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 27, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3137
Email chain concerning questions from Congress re: Detainee abuse allegations, Iraqi public corruption, contract fraud and Members of the House Armed Services Committee visiting Guantanamo on 5/25/2004
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Robert S. Mueller | Kenneth L. Wainstein | Eleni P. Kalisch | Cassandra M. Chandler | John F. Curran
Valerie E. Caproni, Robert S. Mueller, Kenneth L. Wainstein, Eleni P. Kalisch, Cassandra M. Chandler, John F. Curran, Kathleen E. Kennedy, Joseph R. Lewis, Chris Swecker, Laura M. Laughlin, Thomas G. Kinnally, Michael P. Sullivan
May 18, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3142
Contents redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Marion E. Bowman
Valerie E. Caproni, Marion E. Bowman
July 14, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3210

Testimony of Valerie Caproni, FBI General Counsel, before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Entire contents redacted.

Dec. 15, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni
Apr. 11, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6101
The document is an internal FBI email regarding the release of the name of the agent who stated that there was an executive order dealing with treatment of Iraq prisoners as well as a document that discusses DoD interrogators misrepresenting ...
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
John S. Pistole | Gary M. Bald | Cassandra M. Chandler | Eleni P. Kalisch | Robert S. Mueller
Mar. 30, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6095
The document is an internal FBI email regarding a visit to Guantanamo and tour of Camp Delta by four staffers from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI).
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
John S. Pistole
Valerie E. Caproni, John S. Pistole
Mar. 09, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6086
The document is an internal FBI email regarding the attached draft JTF-GTMO Executive Summary related to the interrogations of ISN (Internment Serial Number) 063. The memorandum details the detainment and interrogation of Detainee Maad al ...
Non-legal Memo, Email
Valerie E. Caproni
John S. Pistole
Valerie E. Caproni, John S. Pistole, Gary M. Bald, Willie T. Hulon, Thomas J. Harrington, Michael P. Kortan, Cassandra M. Chandler, Jay W. Hood
Mohammed al Qahtani
Feb. 28, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6084
The document is an internal FBI email regarding the ACLU's FOIA litigation related to the treatment of foreign detainees and the release of relevant FBI documents and emails.
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni, John S. Pistole
Feb. 25, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6082
The document is an internal FBI email regarding a call from a redacted person related to access to FBI documents detailing arguable mistreatment of detainees by DoD employees or subcontractors.
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Robert S. Mueller
Robert S. Mueller, Valerie E. Caproni
Feb. 11, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6078
The document is an internal FBI email regarding talking points about open FBI investigations relative to detainee abuse.
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Eleni P. Kalisch
Valerie E. Caproni, Eleni P. Kalisch
Jan. 04, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6072
The document is an internal FBI email regarding the procedure used for handling abuse allegations made by detainees. These allegations are handed over to the Department of Defense for investigation.
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni