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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Legislative | ACLU-RDI 2027
Questions to Hon. Les Brownlee, Acting Secretary of the Army and Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, Chief of Staff of the Army from Senators Carl Levin and Bill Nelson. Questions focus on detainees' right to communicate with the International Committee ...
Oversight Report
Carl Levin, Romie Leslie Brownlee, Peter Schoomaker, Paul Mikolashek, Bill Nelson
Aug. 25, 2006 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 6477
This is a DOD OIG review of 13 senior-level investigations of detention and interrogation that were initiated as a result of allegations of detainee abuse made in 2004. The purpose of the OIG review "was to evaluate the reports to determine ...
Oversight Report
Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense
Secretary of Defense | Undersecretary of Defense for Policy | Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence | Director of Joint Staff | U.S. Joint Forces Commander | Secretary of the Army
May 26, 2005 | ACLU-RDI 6503
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Sept. 02, 2005 | ACLU-RDI 6505
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Dec. 01, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 6498
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| ACLU-RDI 6535
View version of transcript with portions released on 6/13/16 highlighted here: https://www.aclu.org/other/abu-zubaydah-csrt-transcript
CSRT
Abu Zubaydah
EIT
| ACLU-RDI 6540
View version of this transcript with portions released on 6/13/16 highlighted here: https://www.aclu.org/other/majid-khan-csrt-transcript
CSRT
Majid Khan
EIT
| ACLU-RDI 6538
View version of this transcript with portions released on 6/13/16 highlighted here: https://www.aclu.org/other/abd-al-rahim-al-nashiri-csrt-transcript
CSRT
EIT
| ACLU-RDI 6537
View version of transcript with portions released on 6/13/16 highlighted here: https://www.aclu.org/other/mustafa-al-hawsawi-csrt-transcript
CSRT
Mustafa Ahmed al Hawsawi
EIT
| ACLU-RDI 6536
View version of transcript with portions released on 6/13/16 highlighted here: https://www.aclu.org/other/ammar-al-baluchi-csrt-transcript
CSRT
Abd al Aziz Ali
EIT