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Prisoner Abuse in Iraq, Afghanistan and Elsewhere

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  1. 2003-01-11 January 11, 2003: Military Legal Review Says Rumsfeld’s Authorization ‘Provides… Most Persuasive Argument for Use of’ Harsh Interrogation Techniques
  2. 2003-01-15 January 15-22, 2003: Navy’s General Counsel Complains about Interrogation Techniques at Guantanamo, Led to Believe Harsh Interrogations Will Stop
  3. 2003-02-06 February 6, 2003: JAG Officer Protests Justice Department Approval of Torture
  4. 2003-02-06 February 6, 2003: Navy, Justice Lawyers Spar over Presidential Authority to Order Torture
  5. 2003-02-10 Between February 10, 2003 and February 16, 2003: CIA Director Briefs National Security Adviser about Italian Rendition
  6. 2003-02-17 5:00 p.m. February 17, 2003: Kidnapped Imam Arrives at US Air Base in Italy
  7. 2003-02-17 Noon February 17, 2003: CIA Kidnaps Own Informer in Broad Daylight in Italy, Damaging Italian Al-Qaeda Investigation
  8. 2003-02-17 After February 17, 2003: Main Supporter of CIA’s ‘Italian Job’ Rendition Promoted Twice
  9. 2003-02-17 Before February 17, 2003: CIA Officers Argue over Rendition of Italy-Based Imam
  10. 2003-02-17 Before February 17, 2003: Italian Military Intelligence Approves Kidnap of Milan Imam
  11. 2003-02-28 February 28, 2003: CIA Refuses to Say Whether Bush Has Approved Enhanced Interrogation Techniques
  12. 2003-03-01 March 1, 2003: KSM Reportedly Arrested in Pakistan, But Doubts Persist
  13. 2003-03-01 Shortly After March 1, 2003: KSM Is Extensively Waterboarded and Tortured in Secret CIA Prisons
  14. 2003-03-01 After March 1, 2003: CIA Detainee Reportedly Provides Agency with First Intelligence about Al-Qaeda Operative Involved in 9/11 Plot
  15. 2003-03-01 After March 1, 2003: Interrogators Threaten to Kill KSM’s Children
  16. 2003-03-07 March 7, 2003-May 18, 2007: Al-Qaeda Financier Tied to Pearl’s Death Disappears for Four Years, Then Dies
  17. 2003-03-07 After March 7, 2003: Alleged 9/11 Mastermind KSM Repeatedly Waterboarded in Poland
  18. 2003-03-07 After March 7, 2003: CIA Officer Takes Sightseeing Trip to See KSM Waterboarded
  19. 2003-03-11 March 11, 2003: Judge Reaffirms Padilla Has Right to See Lawyer
  20. 2003-03-14 March 14, 2003: Justice Department Claims Military Can Ignore Laws against Torture, Assault, Maiming, and Drugging Detainees
  21. 2003-03-15 February 22-March 15, 2003: CIA Milan Chief Flies to Cairo, Following Abducted Imam Who Is Allegedly Tortured
  22. 2003-03-23 (March 23, 2003): Saudi Detainee Transferred to Guantanamo
  23. 2003-04-29 April 29, 2003: Guantanamo Detainee in ‘Vegetative State’ after Attempted Suicide
  24. 2003-05-07 May 7-9, 2003: CIA Wrongly Informs Court about Detainee Recordings in Moussaoui Case
  25. 2003-05-30 May 30, 2003: Military Interrogators Encouraged to Use Harsh Interrogation Tactics FBI Personnel Consider Questionable, Possibly Illegal
  26. 2003-06-17 June 17-18, 2003: CIA, RAND, Psychological Association Explore Use of Drugs on Interrogation Subjects
  27. 2003-06-26 June 26, 2003: Bush Declares US Committed to Eliminate Torture; White House Reassures CIA that It Still Supports Agency Torture of Prisoners
  28. 2003-07-02 July 2, 2003: CIA Report Says KSM Claims Moussaoui Not for 9/11, but Second Wave of Attacks
  29. 2003-07-16 July 16, 2003: CIA Inspector General Interviews Counterterrorist Center Officer about Usefulness of Detainee Reporting
  30. 2003-08-12 August 12, 2003: Hambali and Aides Arrested in Thailand; Handed to US
  31. 2003-08-12 Shortly After August 12, 2003: Hambali Tortured in Secret CIA Prison
  32. 2003-09-11 September 11, 2003: Justice Department Decides Not to Prosecute CIA Officer Who Intimidated Al-Nashiri with Handgun, Power Drill
  33. 2003-09-11 September 11, 2003: CIA Report Says KSM Again Claims Moussaoui Not for 9/11, but Second Wave
  34. 2003-09-15 September 15, 2003 and After: Army Interrogator Commits Suicide Rather than Torture Prisoners
  35. 2003-10-29 October 29, 2003: CIA Inspector General Issues Report on Use of Handgun, Power Drill to Intimidate Detainee
  36. 2003-10-29 (After October 29, 2003): CIA Officers Who Threatened Detained Al-Qaeda Leader with Gun, Drill Reprimanded
  37. 2003-11-05 November 5, 2003-January 2004: 9/11 Commission’s Attempt to Get Access to Detainees Fails
  38. 2003-11-06 November 6, 2003: Afghani Civilian Beaten to Death by US Captors
  39. 2004-01-09 January 9, 2004: Iraqi Prisoner Choked, Beaten to Death by CIA Interrogators
  40. 2004-01-23 January 23, 2004: Al-Qaeda Leader Captured in Iraq; He Becomes ‘Ghost Detainee’
  41. 2004-01-23 Shortly After January 23, 2004: CIA Interrogation of Al-Qaeda Leader Ghul Helps Search for Bin Laden’s Trusted Courier Ahmed
  42. 2004-01-23 Before January 23, 2004: Internal Dispute Breaks Out at CIA over Handling of Detainee
  43. 2004-01-24 January 24, 2004: FBI’s Baghdad Commander Advises Washington FBI Officials Not to Investigate Abu Ghraib Allegations
  44. 2004-02-12 February 12-16, 2004: Army Memos Document Torture at Afghanistan Military Facility
  45. 2004-02-13 February 13, 2004: Rumsfeld’s Chief of Staff Falsely Claims Al-Qaeda Leaders Are Being Held at Guantanamo
  46. 2004-03-03 March 3, 2004: Lawyers Finally Meet with Accused American al-Qaeda Operative
  47. 2004-03-28 March 28, 2004: Documents Show Army Doctrines ‘Do… Not Exist’ at Bagram; Prisoners Not Given Rights under Geneva
  48. 2004-04-02 April 2, 2004: Army Documents 62 Cases of Abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan, 26 Involving Detainee Deaths
  49. 2004-04-05 April 5, 2004: Iraqi Dies in US Custody, Probably from Hypothermia
  50. 2004-04-19 April 19, 2004: Iraqi Detainee Dies after Being Strapped to Barred Window