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1. DOJ memorandum to Alberto Gonzales. Specifying interrogation methods that the CIA
may use against Al Qaeda leaders
2. October 2003 “interim guidance” about the permissibility under the Fourth Convention of
such relocation of “protected persons.”
3. Memorandum for Alberto R. Gonzales, Counsel to the President, from Jack Goldsmith III,
Assistant Attorney General, Re: “Protected Persons” in Occupied Iraq (March 18, 2004)
4. Memorandum for Alberto R. Gonzales, Counsel to the President and William J. Haynes, II,
general Counsel, Department of Defense, from Jay S. Bybee, Assistant Attorney General, Re:
Authority of the President Under Domestic and International Law To Make Fundamental
Institutional Changes to the Government of Iraq (Apr. 10, 2003)
5. Memorandum for Alberto R. Gonzales, Counsel to the President, from Patrick F. Philbin,
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, Re: Legality of the Use of Military
Commissions to Try Terrorists (Nov. 6, 2001).
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Department of Defense, from John Yoo, Deputy Assistant Attorney
General, Re: Application of Treaties and Laws to al Qaeda and
Taliban Detainees (Jan. 9, 2002))
6. Memorandum for Alberto R. Gonzales, Counsel to the President and William J. Haynes, II,
general Counsel, Department of Defense, from John C. Yoo, Deputy Assistant Attorney
General and Robert J. Delahunty, Special Counsel, Office of Legal Counsel, Re: Authority for
Use of Military Force to Combat Terrorist Activities Within the United States (Oct. 17, 2001)
7. Memorandum for William J. Haynes II. General Counsel, Department of Defense, from Jay
S. Bybee, Assistant Attorney General, Re:The President’s Power as Commander in Chief to
Transfer Captured Terrorists to the Control and Custody of Foreign Nations (March 13, 2002)
8. Memorandum for Timothy E. Flannigan, Deputy Counsel to the President, from John C.
Yoo, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, Re: The President’s
Constitutional Authority to Conduct Military Operations Against Terrorists and Nations
Supporting Them, (Sept. 25, 2001).
9. Memorandum from DOJ to CIA interpreting the Convention Against Torture (Late 2001)
10. Documents showing that Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez approved the use of high-pressure
interrogation techniques by senior officials at Abu Ghraib without requiring them to obtain
prior approval from outside the prison. (Late 2003/Early 2004)
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Involved, Handlers Say, Washington Post, June 11, 2004)
11. Memorandum from Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF-7), Re: Applicability of Army Field
Manual 34-52 and sensory deprivation (September 10, 2003)
13. Directive of Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez entitled “Interrogation and Counter Resistance
Policy” (September 12, 2003)
14. Memorandum from Combined Joint Task Force-7 on interrogations (September 28, 2003)
15. Document(s) relating to CIA Director George Tenet’s request that Defense Secretary
Donald Rumsfeld hold an Iraqi suspect at a high level detention center but not be listed on the
prison rolls and Rumsfeld’s order implementing that request (October 2003)
16. Directive signed by President Bush that grants the CIA the authority to set up detention
facilities outside the United States and/or outlining interrogation methods that may be used
against detainees (Date unknown)
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19. Legal opinions from the Office of Legal Counsel applying the conclusions of the December
30, 2004 Memorandum (on legal standards applicable under 18 U.S.C. sections 2340-2340A) to
specific interrogation methods.
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