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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June 17, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4674
State Department cover sheet for delivery of documents re: PCC Meeting on Detainees
June 08, 2005
Other
John Bellinger
JoAnn J. Dolan | Pierre-Richard Prosper | Anthony Fortune
John B. Bellinger, III, JoAnn J. Dolan, Pierre-Richard Prosper, Ronald W. Miller, Anthony Fortune, Jay Alan Liotta, Bruce Swartz, Diane E. Beaver, Eliana Davidson, Patrick Rowan
Nov. 07, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4680
Email from Laurel Miller with the following comment "rom detainee policy working group at OSD just called to give us the heads up a sensitive and potentially inflammatory photos of detainees being moved by aircraft in theater are now circulating ...
June 08, 2005
Email
Laurel E. Miller
JoAnn J. Dolan | David L. Scott | Brian H. Leventhal | Atul Keshap | Kara L. Bue | Geeta Pasi
Laurel E. Miller, JoAnn J. Dolan, David L. Scott, Brian H. Leventhal, Atul Keshap, Kara L. Bue, Geeta Pasi
May 18, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4728
Email from Alexander Karagiannis to State Department officials forwarding a letter from the Guantanamo detainees. Mr. Karagiannis' comments are "Please share with legal comunity. NSC has said it has not yet seen the letter from its mail system. ...
May 09, 2005
Email
Alexander Karagiannis
Ronald W. Miller | JoAnn J. Dolan | Evan T. Bloom
Alexander Karagiannis, Ronald W. Miller, JoAnn J. Dolan, Evan T. Bloom, John-Paul Evans
Feb. 24, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4693
Ms. Sanford attacheda document with notes on the Guantanamo detainee issue from the American Bar Association meeting of February 24, 2004 with the following comment: "Marc Bonora (an attorney at Kirkland Ellis and classmate of mine) and I ...
May 04, 2005
Email
Christina A. Sanford
Edward R. Cummings | Todd F. Buchwald | JoAnn J. Dolan
Edward R. Cummings, Todd F. Buchwald, JoAnn J. Dolan, Christina A. Sanford
Mar. 11, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4423
Ed Cummings forwarded email regarding comments made by International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Pres. Kellenberger at UN meeting witht he working title of his discussion entitled "How Can ICRC Fulfill its Mandate in Conflicts Today". the ...
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Edward R. Cummings
David W. Bowker | David A. Kaye | Evan T. Bloom | JoAnn J. Dolan | William Howard Taft, IV
Edward R. Cummings, David W. Bowker, David A. Kaye, Evan T. Bloom, JoAnn J. Dolan, William Howard Taft, IV, Alan Kreczko, Arthur E. Dewey
Mar. 20, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4425
This email is a follow-up on an earlier email seeking clearance on a cable concerning military commissions.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Evan T. Bloom
Jonathan B. Schwartz | Edward R. Cummings | David W. Bowker | David A. Kaye | JoAnn J. Dolan
Michael A. Newton, Evan T. Bloom, Jonathan B. Schwartz, Edward R. Cummings, David W. Bowker, David A. Kaye, JoAnn J. Dolan
Apr. 04, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4426
Email from Brent Blaschke with the comments "Here's the latest GTMO matrix for the SVTS". Attachment not included
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Brent E. Blaschke
William Howard Taft, IV | JoAnn J. Dolan
Brent E. Blaschke , JoAnn J. Dolan, William Howard Taft, IV
Apr. 26, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4427
Email from Samuel Witten forwarding an email with attachments concerning President Issues/Military Orders.
Jan. 12, 2005
Cable
Samuel M. Witten
David W. Bowker | Linda Jacobson | JoAnn J. Dolan | Michael A. Newton | Denise Manning
Samuel M. Witten, Linda Jacobson, JoAnn J. Dolan, Michael A. Newton
May 23, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4429
Email from Henry Bisharat to JoAnn Dolan forwarding an email with attachment concerning a meeting of Deputy Secretary Richard Armitage with the Swedish Defense Minister Bjorn von Sydow.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Henry Bisharat
JoAnn J. Dolan
Henry Bisharat, JoAnn J. Dolan, Richard Lee Armitage
Nov. 14, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4433
Email from Henry Bisherat to Ronald Miller, Ed Cummings and JoAnn Dolan forwarding a "translated Sept.220 document by the Legal Advisor at the Swedish Foreign Ministry on the detainee issue."
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Henry Bisharat
Ronald W. Miller | Edward R. Cummings | JoAnn J. Dolan
Henry Bisharat, Edward R. Cummings, JoAnn J. Dolan