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This is the home page for the Prisoner Abuse in Iraq, Afghanistan and Elsewhere investigative project, one of several grassroots investigations being hosted on the History Commons website. The data published as part of this investigation has been collected, organized, and published by members of the public who are registered users of this website.
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Events Recently Added to the Prisoner Abuse in Iraq, Afghanistan and Elsewhere timeline
- 11/18
- Blogger, Not Reporters, Discover Information regarding Number of Times Suspected Terrorists Waterboarded, April 18, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 11/18
- FBI Director Forbids Agents from Participating in ‘Brutal’ CIA Interrogations, Press Learns, May 13, 2004, posted by blackmax
- 11/18
- Army Fails to Investigate Claim of Detainee Abuse, December 2003, posted by blackmax
- 11/18
- Bush Reassures Arab Media that Abu Ghraib Abuses Will Be Investigated, May 5, 2004, posted by blackmax
- 11/18
- Afghanistan Commanders Operating under Rescinded Rules of Interrogation, May 2004, posted by blackmax
More Timeline entries sorted by the month they were published
What's New?
8/28/2009 Several Categories Deleted from Detainee Timeline
The Detainee Timeline has undergone a minor reorganization, which is explained at the contributors’ blog, here.
8/10/2009 DOJ Memos, Levin Report, Other Material Forthcoming
This project continues to be very active. Blackmax has scores of entries ready to be published in the upcoming weeks, including the April 2009 release of four key Bush-era Justice Department memos, the April 2009 Senate Armed Services Committee report, and revelations about the treatment of Guantanamo prisoners. However, a great deal of work remains to be done. … More
6/25/2008 New Material Being Added
Recent revelations about “ghost detainees,” US Naval “floating prison” ships, the Supreme Court rulings on US detainees at Guantanamo, and other material is being added, including details from Phillipe Sands’s new book, Torture Team. You are invited to join in documenting this ever-developing story. |
Recently Added Events
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- Blogger, Not Reporters, Discover Information regarding Number of Times Suspected Terrorists Waterboarded, April 18, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 11/18
- FBI Director Forbids Agents from Participating in ‘Brutal’ CIA Interrogations, Press Learns, May 13, 2004, posted by blackmax
- 11/18
- Army Fails to Investigate Claim of Detainee Abuse, December 2003, posted by blackmax
- 11/18
- Bush Reassures Arab Media that Abu Ghraib Abuses Will Be Investigated, May 5, 2004, posted by blackmax
- 11/18
- Afghanistan Commanders Operating under Rescinded Rules of Interrogation, May 2004, posted by blackmax
- 11/18
- SERE Psychologist Proposes Torture Program, April 16, 2002, posted by blackmax
- 11/16
- Former FBI Interrogator Says Premises behind Torture are False, April 22, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 11/16
- OLC Issues Secret Memo Explicating Torture Methods, (Late July) 2007, posted by blackmax
- 11/16
- Second OLC Memo Finds that Torture Techniques Used in Combination Do Not Violate US Law, Requires Emergency Tracheotomy Kit during Waterboarding, May 10, 2005, posted by blackmax
- 11/8
- Former Detainee Releases Statement Denying Al-Qaeda Links, November 2003, posted by KJF
- 11/8
- CIA Officer Responsible for Wrongful Rendition Promoted to ‘Top Post’, After May 29, 2004, posted by KJF
- 11/8
- FBI Agent Forced to Backtrack over Detainee Identification Claim, January 20, 2009, posted by KJF
- 11/8
- CIA Inspector General Interviews Counterterrorist Center Officer about Usefulness of Detainee Reporting, July 16, 2003, posted by KJF
- 11/8
- FBI Agent Involved in Pre-9/11 Failures Interrogates Canadian Minor, Who Confesses to Knowing Other Alleged Terrorist, October 7-22, 2002, posted by KJF
- 11/8
