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 14, 2006 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 5903
This document is a Department of State (DOS) Cable from the Austrian Embassy to DOS discussing Austrian media highlights. This Cable discusses the suicide of three (3) Guantanamo Bay detainees on June 10, 2006, as well as other matters related to ...
Oct. 28, 2011
Cable
Yasser Al Zahrani, Mana Shaman Allabardi Al Tabi, Ali Abdullah Ahmed
June 14, 2006 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 5902
Summary of the media reaction in Damascus to Syrian foreign relations with the US and other countries also named. The Cable also discusses the Suicide of Three (3) Guantanamo Bay Detainees on June 10, 2006.
June 14, 2006 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 5901
This Department of State (DOS) Cable relates that in a symposium organized by the Al-Jazeera TV channel in Khartoum, Sudan, Fathi Khalil, The Dean of the Sudanese Bar Association called for the release of Guantanamo bay detainees and called for ...
Oct. 28, 2011
Cable
Sami al Hajj
Apr. 05, 2003 | JCOS | ACLU-RDI 6393
This document is a Memorandum for the Commander of the US Southern Command. The subject is "Counter-resistance techniques in the war on terrorism." Under "Tab A," the document lists an A-X of interrogation techniques.
June 16, 2011
Non-legal Memo
Richard B. Myers
Apr. 05, 2003 | JCOS | ACLU-RDI 6394
This document is a Memorandum for the Commander of the US Southern Command. The subject is "Counter-resistance techniques in the war on terrorism." Under "Tab A," the document lists an A-X of interrogation techniques.
June 16, 2011
Non-legal Memo
Richard B. Myers
Dec. 13, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6220
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the imminent release of a letter written by Thomas Harrington on the treatment of Guantanamo Bay detainees.
June 15, 2011
Email
Thomas J. Harrington, Valerie E. Caproni, Marion E. Bowman
Oct. 19, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6222
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the provision of copies of written reports that note FBI disagreements or objections to the handling of detainees by any American entities in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Guantanamo Bay.
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Thomas J. Harrington, Eleni P. Kalisch
Oct. 18, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6224
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the revision and finalization of the text of a Question for the Record (QFR) submitted to Congress about the FBI's treatment of detainees.
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Eleni P. Kalisch
Oct. 06, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6225
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the procedure for the investigation of allegations of FBI abuse and mistreatment made by detainees.
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Jay W. Hood, Thomas J. Harrington, Gary M. Bald
Sept. 16, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6227
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding requests made by the NCIS for documents related to two specific detainees as well as information related to allegations of abuse.
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni