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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July 02, 2004 | CIA-OIG | ACLU-RDI 6610
This letter from John Helgerson, Inspector General of the CIA, to Jack Goldsmith of the OLC addresses the DOJ's proposed modifications to the IG report. Helgerson writes, "we have carefully reviewed the comments of the [DOJ] regarding the Special ...
Aug. 31, 2016
Letter
John L. Helgerson
Jack L. Goldsmith
John L. Helgerson, Jack L. Goldsmith, George J. Tenet, Pat Roberts, Porter Goss, John D. Rockefeller, IV, Jane Harman
May 05, 2004 | CIA | ACLU-RDI 5095
CIA copy of L.A. Times article reporting that the CIA is seeking to determine whether its operatives played a role in the imprisonment of "ghost detainees," Iraqi prisoners held without names, charges, or other documentation. The article notes ...
Mar. 15, 2013
Other
Pat Roberts
Jan. 29, 2004 | CIA | ACLU-RDI 5074

This letter from CIA Director George Tenet to Pat Roberts, Chairman of the U.S. Senate's Select Committee on Intelligence, alerts Roberts of the enclosed CIA Inspector General's memo on the death of Iraqi detainee Manadal Al-Jamaidi.

Mar. 15, 2013
Other
George Tenet
Charles Patrick "Pat" Roberts
George J. Tenet, Pat Roberts, John D. Rockefeller, IV
Manadel Al-Jamadi
July 02, 2004 | CIA-OIG | ACLU-RDI 4572

This letter from John Helgerson, Inspector General of the CIA, to Jack Goldsmith of the OLC addresses the DOJ's proposed modifications to the IG report. Helgerson writes, "we have carefully reviewed the comments of the [DOJ] regarding the ...

Aug. 24, 2009
Letter
John L. Helgerson
Jack L. Goldsmith
John L. Helgerson, Jack L. Goldsmith, George J. Tenet, Pat Roberts, Porter Goss, John D. Rockefeller, IV, Jane Harman
Sept. 01, 2006 | CIA-OIG | ACLU-RDI 5878
A letter from John Helgerson, the CIA Inspector General, to Senator Pat Roberts, the Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The letter indicates that a copy of the OIG report concerning the death of Abid Hamad Mahawish ...
Letter
John L. Helgerson
Pat Roberts
John L. Helgerson, Pat Roberts
Abid Hamad Mahawish Al-Mahalawi
Oct. 12, 2006 | CIA-OIG | ACLU-RDI 5881
This is a CIA Routing Slip. The confirm and document the fact that specific individuals within Congress and the Intelligence community have received the OIG report concerning the death of Abid Hamad Mahawish Al-Mahalawi.
Non-legal Memo, Other
John L. Helgerson
Pat Roberts | John D. Rockefeller, IV
John L. Helgerson, Pat Roberts, John D. Rockefeller, IV
Abid Hamad Mahawish Al-Mahalawi