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 06, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 5888
This DOS Cable is from the US Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan to the DOS Washington with a summary of media reactions in Islamabad US policies & other matters.
June 14, 2006 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 5902
Summary of the media reaction in Damascus to Syrian foreign relations with the US and other countries also named. The Cable also discusses the Suicide of Three (3) Guantanamo Bay Detainees on June 10, 2006.
Mar. 30, 2006 | ACLU-RDI 5851
This document is a Department of Defense (DOD) Memo discussing the death of Detainee Monder Mahmoud Abdulkader Al Lohaybi, a 62-year-old Iraqi detainee, who was serving an 18 month prison term at Camp Remembrance, Iraq. Mr. Al Lohaybi was ...
May 06, 2011
Investigative File, Medical (Autopsy)
Monder Mahmoud Abdulkader Al Lohaybi
Feb. 04, 2006 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 5849
This document is a Department of Defense (DOD) email Memo discussing the death of detainee Hamed Ali Mohaimed, a.k.a. Hamed Ali Mohamed, a detainee of the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib prison. Mr. Mohaimed reported to ...
May 06, 2011
Non-legal Memo, Medical (Autopsy)
Hamed Ali Mohaimed
Feb. 14, 2006 | CENTCOM | ACLU-RDI 5850
This is a Department of Defense (DOD) Memo regarding the death of Raad Kairy Hammid. Mr. Hammid was a 27-year-old Iraqi, captured by collation forces on November 20, 2005. Mr. Hammid became ill while incarcerated at the Baghdad Central ...
May 06, 2011
Non-legal Memo, Medical (Autopsy)
Raad Kairy Hammid
Dec. 02, 2005 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5854
This document is a Department of Defense (DOD) Memo discussing the death of Muhammed Hamza Al-Zubaydi, a 67-year-old Iraqi. Mr. Al-Zubaydi was the former President and Director of the President's Office & Deputy Prime under the regime of Saddam ...
May 06, 2011
Non-legal Memo, Medical (Autopsy)
Muhammed Hamza Al-Zubaydi
Nov. 18, 2005 | CENTCOM | ACLU-RDI 5848
This document is a Department of Defense (DOD) email Memo discussing the death of Hassan Hardan Rakad, a 66-year-old Iraqi detainee. Mr. Rakad, a 66-year-old Iraqi detainee, was taken in to custody on October 4, 2005, and held at Abu Ghraib ...
May 06, 2011
Non-legal Memo
Hassan Hardan Rakad
Nov. 28, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2486
This memo is a response to an inquiry to an allegation that a particular detainee was abused by U.S. forces while at the Bagram Collection Point (BCP) in Bagram Afghanistan from April 7, 2002 through February 2003. The memo states “All Bagram ...
Jan. 19, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 211

This Department of Defense memo is the formal request for the appointment of an investigating officer to investigate the conduct of the 800th Military Police Brigade's conduct and activities at Abu Ghraib prison.

Oct. 19, 2004
Non-legal Memo
David D. McKiernan, Marc Warren