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This DOD memo is a bullet-point memo describing the DOD's operations at Guantanamo. It appears to be both an up-date for interested DOD officials and talking points on the detainee operations. It covers the chronology and rational of the detainee ...
June 30, 2006
Non-legal Memo
Geoffrey D. Miller
Memo in response to a request for information concerning the effectiveness of interrogation techniques approved by the Secretary of Defense. These techniques went beyond those permitted by the Army Field Manual. The heavily redacted memo includes ...
June 15, 2006
Letter
Geoffrey D. Miller
Geoffrey D. Miller
Summarized witness statement of a Lt. Col. who was the former Interrogation Control Element (ICE) Chief at Guantanamo for the first week in December 2002 and re-deployed at end of June 2003. When asked about detainee abuse alleged to have ...
In a summarized witness statement, the Joint Interrogation Group (JIG) Chief at Guantanamo Bay discusses a variety of incidents of abuse alleged to have taken place under his command. With respect to interrogators' impersonation of FBI agents, he ...
Record of UCMJ Article 15 proceedings relating to CID report 0035-03-CID259-6114. Allegation of misconduct was against a soldier for shooting and killing a detainee during a disturbance in the prison at Camp Bucca, Iraq. The report found that ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Investigative File (AR 15-6)
Geoffrey D. Miller
Ahmes Al-Haddii Yasiree
Physical assault, General
Document includes a detainee abuse Q&A that asks a series of questions about detainee abuse, detainee death and detainee abuse/death investigations.
Email includes an executive summary that discusses the DOA's investigations into detainee abuse, including the different types of support they have received thus far.
The original email's author needs a copy of MG Miller's report sent to him/her. [No attachments included].
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Antonio Taguba, Geoffrey D. Miller
This Army memo is to detail detainee handling and pre-deployment training requirements for the Iraqi Theater of Operations.
Feb. 15, 2006
Non-legal Memo
Geoffrey D. Miller
Geoffrey D. Miller
This document is a series of emails between Army Officers concerning manditory training for Detainee Operations with attachments (not included) and includes the latest guidance from in theater to include the MG Miller.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Geoffrey D. Miller