- At Pre-Military Commission Hearing, FBI Agent Says One Canadian Detainee Identified Another, January 19, 2009, posted by KJF
- 11/8
- FBI Agents Admit Detainee Not Read His Rights, Provided Information on Al-Qaeda, July 24, 2008, posted by KJF
- 11/8
- Later-Famous Detainee Captured in Afghanistan, FBI Does Not Read Him His Rights, November 24, 2001, posted by KJF
- 11/8
- Detainee Takes FBI Agents on Tours of Al-Qaeda Facilities, Shortly after November 24, 2001, posted by KJF
- 11/2
- CIA Officer Involved in Blown Italian Rendition Slated for Top Domestic Post, Around February 15, 2008, posted by KJF
- 11/2
- US Tells Italy It Does Not Have Jurisdiction over Military Officer Charged in Kidnapped Imam Case, September 22, 2009, posted by KJF
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Recently Updated Events
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- CIA Officers Argue over Rendition of Italy-Based Imam, Before February 17, 2003, posted by KJF
- 10/6
- CIA Director Goss Resigns amid Scandal; Replaced by Former NSA Director Michael Hayden, May 5, 2006, posted by blackmax
- 9/29
- Pentagon Refuses to Adopt Proposal Directing Military to Observe Geneva Convention Article, Late 2005, posted by blackmax
- 9/29
- Padilla Indicted for Lesser Crimes, Not on ‘Dirty Bomb’ Allegations, November 22, 2005, posted by blackmax
- 9/21
- Bush Accepts Watered-Down Detainee Treatment Act, December 15, 2005, posted by blackmax
- 9/21
- Porter Goss Sworn in as New CIA Director, September 24, 2004, posted by blackmax
- 9/1
- New York Appeals Court Orders Government to Release Padilla within 30 Days, December 18, 2003, posted by blackmax
- 9/1
- US Official Says Court Must Trust US on Issue of Detainee Treatment, April 28, 2004, posted by blackmax
- 9/1
- Guantanamo Commander Visits Abu Ghraib to Consider How Interrogations Can Be Improved, August 31, 2003-September 9, 2003, posted by blackmax
- 9/1
- Rumsfeld Approves New ‘Harsh’ Interrogation Methods, April 16, 2003, posted by blackmax
- 8/14
- CIA Counterintelligence Manual Warns that Torture Produces Unreliable Information, July 1963, posted by blackmax
- 8/7
- CNN Military Analyst Admits to Drinking ‘Government Kool-Aid’ as Part of Propaganda Operation, June 25, 2005, posted by blackmax
- 8/4
- August 2002 ‘Golden Shield’ Memo Leaked to Press, June 8, 2004, posted by blackmax
- 8/3
- 60 Minutes Airs Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse Story, April 28, 2004, posted by blackmax
- 7/29
- FBI Extracts Confession from Embassy Bombing Cell Member without Torture, Summer 2000, posted by blackmax
- 7/29
- NCIS Head Learns of Allegations of Abuse at Guantanamo, Early December, 2002, posted by blackmax
- 7/29
- Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Tortured in Poland, March 7 - Mid-April, 2003, posted by blackmax
- 7/29
- Iraq-Bound Task Force Adopts Torture Methods Used in Afghanistan, February 2003, posted by blackmax
- 7/29
- OSJA Issues Memo Amending Interrogation Rules Drafted on September 10, September 14-17, 2003, posted by blackmax
- 7/29
- Abu Zubaida Denies Some Charges against Him, Complains of Torture, March 27, 2007, posted by blackmax
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This project intends to document cases of human rights abuses committed by US intelligence and the military against detainees. It also looks at the top-level policies which have promoted such abuses, both directly and indirectly.
The project currently consists of one main timeline, comprised of roughly 150 entries. The events summarized in the timeline are divided into five categories: Rendition of US captives to foreign countries; cases of torture, abuse and other human rights violations; attempts to conceal or cover up illegal US interrogation methods and other prisoner abuses; cases of prisoner deaths, murders and executions; and high-level complicity.
Anyone interested in submitting or editing an entry for this timeline should use the temporary submit form.
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