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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Nov. 12, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4432
State Department memo listing the participants for the November 12, 2002 meeting between Undersecretary Grossman and Swedish State Secretary Lars Danielsson.
Jan. 12, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Marc Grossman, Henry Bisharat
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
June 03, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4435
This email from JoAnn Dolan forwards a letter received by the U.S. Mission from an attorney representing a Guantanamo Detainee. The letter requests that the detainee be given access to counsel and to have the charges and legal justification for ...
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Linda Watt | Brent E. Blaschke | Priscilla G. Hernandez | Alexander Karagiannis | Eliana Davidson
JoAnn J. Dolan, Linda Watt, Brent E. Blaschke , Eliana Davidson
June 27, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4436
Email from JoAnn Dolan to State Department officials to address questions that may arise concerning the Guantanamo detainees. The guidance states that all the detainees are being treated humanely and in accordance with the Geneva Conventions, ...
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Jonathan J. Carpenter | Pierre-Richard Prosper
JoAnn J. Dolan
Aug. 02, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4437
Emails between JoAnn Dolan and David Bowker and others concerning a Swedish press report concerning Swedish detainees at Guantanamo. The press report includes an interview with Swedish Foreign Minister Lindh. The comments of the U.S. officials is ...
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
David W. Bowker
JoAnn J. Dolan, Henry Bisharat, Yvette M. Wong, Colin L. Powell, Paul Wolfowitz
John Walker Lindh
Sept. 04, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4438
Emails between State Department officials concerning Swedish press reports on the detention of Mehdi Mohammad Ghezali at Guantanamo. The email is mostly redacted.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Henry Bisharat | Debra Cagan
JoAnn J. Dolan, Henry Bisharat
Mehdi Mohammad Ghezali
Oct. 25, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4439
This email forwards a letter received from the wives of unknown men. There is no context to the email.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Michael D. Fooks
Ronald W. Miller | JoAnn J. Dolan
Ronald W. Miller, JoAnn J. Dolan, Michael D. Fooks
Oct. 25, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4440
Letter from Clifford G. Bond Concerning Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Detainees Held at Guantanamo.
Jan. 12, 2005
Letter
Clifford G. Bond
Oct. 31, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4441
Email from Henry Bisharat forwarding a press article quoting Swedish Foreign Minister stating that she expected the Swedish detainees at Guantanamo to be released "shortly".
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Henry Bisharat
Ronald W. Miller | JoAnn J. Dolan | Yvette M. Wong
Henry Bisharat, JoAnn J. Dolan, Ronald W. Miller
Dec. 29, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4442
Checklist of Key Issues for Meeting with Swedish State Secretary Lars Danielsson. Topics were Turkey/EU, North Korea, Iraq/WMD, Partnership for Peace/NATO enlargement, Guantanamo Swede, and Global War on Terror. Contents redacted.