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DOS Memo re Human Treatment of al Qaeda and Taliban Detainees

Feb. 7, 2002 | WH | ACLU-RDI 6822
TYPE: Non-legal Memo
AUTHOR: George W. Bush
RECIPIENT: Richard B. Cheney
RELEASE DATE: May 15, 2012 | DOS
SOURCE: ACLU FOIA Request (Dec. 9, 2008)
This February 7, 2002 memorandum announces to the vice president, secretary of state, attorney general, CIA director, and others that the President accepts the legal conclusions of the Department of Justice that the Geneva Conventions do not apply to Al Qaeda.
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