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 05, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1194
Instructions about message and direction of media queries concerning Abu Ghraib abuse. the emails states "[It is] strongly recommend that any responses to queries regarding MP training of any sort should be answered strictly generically and ...
May 16, 2005
Email
Janis Leigh Karpinski, James R. Helmly, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Mark Traecey Patrick Kimmitt
May 05, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1199
Army email on Abu Ghraib prison abuse media queries and where and to whom such inquiries should be directed
May 16, 2005
Email
Janis Leigh Karpinski, James R. Helmly, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Mark Traecey Patrick Kimmitt
May 04, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1203
Transcript of a media conversation where Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Public Affairs Lawrence Di Rita provides background to the Abu Ghraib investigation.
May 16, 2005
Email
Lawrence Di Rita, David D. McKiernan, Ricardo Sanchez, John P. Abizaid, Antonio Taguba, James R. Helmly, Richard B. Myers, Janis Leigh Karpinski, George R. Fay
Aug. 11, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1219
Coalition Provisional Authority Ministry of Justice list of Iraqi Prisoners being released. The release policy is clarified in this email. Camp Bucca, Camp Cropper and Abu Ghraib prison are all mentioned. All names redacted. The email also ...
May 16, 2005
Email
Janis Leigh Karpinski
May 14, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 484

Emails between Army officers sharing the results of the Taguba Report concerning the events of abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

Mar. 23, 2005
Email
James R. Helmly, Antonio Taguba, Janis Leigh Karpinski, Paul Hill, Julian H. Burns, Donald J. Ryder