President

(Bush) - Detention, treatment and trial of certain non-citizens in the war against terrorism.  The President declares a national emergency and asserts that detainees shall be treated humanely and "afforded adequate food, drinking water, shelter, clothing medical treatment and allowed free exercise of religion."

13-Nov-01

President

(Bush) - Humane treatment of Al-Qaeda and Taliban detainees.  The President suspends the Geneva Conventions.

7-Feb-02

Justice Dept

Asst. Attorney General

(Philbin-Yoo) - Possible Habeas Corpus Jurisdiction over aliens held at Guantanmo Bay. Argues that prisoners at Guantanamo Bay may not sue for mistreatment.

28-Dec-01

Justice Dept

Asst. Attorney General

(Bybee) - Application of Treaties and Laws to Al-Qaeda and Taliban detainees.  Minimizes relative importance of violations of Geneva Conventions' medical provisions (pp 5, 28).

22-Jan-02

Justice Dept

Asst. Attorney General

(Gonzales) - Decisions re application of the Geneva Convention on prisoners of war. Parts of Conventions are "quaint;" arguments for applying them to Al-Qaeda and Taliban are "unpersuasive."

25-Jan-02

Justice Dept

Asst. Attorney General

(Bybee) - Standards of Conduct for Interrogation. Defines torture, pain, suffering and Post-traumatic-stress-disorder (PTSD) etc. as sequellae of torture.  Accepts interrogational drugs (p 9). Quotes Amer Psychiatric Assn endorsing of DSM-IV [but does not note its endorsement of Declarations of Madrid and Tokyo] (p 11).

1-Aug-02

Justice Dept

Asst. Attorney General

(Levin) - Memorandum for Deputy Assistant Attorney General. Withdraws and supersedes Bybee 8-01-2002.  Reviews its medical claims.

30-Dec-04

Justice Dept

Deputy Asst. Attorney General

(Yoo, Delahunty) - Application of treaties and laws to Al-Qaeda and Taliban detainees.  Nonapplication of such treaties and laws.

9-Jan-02

DOD Cent Command

Sec Defense

(Rumsfeld) - Status of Taliban and Al-Qaeda. Secretary of Defense directs that the Geneva Conventions are suspended [3 weeks before the President does so].

19-Jan-02

DOD Cent Command

Sec Defense

(Rumsfeld [prepared by Haynes]) - Counter Resistance Techniques.  Secretary of Defense response to Oct 11 Beaver/Phifer memo, including giving interrogators discretion over whether to honor prisoners' requests for medical attention.

27-Nov-02

DOD Cent Command

Sec Defense

(Rumsfeld) - Counter Resistance Techniques.  Secretary of Defense rescinds his directive of Nov. 27, 2002.

15-Jan-03

DOD Cent Command

Sec Defense

Working Group Report. Detainee interrogations. This Rumsfeld appointed working group outlines coercive interrogation, warns that it is poor technique for many reasons, says that medical personnel must be available.

4-Apr-03

DOD Cent Command

Sec Defense

(Rumsfeld) -Memorandum for US Southern Command; Counter Resistance Techniques This memo implements coercive interrogation, described the goal of exploiting emotional and physical strengths and weaknesses and directs medical oversight.

16-Apr-03

DOD Cent Command

Sec Defense

Procedures for Investigation into Deaths of Detainees in the Custody of the Armed Forces of the United States.

9-Jun-04

DOD Cent Command

Asst Def Sec for Health

Reviews medical policies for reporting suspicion of prisoner abuse. See Section 17-2ff

1-Apr-05

DOD Cent Command

Asst Def Sec for Health

(Winkenwerder) - Medical Program Principles and Procedures for the Protection and Treatment of Detainees. This policy distinguishes between clinical and nonclinical (i.e. interrogational) responsibilities, subordinates clinical ethics to US interpretations of law, limits confidentiality of POWS and potentially engages clinicians in supervising harm.

3-Jun-05

DOD Cent Command

Asst Def Sec for Health

Medical Program Support for Detainee Operations.  Policy for clinicians on the Behavioral Science Consultation Teams (BSCTs).

6-Jun-06

DOD Cent Command

Deputy Secr of Def

(England) - DoD intelligence Interrogations, Detainee Debriefings, and Tactical Questioning.  This memo consolidated DoD policy after the 2005 Detainee Treatment Act and asserts that medical information can be released to assist to any lawful intelligence or national security activity and that Behavioral Science Consultants and assist in interrogations but do not provide medical care except in emergencies when no other clinicians are available.

3-Nov-05

DOD Cent Command

Procedures following the death of a detainee in CFLCC [Coalition Forces Land Component Command] custody.

2-Jan-02

9662

DOD Cent Command

Medical Examiner

AR [Army Regulation] 40-57. 1991 Policy Manual for the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System

2-Jan-91

DOD

Inst of Pathology

Operations Manual 2001 #5154.24 describes responsibilities. 

3-Oct-01

DOD

Inst of Pathology

Operations Manual 2003 #5154.30 describes responsibilities.

18-Mar-03

DOD Cent Command

Army

Army Regulations 190-8:6-14(5-6). Regarding medical care, sanitation, death and burial of prisoners.

