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Prisoner Abuse in Iraq, Afghanistan and Elsewhere

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Open-Content investigative project managed by Derek, KJF, blackmax

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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  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