA [Criminal Investigation Task Force - Staff Judge Advocate] of interrogation tactics and proposed Standard Operating Procedures for Guantanamo
Contents redacted.
The email has some comments concerning seeing each other again, but the contents are otherwise completely redacted.
Dec. 21, 2005
Email
Brittain P. Mallow
Geoffrey D. Miller
Brittain P. Mallow, Geoffrey D. Miller
Memo states that joint FBI DOD interviews of detainees is behind schedule, but that the individual agencies can commence with interviewing.
Contents completly redacted.
Detainee admits he went to Afghanistan to fight for Jihad because he wanted to follow his dead brother's example. His brother was killed fighting in Chechnya. However, he claims not to be part or associated with the Taliban or Al Qaeda. He then ...
Purpose is to provide additional guidance to Criminal Investigation Task Force (CITF) agents regarding use of various techniques and methods for conducting interviews of detainees. Pursuant to the President's order of Feb. 2, 2002, CITF will ...
On September 14, 2004, a detainee stated that when he was captured (possibly in Khowst), an individual forced him to talk by holding a knife to his throat. Then he was forced to hold his hands out to carry sandbags, which caused abrasions in his ...