Email from Steve Solomon to JoAnn Dolan forwarding an email from Joseph Casey to Lynn Cassel with the subject "Wall Street Journal to Publish International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) February Report." The comments from Steve Solomon to JoAnn Dolan are "...could you please forward to Ed? I still can't reach him on the classified system. Thanks, Steve." The comments on the Joseph Casey to Lynn Cassel email are: "ICRC's Delegate General for Europe and the Americas Beatrice Megevand-Roggo called to say that ICRC had learned that the Wall Street Journal plans to publish today a copy of their February report on detention conditions in Iraq. Megevand-Roggo wanted to let us know that ICRC was not the source of the leak."
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From: Solomon, Steven A Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 7:34 AM . RELEASED IN FULL To: Dolan, JoAnn Subject: FW: WSJ to publish ICRC's February report
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FYI --Also, could you please forward to Ed? I still can't reach him on the classified system. Thanks, Steve
----Original Message-----From: Cassidy, Joseph P Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 10:35 AM To: Cassel, Lynn L Cc:0 Moley, Kevin; Campbell, Piper A; Reda, Helmut Danies, Joel D; Siekert, Magda S.; Lubetkin, Wendy C; Peay, T Michael; Solomon, Steven A Subject: WSJ to publish ICRCs February report Importance: High
Lynn,
ICRC's Delegate General for Europe and the Americas Beatrice Megevand-Roggo called to say that ICRC had learned that the Wall Street Journal plans to publish today a copy of their February report on detention conditions in Iraq. (A gisted version will appear in print; the full report will be placed on the WSJ website.)
Megevand-Roggo wanted to let us know that ICRC was not the source of the leak.
Washington HOD Christophe Girod will likely be quoted in the article. Girod reportedly told WSJ that the report was confidential and should not have been published without ICRC consent. It is not clear whether Girod asked the WSJ to hold off, but the journalist made clear the story was going ahead.
ICRC Director of Operations Pierre Kraehenbuhl, Middle East Delegate General Baltasar Staehelin, and Megevand-Roggo will hold a press conference this afternoon. They plan to make three key points:
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ICRC reports are confidential and ICRC did not release this to the press;
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ICRC will not comment further on specific allegations of mistreatment, but "stands by the contents" of its report; and
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ICRC will remind parties to the conflict in Iraq of their responsibilities under International Humanitarian Law.
DOD's 'liana Davidson is aware of the story. She was approached for comment by the WSJ.
I also will forward this info to Washington. Joe
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE I REVIEW AUTHORITY: WILLIAM J GEHRON
DATE/CASE ID: 07 DEC 2004 200303827 UNCLASSIFIED0DOS-001329