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Critics: Key Memos on U.S. Torture Policy Withheld

Documents on Detainees
The Bush administration has released a series of documents on the status and treatment of detainees captured in Afghanistan and in the war on terrorism. Below are some of those memos:

DOD Documents
• Jan. 19, 2002, Memo from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the Status of Taliban and al Qaida Detainees

• Oct. 11, 2002, Defense Dept. Joint Task Force Memo on Interrogation Techniques

• Oct. 25, 2002, U.S. Southern Command Memo Endorsing Joint Task Force Recommendations on Interrogation Techniques

• Dec. 2, 2002, Rumsfeld Memo Approving Interrogation Techniques

• Jan. 15, 2003, Rumsfeld Memo on Establishing a Working Group on Interrogation Issues

• April 16, 2003, Rumsfeld Memo Approving Interrogation Techniques for Detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba



DOJ Documents
• Jan. 22, 2002, Justice Dept. Memo to White House, Defense Dept. on Effect of International Treaties, U.S. Laws on Taliban, Al Qaeda Detainees in Afghanistan

• Feb. 1, 2002, Letter from Attorney General John Ashcroft to President Bush on Afghanistan Detainees

• Feb. 7, 2002, DOJ Memo to the White House on the Status of Taliban Forces Under the Geneva Convention

• Feb. 26, 2002, DOJ Memo to the Defense Dept. on Interrogation of Afghanistan Detainees

• Aug. 1, 2002, DOJ Letter to the White House on Interrogation Methods in the War on Terrorism

• Aug. 1, 2002, DOJ Memo to the White House on Standards of Conduct Under U.S. Law (Bush aides have subsequently disavowed this memo.)

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June 24, 2004

Key documents are missing from the batch of newly declassified documents the White House released this week on its policies on torture and the treatment of prisoners, critics say. Absent are any memos to and from the FBI and CIA and any documents dated after April 2003. No documents address the State Department's concern over the Bush administration's interpretation of the Geneva Conventions. Hear NPR's Jackie Northam.

 
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