DOJ Releases DOD and OLC Documents Relating to Detention and Treatment of Detainees

On December 15, 2009, the DOJ released DOD and OLC documents relating to the detention and treatment of detainees. The documents were released in response to the ACLU's 2008 Torture FOIA request.

Cover Letter to ACLU regarding DOD and OLC Documents Released 12/15/2009

DoD Documents

• Memo from Donald Rumsfeld Regarding Detention Metrics
• Detainee Assessment Matrix
• Memo from Paul Wolfowitz to Alberto Gonazles regarding Public Affairs Briefing on Detainee Policy
• Memo Regarding Call for Closure of Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility

OLC Documents

• Memo from Howard Nielson regarding "Protected Persons"
• Memo from Jay Bybee regarding Applicability of Geneva Conventions
• Response to the Preliminary Report of the ABA Task Force on Treatment of Enemy Combatants
• Memo from John Yoo and Robert Delahunty regarding Treaties and Laws Applicable to Captured Persons
• Memo from John Yoo Regarding John Walker Criminal Charges
• Miscellaneous Batch of OLC Documents (all)
  • Inventory of OLC Advice on Interrogation
  • Inventory of DOJ Advice on Interrogation
  • Classified DOJ Legal Advice Regarding the CIA's Interrogation Program
  • DOJ Office of Legal Counsel Opinions For 2003
  • National Security Council Fax Cover Sheet
  • Steven G. Bradbury Testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's Classified Hearing on CIA Detention and Interrogation Program
  • Index of DOJ Legal Opinions (May 2005)
  • Index of DOJ Advice on Interrogation
  • Fax from Steven Bradbury to John Rizzo, CIA, regarding Q&A for Hearing
  • Letter from Steven Bradbury to CIA regarding Legality of Detainee Interrogation
  • Letter from Steven Bradbury to CIA
  • Letter from Jack Goldsmith to Scott Muller regarding "Protected Person"
  • Letter from Steven Bradbury to William Haynes regarding Army Field Manual
  • Letter from Jack Goldsmith to Scott Muller regarding "Protected Person"
  • Index of OLC Memos Relating to the Fourth Geneva Convention (July-October 2004)
  • DOJ Advice on Interrogation
  • Index of OLC Advice
  • Partial Index of OLC Advice
  • Partial Index of OLC Advice 2
  • Partial Index of OLC Advice 3
  • Partial Index of OLC Advice 4
  • National Security Council Fax to Alberto Gonazles Cover Sheet
  • Routing Slip to Jeff Taylor and Steven Bradbury
  • White House Situation Routing Sheet regarding Detainee Policy Draft 13