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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Email asks whether the experiences of soldiers in the NATO led KFOR operation in Kosovo and their handling of detainees, and any abuse of detainees, could be applied to the handling of detainees in Iraq and in dealing with training and ...
Mar. 23, 2005
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Romie Leslie Brownlee, Peter Schoomaker
Email from the Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army directing all army units to report any Article 15 punishments related to detainee abuse either in Iraq, Afghanistan or Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from October 2001 through July 2004 to the JAG.
Email from Army Officer to Army Officer re: Detainee Abuse Response. General Burns asked for an electronic copy of this response to be send forward. Attachment includes a sequence of events on FORSCOM [United States Army Forces Command] training ...
Mar. 23, 2005
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David D. McKiernan
Email from Army Officer to Army Officer re: Balkans Pre-Deployment Detention Training Requirements. Chain of e-mails confirms that upcoming Balkan units need to be trained on detention facility operations and questions where and how long the ...
Mar. 23, 2005
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Donald Campbell
Forces Command Regulation (FORSCOM Reg.) 350-5: Joint Training Exercises. The purpose of this regulation is to prescribe policy, procedures, and responsibilities relative to planning for, participation in, and support of joint training exercises ...
Email from Army Officer to Army Officer re: Detainee Operations Training. To ensure that all units with duty at detention centers are trained in accordance with CFLCC [Combined Force Land Component Command] intent expressed in your white paper. ...
Army Medical Health Record Form: Transfer Form. Blank.
Army Standard Operating Procedures for Detainees at Camp Duke, Iraq. Lists standard operating procedure, including: treatment of the detainees and guard procedures, camp rules, procedures for filing a complaint, health and welfare, incoming, ...
Army Order CORR-101: Guidance on Minimum Standards for Detainees in Brigade Holding Areas.
Army Medical Health Record Form: Chronological Record of Medical Care. Blank.