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October 31, 2003: OLC Sends Secret Memo Regarding Geneva Conventions

2003-10-31

The Office of Legal Counsel (OLC)‘s Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz sends a classified memo to his boss, OLC chief Jack Goldsmith. The contents of the memo will remain secret, but the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) will later learn that the memo concerns the Geneva Conventions. [American Civil Liberties Union, 1/28/2009 pdf file]