1-Oct-97

DOD Cent Command

Army

Summary of DOD policies on prisoners. Includes policies regarding notification of deaths, recent deaths of prisoners at Bagram, etc.

11-Nov-02

DOD

Army

To Navy: E mail says that policies for investigating homicides are classified.

23-Dec-03

DOD

Army

Army Interim Policy for Medical and Criminal Investigation of Prisoner Deaths (pdf p. 68-69).

7-Jun-04

DOD

Army

Forwarding of Original Case Files Pertaining to Detainee Abuse/Death Investigations

7-Jun-04

DOD

Army

Criminal Investigation Operational Procedures.  This pertains to reporting detainee deaths. 

4-Aug-04

DOD

Army

Army Policy for Forwarding Medical and Criminal Investigation Records pertaining to Prisoner Deaths and abuse (pdf p. 77-78).

4-Aug-04

DOD

Army

General prison policy summary including medical care and feeding (p. 6233-6238).

DOD

Marines

Marine Corps Detention Standard Operating Procedures.  Includes medical policies

3-Nov-04

DOD

Navy

Emails regarding death investigations

19-Aug-03

DOD

Navy

Emails regarding autopsy procedures.  Discussing disposition of bodies for prisoners.

27-Aug-03

DOD

Navy

Emails regarding death investigations

9-Dec-03

DOD

Navy

Emails regarding death investigations

21-Jun-04

DOD-Afghanistan

Detainee Personal Data Collection

30-Sep-02

DOD-Afghanistan

Interrogation and Counter Resistance Policy. Implements Rumsfeld's 4/16/03 Guantanamo standards for coercive interrogation memo (including medical oversight of interrogation) in Afghanistan. (pg 91ff).

13-May-04

DOD-Afghanistan

Detainee Procedures. Includes Medical procedures

16-May-04

DOD-Iraq

Coalition policy for Iraq prisons, medical care, care of mentally ill, death and use of restraints

2-Jun-02

DOD-Iraq

Army

Policy for recording the death of a prisoner and disposing of the body, Tikrit, Iraq (p. 2070-71).

7/23/03

DOD-Iraq

Iraq: Intake processing for prisoners.  Brief Powerpoint orientation.

3-Sep-03

DOD-Iraq

(Miller) - Assessment of DOD Counterterrorism Interrogation and Detention Operations.  General Miller establishes the Behavioral Science Consultation Team (BSCT) in Iraq.

9-Sep-03

DOD-Iraq

Army

Prisoner Inprocessing at Ironhorse in Iraq (p. 2078-2090).

9/20/03

DOD-Iraq

Tikrit, Iraq, Camp Ironhorse. Treatment of Detainees. Includes policy standards for health care for prisoners

21-Sep-03

DOD-Iraq

(Sanchez) - Interrogation and Counter Resistance Policy.  Implements Rumsfeld's 4/16/03 Guantanamo standards for coercive interrogation memo (including medical oversight of interrogation) in Iraq.

12-Oct-03

DOD-Iraq

Intake processing for prisoners at Camp Muleskinner

18-Dec-03

DOD-Iraq

Intake processing for prisoners at Camp Muleskinner

18-Dec-03

DOD-Iraq

Medical and death policies for prisoners at Camp Freedom, Mosul, Iraq, 691-702

27-Jan-04

DOD-Iraq

Camp Duke Standard Operating Procedures. Policy standards for health care for prisoners.

1-Jun-04

DOD-Iraq

Various documents pertaining to training personnel for prison operation and medical triage

DOD-Iraq

Medical screening policy for prisoners

DOD-Iraq

Detainee Processing Rules. Includes medical intake questions and sick call schedule.

DOD-Iraq

Medical Transfer Form

DOD-Iraq

Medical History and Physical Form

DOD-Iraq

Routine Medical Exam Form

DOD-Iraq

Medical Transfer Form

DOD-Iraq

Abu Ghraib Interrogation Rules of Engagement. This poster from the interrogation rooms at Abu Ghraib describes preinterrogation medical check and medical monitoring of coercive diets.

DOD-Iraq

Page 1-11 is prisoner intake and medical procedures

DOD-IRAQ

Army

530th Military Police Battalion. Criminal Detainee Reception and In-Processing Standard Operating Procedure.  Describes medical intake and Tuberculosis screening at Camp Bucca, Iraq

DOD South Command

Confidentiality Policy for Interactions Between Health care Provides and Enemy Persons. Describes duty of clinicians to convey information that they obtain from patients to non-medical personnel with a need to know.

6-Aug-02

DOD South Command

(Beaver, Phifer) - Aggressive Interrogation Techniques for Guantanamo. First memo from Guantanamo proposing medical monitoring of aggressive interrogation and interrogator discretion over requests for medical attention.

11-Oct-02

DOD South Command

Guantanamo Hospital Policy for BSCT (p 751-753)

15-Feb-05

DOD South Command

Guantanamo Hospital Policy for medical records (p 754-762)

1-Jun-05

DOD South Command

Guantanamo Hospital Policy for moving Koran (p 749-750)

14-Jun-05

28-Mar-03