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DOS Memo re: Screening of Detainees

Jan. 31, 2001 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4705
State Department Talking points memo on the screening of Al-Qaeda and Taliban detainees taken in to custody. The points being made in this memo are: i) The Geneva Conventions does not require a review in every circumstance; ii) Al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters are not Prisoners of War (POWs); iii) detainees are re-screened for accuracy; and iv) all detainees were screened at least twice before they were transferred to Guantanamo
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