Department of Defense memo rescinding approval of the use of all Category II techniques and one Category III technique during investigations that were previously approved on December 2, 2002. Attaches memo from Jim Haynes, General Counsel of the Department of Defense re: Detainee Interrogations, which establishes a study on the legal considerations raised by interrogation of detainees and the policy considerations regarding the choice of interrogation techniques.
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 1 000 . DEFENSE WASHINGTON; ICPBILAnN MEMORANDUM FOR COMMANDER USSOUTHCOM JAN '1 5 2003 SUBJECT: Counter-Re . sistance Techniques (U) (S) My December 2, 2002, approval of the use of all Category II techniques and one Category III technique during, interrogations at Guantanamo is hereby rescinded. Should you determine that particular techniques in either of these categories are warranted in an individual-case, you should forward that request to me. Such a request should include a thorough justification for the employment of those techniques and a detailed plan for the use of such techniques. (U) In all interrogations, you should continue the humane treatment of detainees, regardless of the type 'of interroeation technique employed. (U) Attached is a memo to the General Counsel setting in motion ' a -study to be completed within 15 days. After my review, I will providefin-ther.guidance. Classified by: Secretary Rurnsfeld Reason: 1.5(C) Declassify on: l 0 years Declassify Under the Authority of Executive Order 12958 By Executive Secretary, Office of the Secretary of DefeiTse UNCLASSIFIED By William P. Marriott, CAPT, USN lune 21, 2004 /404) I n xnni 7A" DOJOLC 00020