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Home > Freedom to Write > Restoring Rights > Documents

THE EVIDENCE: OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

The U.S. Senate has acknowledged that the U.S. has engaged in torture. These links point toward the mounting body of evidence.

 ACCOUNTS DOCUMENTS INVESTIGATIONS HEARINGS LAWS
Books

Administration of Torture: A Documentary Record from Washington to Abu Ghraib and Beyond
By Jameel Jaffer and Amrit Singh
Columbia University Press, 2007

The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib
By Karen J. Greenberg and Joshua L. Dratel, eds.
Cambridge University Press, 2005

Government Documents

Status of Taliban and Al Qaida
Memorandum from Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to Joint Chiefs of Staff
January 19, 2002
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Status of Taliban and Al Qaida
Message from Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff to the Unified Commands and Services
January 22, 2002
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Application of Treaties and Laws to al Qaeda and Taliban Detainees

Memorandum from U.S. Assistant Attorney General Jay Bybee to Alberto R. Gonzalez and William J Haynes II
January 22, 2002
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Decision Re. Application of the Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War to the Conflict with al Qaeda and the Taliban
Letter from Alberto R. Gonzalez to George W. Bush
January 25, 2002
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Status of Taliban Detainees Under the Geneva Conventions
Letter from Attorney General John Ashcroft
February 1, 2002
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Status of Taliban Detainees Under the Geneva Conventions
Memorandum from Assistant U.S. Attorney General Jay Bybee to White House Counsel
February 7, 2002
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Humane Treatment of al Qaeda and Taliban Detainees
Memorandum from President George W. Bush on the Geneva Conventions
February 7, 2002
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Potential Legal Constraints Applicable to Interrogations of Persons Captured by U.S. Armed Forces in Afghanistan
Memorandum from Assistant U.S. Attorney General Jay Bybee to William J Haynes II
February 26, 2002
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Standards of Conduct for Interrogations
Memorandum from Assistant U.S. Attorney General Jay Bybee to Alberto R. Gonzalez
August 1, 2002
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Interrogation Methods that Do Not Violate Prohibitions Against Torture
Memorandum from Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo to Alberto R. Gonzalez
August 1, 2002
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Counter-Resistance Strategies: Legal Recommendations on Interrogation Techniques

Memorandum from Major General Michael Dunlavey to the Commander of Joint Task Force 170
October 11, 2002
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Questions on Counter-Resistance Techniques
Memorandum from U. S. Army Commander James T. Hill to the Joint Chiefs of Staff
October 25, 2002
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Interrogation Log of Mohammed al-Qahtani
Secret OCORN Interrogation Log: Detainee 063
November 2002 to January 2003
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Approving Counter-Resistance Techniques
Memorandum from Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
December 2, 2002
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Rescinding Some Counter-Resistance Techniques
Memorandum from Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to Commander of SOUTHCOM
January 15, 2003
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Forming a Working Group on Detainee Interrogations
Memorandum from Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to General Counsel, U.S. Department of Defense
January 15, 2003
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Excerpts from the Pentagon Working Group Draft Report on Interrogation Methods
U.S. Department of Defense
March 6, 2003
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Legal Standards
Memorandum from Daniel Levin, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice, to James B. Comey, Deputy Attorney General
December 30, 2004
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Interpretation of the Geneva Conventions Common Article 3 as Applied to a Program of Detention and Interrogation Operated by the Central Intelligence Agency
Executive Order from George W. Bush
July 20, 2007
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