This document is a selected chronology of representative documents concerning U.S. interrogation policy and legal requirements. While the bulk of the document is redacted, the chronology includes references to OLC memoranda from Jay S. Bybee and John Yoo to Alberto Gonzales, William Haynes, and John Rizzo.
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Selected Chronology of Representative Documents
Concerning U.s. 'Interrogati~n Policy and Legal Requirements
22 January 2002 -- Memorandum for the Hon. Alberto R.
Gonzales, Counsel to the President, and William J. Haynes,
II, General Counsel, Department of Defense, on the
application of treaties and laws to al Qaeda and Taliban
detainees (such as the Geneva Convention Relative to ·the
·Treatment of Prisoners of War,' the three .additional Geneva
Conventions, customary international law, and the Federal
War Crimes Act), fro~ Jays. Bybee, Assistant Attorney ·
General, Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice ..
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13 March 2002 -- Memorandum for William J. Haynes, II,
General Counsel, Department of Defense, on the President's
power as Commander in Chief to transfer captured terrorists
to the control and custody of foreign nations, from Jay S.
Bybee, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel,
Department of Justice. I I
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26 July 2002 --Memorandum for the Office of. the Secretary
of Defense Genera.l Counsel from I II
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1 August 2002 -- Letter to the. Hen. Alberto R. Gonzales,
Counsel to the President, on the legality under
international law (specifically, the Torture Convention)
and the ramifications in the International Criminal Court
of U.S. interrogatioh.methods to be used in the war on
terrorism, from John C. Yoo, Deputy Assistant Attorney
Gl;!neral, Office of Legal Counsel, DepCl.rtment of Justice.
1 August 2002 -- Memorandum for the Hen. Alberto R.
Gonzales, Counsel to the President, on the standards of
conduct.for interrogation under the Federal anti-torture
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statute, from Jay s. Bybee, Assistant Attorney General,
Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice.
1 August 2002 -- Memorandum for John Rizzo, Acting General
Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency, on the interrogation
of ah al Qaeda operative I I from John Yoo,
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel,
Department of Justice.
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28 January 2003 -- DCI approves a set of "Guidelines on
Confinement Conditions fo'); CIA Detainees:" The guidelines
summarize the operational and ·legal guidance that guided
the operation of detention facilities from their inception,
and provide a ready reference for all Agency personnel
engaged in such activities.
28 January 2003 -~ DCI approves a companion set ro~f ___ _,
"Guidelines on Interro ations Conducted Pursuant
e gu~ e ~nes summar~ze t e operat~onal and legal
gu~dance that guided the process from its inception, and
provide a ready reference as well.
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