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Torture

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  1. 2002-07-01 July 1-2, 2002: SERE Instructors Conduct Two-Day Training Seminar on Waterboarding for CIA Interrogators
  2. 2002-07-01 July 1, 2002: US Learns Intel from Tortured Hamburg Cell Member Zammar without Directly Participating in Torture
  3. 2002-07-11 July 11, 2002: Al-Qaeda Leader Allegedly Arrested in Pakistan, Disappears into US Custody
  4. 2002-07-13 July 13, 2002: Administration, CIA Lawyers Discuss Zubaida Interrogation Plans
  5. 2002-07-17 July 17, 2002: Rice Authorizes CIA to Implement Interrogation Plan for Zubaida
  6. 2002-07-21 May 17 - July 21, 2002: British Muslim Tortured for Nuclear Information
  7. 2002-07-21 July 21, 2002 -- January 2004: British Terror Suspect Tortured in Moroccan Custody
  8. 2002-07-22 July 22, 2002: New Rumsfeld Policy Prefers Interrogation or Killing of Terrorists Over Legally Arresting Them
  9. 2002-07-24 July 24, 2002: Attorney General Approves Interrogation Plan for Zubaida
  10. 2002-08-01 March 28-August 1, 2002: CIA Has No Clear Legal Guidelines for Interrogating Al-Qaeda Leader Zubaida and Other Detainees
  11. 2002-08-01 August 1, 2002: OLC Chief Details Torture Techniques at CIA Request
  12. 2002-08-01 August 1, 2002: Justice Department Determines that Waterboarding, Other Harsh Interrogation Techniques Legal
  13. 2002-08-01 Before August 1, 2002: CIA Office Gathers Data about Use of Enhanced Techniques
  14. 2002-08-08 August 8, 2002-January 15, 2003: Alleged ‘20th Hijacker’ Detained in Guantanamo Is Abused for Months
  15. 2002-08-18 August 18, 2002: Los Angeles Times: No Al-Qaeda Leaders Held at Guantanamo
  16. 2002-09-11 September 11, 2002: 9/11 Planner Ramzi Bin Al-Shibh Captured in Pakistan; KSM Possibly Captured or Killed as Well
  17. 2002-09-11 Shortly After September 11, 2002: Ramzi Bin Al-Shibh Allegedly Not Waterboarded
  18. 2002-09-11 After September 11, 2002: KSM’s Children Said to Be Tortured
  19. 2002-09-25 September 25, 2002: Administration Lawyers Give ‘Green Light’ for Harsh Interrogations at Guantanamo
  20. 2002-10-02 October 2, 2002: Senior SERE Psychologist Warns that SERE Techniques Will Produce False Confessions, Unreliable Information
  21. 2002-10-07 October 7-22, 2002: FBI Agent Involved in Pre-9/11 Failures Interrogates Canadian Minor, Who Confesses to Knowing Other Alleged Terrorist
  22. 2002-10-11 October 11, 2002: Army Legal Adviser Suggests that ‘Immunity’ Can be Granted for Planned Use of Abusive Techniques
  23. 2002-10-14 October 14, 2002: Bush Mislabels Zubaida as One of Al-Qaeda’s ‘Top Three Leaders’
  24. 2002-10-25 October 25, 2002: Pentagon General Counsel ‘Short-Circuits’ Approval Process of Harsh Interrogation Request
  25. 2002-10-28 October 28, 2002: First Detainees Released From Guantanamo Bay
  26. 2002-10-29 October 29, 2002: Some Militants Linked to Gulbuddin Hekmatyar Captured
  27. 2002-10-29 Shortly After October 29, 2002: Detainees Transferred from Pakistan to CIA Salt Pit Site in Afghanistan
  28. 2002-10-31 October 31, 2002: British Intelligence Tries to Formally Recruit Informant
  29. 2002-11-01 November 1-7, 2002: British Authorities Detain Two Men while Giving the CIA False Information about Them So They Will Be Detained Overseas
  30. 2002-11-03 November 3, 2002: CIA Assassinates Al-Qaeda Suspects with Remote Drone One Day Before US Elections
  31. 2002-11-20 November 20, 2002: Afghan Prisoner Dies in CIA Custody
  32. 2002-11-20 Shortly After November 20, 2002: CIA Inspector General Learns of Agency Detention and Interrogation Program
  33. 2002-11-20 November 20-22, 2002: Germany Makes Secret Deal with Syria to Interview Al-Qaeda Hamburg Cell Member Zammar
  34. 2002-11-20 After November 20, 2002: CIA Station Chief Involved in Detainee Death Promoted
  35. 2002-11-20 Shortly After November 20, 2002: CIA Inspector General Begins Investigation into Salt Pit Killing
  36. 2002-11-20 Shortly After November 20, 2002: CIA Sends Team to Investigate Detainee Death at Salt Pit Black Site
  37. 2002-11-20 Shortly After November 20, 2002: Senior CIA Manager Coaches Field Officer on How to Handle Detainee Killing
  38. 2002-11-23 November 23, 2002: Guantanamo Commander Given Verbal Command to Begin Harsh Interrogation of Detainee
  39. 2002-12-04 December 4, 2002: Judge Says Padilla Has Right to See Lawyer; Government Challenges Ruling
  40. 2002-12-05 December 5, 2002: Al-Nashiri Renditioned from CIA Prison in Thailand to Polish Black Site
  41. 2002-12-08 December 8, 2002-March 2003: Innocent British Residents Interrogated and Abused in Afghanistan because They Refuse to Act as Informants
  42. 2002-12-10 December 10, 2002: Army Memo Shows SERE Techniques Approved for Use against Guantanamo Prisoners
  43. 2002-12-17 December 17, 2002: Naval Investigator Learns of Detainee Abuse
  44. 2002-12-17 December 17, 2002: Teenaged Afghan Captured; Allegedly Attacked US Military Vehicle
  45. 2002-12-17 December 17-18, 2002: NCIS Head Brings Allegations of Guantanamo Abuse to Naval General Counsel
  46. 2002-12-18 December 18, 2002: Navy, Army General Counsels Share Information about Abuse at Guantanamo
  47. 2002-12-20 December 20, 2002: Navy’s General Counsel Tries to Convince Pentagon Chief Counsel to Withdraw Torture Authorization
  48. 2002-12-28 Between December 28, 2002 and January 1, 2003: CIA Official Intimidates Al-Nashiri with Handgun, Power Drill
  49. 2002-12-29 December 29, 2002: US Military Denies Abusing Prisoners in Afghanistan, Says Treatment Better than before Capture
  50. 2003-01-09 January 9, 2003 and After: Naval General Counsel Continues to Push for Halt to Harsh Interrogation Tactics at Guantanamo