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Torture

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  1. 1886-12-06 December 6, 1886: US Supreme Court Approves Doctrine Underlying Rendition
  2. 1937-06-04 June 4, 1937: Nazis Issue Secret Justification, Guidelines for Torture of Detainees
  3. 1943-07-17 July 17, 1943: Marine Interrogator Recommends Courtesy, Respect towards Detainees for Maximum Intelligence Extraction
  4. 1968-01-21 January 21, 1968: US Soldier Convicted of Waterboarding North Vietnamese Prisoner
  5. 1987-09-14 September 14-18, 1987: Arrested Hijacker ‘Tortured’ in US Custody, According to Later Account
  6. 1987-09-18 September 18, 1987: Lebanese Hijacker Is First Known Islamist Terrorist to Be Rendered by US
  7. 1992-06-15 June 15, 1992: Supreme Court Reaffirms Legal Doctrine Underlying Rendition
  8. 1993-07-15 July 15, 1993: Alleged Hijacker Rendered to US from Nigeria
  9. 1995-01-06 After January 6, 1995: Bojinka Plotter Allegedly Tortured by Philippine Police
  10. 1995-02-07 February 7, 1995: Ramzi Yousef Rendered to US
  11. 1995-04-12 April 12, 1995: Bojinka Plotter Rendered to US
  12. 1995-06-21 June 21, 1995: President Clinton Approves CIA’s Rendition Program
  13. 1995-08-27 August 27, 1995 and Shortly After: CIA and Albanian Intelligence Recruit Knowledgeable Informer
  14. 1995-12-09 December 9-12, 1995: Bojinka Plotter Arrested in Malaysia, Rendered to US
  15. 1996-09-21 September 21, 1996: Alleged Japanese Terrorist Rendered to US from Nepal
  16. 1997-06-15 June 15, 1997: Killer of CIA Officers Captured in Pakistan and Rendered to US
  17. 1997-07-11 After July 11, 1997: CIA Significantly Expands Paramilitary Capacity under New Director Tenet
  18. 1998-01-26 January 26, 1998: US Bans Officials from Abusing or Torturing Others
  19. 1998-06-03 June 3, 1998: Alleged Aircraft Bomber Rendered to US from Egypt
  20. 1998-08-26 August 26, 1998: African Embassy Bomber Rendered to US
  21. 1999-10-10 October 10, 1999: US Deports Suspect in Khobar Towers Bombing to Saudi Arabia, Where He Is Allegedly Tortured
  22. 1999-12-03 December 3, 1999: CIA Tells Top Administration Officials It Will Continue Renditions against Al-Qaeda
  23. 2000-04-07 April 7, 2000: Al-Zawahiri’s Brother Arrested and Rendered to Egypt; Reveals Secrets of Islamic Jihad
  24. 2001-01-21 January 21, 2001: George W. Bush Inaugurated as President
  25. 2001-09-11 Shortly After September 11, 2001: CIA Manager Proposes ‘Hit Teams’ to Carry Out Assassinations in Middle East, Africa, and Europe
  26. 2001-09-12 September 12, 2001: Ashcroft Not Highly Concerned about Following Procedures So Captured Terrorists Can Be Put on Trial
  27. 2001-09-16 September 16, 2001: Vice President Cheney Vows US Will Respond to 9/11 with ‘Dark Side’ of Intelligence Methods
  28. 2001-09-20 September 20, 2001: Bush Warns of Lengthy Global War on Terrorism, Says ‘Either You Are with Us, or You Are with the Terrorists’
  29. 2001-10-04 October 4, 2001: NATO Meeting Sets Stage for Secret CIA Rendition Flights
  30. 2001-10-21 October 21, 2001: Washington Post Article Hints at US Government’s Use of Rendition and Torture
  31. 2001-10-29 October 29, 2001: Australian Citizen Arrested in Pakistan with Two Members of Al-Qaeda’s Hamburg Cell
  32. 2001-11-05 November 5, 2001: More Than 1,000 People Reportedly in Secret Custody
  33. 2001-11-14 November 14, 2001: Cheney: Terror Suspects ‘Don’t Deserve to be Treated as Prisoner[s] of War’
  34. 2001-11-24 November 24, 2001: Later-Famous Detainee Captured in Afghanistan, FBI Does Not Read Him His Rights
  35. 2001-11-24 Shortly after November 24, 2001: Detainee Takes FBI Agents on Tours of Al-Qaeda Facilities
  36. 2001-12-17 December 17, 2001: Egyptian National Arrested, Suspected of Facilitating 9/11 Hijackings
  37. 2001-12-19 Shortly After December 19, 2001: CIA Station Chief Protests against FBI Interview of Al-Libi
  38. 2001-12-19 December 19, 2001: Al-Libi Transferred into US Custody; Responsive to Non-Aggressive Interrogation Tactics
  39. 2001-12-27 December 27, 2001: FBI Forces False Confession from Terror Suspect
  40. 2002-01-11 January 11-16, 2002: 9/11 Suspect Freed after Proof Emerges of His Innocence
  41. 2002-01-18 January 18-25, 2002: White House National Security Counsel Cut out of Decision-Making Process Regarding Abandonment of Geneva Conventions
  42. 2002-01-25 January 25, 2002: Powell, State Department Sidelined in Decision to Abandon Geneva Conventions in Interrogations
  43. 2002-03-28 March 28, 2002-Mid-2004: High-Ranking Al-Qaeda Detainees Subjected to Aggressive Interrogation Techniques
  44. 2002-03-28 March 28, 2002: Al-Qaeda Leader Zubaida Is Captured
  45. 2002-03-28 Shortly After March 28, 2002: US Investigators Fail to Trace Saudi-Al-Qaeda Financial Link; Saudis Lose Records
  46. 2002-04-09 April 9, 2002: Bush Boasts of Zubaida’s Imprisonment
  47. 2002-04-09 September 2001 - April 9, 2002: Young British Muslim Detained on Suspicion of Terrorism
  48. 2002-04-16 April 16, 2002: SERE Psychologist Proposes Torture Program
  49. 2002-05-14 Between April and May 14, 2002: Zubaida Associate Threatened with Pictures of Zubaida Hurt by Torture
  50. 2002-06-06 June 6, 2002: Bush Tells Nation Zubaida Is ‘Al-Qaeda’s Chief of Operations’