Torture FOIA

[Henk Elegeert]

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Torture FOIA
	
March 25, 2005

Government Documents on Torture
Freedom of Information Act

The ACLU filed a request on Oct. 7, 2003 under the Freedom
of Information Act demanding the release of information
about detainees held overseas by the United States. A
lawsuit was filed in June 2004 demanding that the government
comply with the October 2003 FOIA request.

Below are documents the government did not want the general
public to read -- including an FBI memo (pdf) stating that
Defense Department interrogators impersonated FBI agents and
used "torture techniques" against a detainee at Guantanamo.

The public has a right to know.

(These documents can be viewed using Acrobat Reader)
- Department of Defense (3/25/05) | Press
- Department of Defense, agencies agree on "ghost" detainees
(3/9/05) | Press
- Army and Navy records, investigations of detainee abuse in
Iraq (3/7/05) | Press
- Defense Department Documents (2/18/05) | Press
- Army records (1/24/05) | Press
- FBI, e-mails of McCraw inquiry into detainee abuse in
Guantanamo (1/5/05) | Press
- Army, investigations of detainee abuse in Iraq and
Afghanistan (12/21/04) | Press
- FBI, e-mails of FBI agents witnessing the use of "torture
techniques" in Guantanamo (12/20/04) | Press
- Navy, investigations of detainee abuse in Iraq and
Afghanistan (12/14/04) | Press
- Defense Intelligence Agency, State Department and FBI,
detainee abuse by Task Force 626 in Iraq is reported,
e-mails express concern about interrogation methods.
(12/7/04) | Press
- Defense Department, Taguba report (10/19/04) | Press
- Office of Information and Privacy, Defense Department,
Army and FBI, the Ryder Report (10/15/04) | Press

Careful review of these documents demonstrates that many
other critical records have not been released. We will
continue to fight for the public's right to know what the
government's policies were, why these abuses were allowed to
take place, and who was ultimately responsible, and
encourage you to join the alliance to get these records
released.

LEGAL DOCUMENTS
- Court Directs U.S. Government to Turn Over Torture
Documents (8/18/04)
- Government Torture Documents Requested Under FOIA (8/16/04)
- Transcript of Hearing on Request for Release of Documents
(8/12/04)
- ACLU's Reply Memo in Support of Preliminary Injunctive
Relief (8/06/04)
- Amended Complaint (7/06/04)
- Memo in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction (7/06/04)
- Notice of Motion (7/06/04)
- Lustberg Affidavit (7/06/04)
- Defense Department letter denying expedited processing
(6/21/04)
- Torture FOIA Complaint (6/02/04)
- ACLU FOIA Request (5/25/04)
- Defense Department letter refusing expedited processing
(10/30/03)
- Defense Department letter rejecting appeal (2/10/04)
- State Department letter providing records (3/05/04)
- ACLU FOIA Request (10/07/03

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Zie link voor de links naar de bestanden.

Henk Elegeert

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