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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Feb. 04, 2006 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 5849
This document is a Department of Defense (DOD) email Memo discussing the death of detainee Hamed Ali Mohaimed, a.k.a. Hamed Ali Mohamed, a detainee of the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib prison. Mr. Mohaimed reported to ...
May 06, 2011
Non-legal Memo, Medical (Autopsy)
Hamed Ali Mohaimed
July 19, 2005 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1534
This document is a response to an inquiry to cases of detainee abuse at Guantanamo. There are eleven (11) cases of substantiated misconduct, the incidents are not listed in chronological order.
July 22, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Other, General, Sexual, Forced physical training, Other, Use of water, Physical assault, Other Humiliation
June 16, 2005 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 642
Army Action Plan: Standard Operating Procedures for Medical Documentation and Reporting Procedures for Suspected Detainee Abuse
June 15, 2005 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 643
Army Action Plan: Standard Operating Procedures for Detention Medical Interaction with Intelligence Gathering Operations
June 14, 2005 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2431
This memo is to address the sensitivity Muslims have when non-Muslims handle the Koran. It directs hospital personnel not to handle the Koran and to have the Chaplain or Muslim interpreter handle it if necessary. It also instructs personnel not ...
June 01, 2005 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 634
Army Action Plan: Standard Operating Procedures for Mortuary Affairs at the detainee Hospital at Guantanamo Bay
June 01, 2005 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2433
Army memo on how staff at Guantanamo hospital are to secure detainee medical and dental records. It states: i) At no time will active Detainee medical/dental records leave the custody of Detention Medical staff; ii) All dental records will be ...
May 24, 2005 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 616
Detainee allegation of abuse at the hands of his fellow detainees. The detainee claimed that he had been beaten by fellow detainees and had had urine thrown on him. No evidence was found to substantiate the claim.
Nov. 30, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Jay W. Hood
Jay W. Hood
May 24, 2005 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 619
This memo is a report of a finding concerning a detainee's allegation that fellow detainees are beating and threatening to kill him has no substantiation, and that none of them considered him a spy. The report concluded that there was no evidence ...
Nov. 30, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File
Jay W. Hood
Jay W. Hood
Apr. 01, 2005 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 635
Army Action Plan: Standard Operating Procedures for Advance Directives for Detainees at Guantanamo Bay