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Sources

Special thanks to Chris Anders, the American Civil Liberties Union

Research Sources

We’re grateful to the following resources for providing background information for this activity:

Government
  • Detainee Treatment Act
  • Federal War Crimes Act
  • Geneva Conventions
  • USA PATRIOT Act
Memorandum for William J. Haynes II, General Counsel of the Department of Defense,
“Re: Application of Treaties and Laws to al Qaeda and Taliban Detainees,” by John Yoo, January 9, 2002
Memorandum for William J. Haynes II, General Counsel of the Department of Defense,
“Re: Military Interrogation of Alien Unlawful Combatants Held Outside the United States,” by John Yoo, March 14, 2003
Memorandum for the President,
“Decision Re: Application of the Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War to the Conflict with al Qaeda and the Taliban,” by Alberto Gonzales, January 25, 2002
Presidential Memorandum,
“Humane Treatment of al Qaeda and Taliban Detainees,” by President George H.W. Bush, June 17, 2004
Presidential Military Order,
“Re: Detention, Treatment and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism,” by President George H.W. Bush, November 13, 2001
United Nations’ Convention Against Torture
 
U.S. Government, NGOs, International Governing Bodies and Treaties
 
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, U.S. Supreme Court Decision, June 29, 2006
Articles and Background
ACLU,
report prepared for the United Nations’ Committee Against Torture, April 2006
CNN,
“Plane Terror Suspects Convicted on All Counts,” September 5, 1996
The Center for Victims of Torture,
“Statement by Douglas A. Johnson, Executive Director, on Presidential Veto of Intelligence Authorization Act,” March 8, 2008
Dershowitz, Alan,
“Should We Fight Terror With Torture?” The Independent (U.K.), July 3, 2006
Fisher, Ian,
“Iraqi Recounts Hours of Abuse by U.S. Troops,” The New York Times, May 5, 2004
Grey, Stephen,
“CIA Rendition: The Smoking Gun Cable,” ABC News, The Blotter, November 6, 2007
Harris, Sam,
“In Defense of Torture,” huffingtonpost.com, October 17, 2005
Jehl, Douglas,
“High Qaeda Aide Retracted Claim of Link With Iraq,” The New York Times, July 30, 2004
Jehl, Douglas,
“Report Warned Bush Team About Intelligence Doubts,” The New York Times, November 6, 2005
Krauthammer, Charles,
“The Truth About Torture,” The Weekly Standard, December 5, 2005
Merari, Ariel,
“Deterring Fear: Government Responses to Terrorist Attacks,” Environment, Winter 2002
Priest, Dana,
“Al Qaeda–Iraq Link Recanted,” Washington Post, August 1, 2004
Reliquiae Antiquae Scoticae,
Illustrative of Ecclesiastical and Civil Affairs, from Original Manuscripts

Organizations

  • American Civil Liberties Union
  • Human Rights Watch
  • International Committee of the Red Cross

Image Sources

WTC photograph in Step 2 image montage
From a photo by Sullivan, James P., “The Towers on Fire from the Terrorist Attacks,” The September 11 Digital Archive. See original image.
Stock image source
iStockPhoto.com

Site Credits

  • Researched and written by Malcolm Gay
  • Edited and produced by Meghan Laslocky
  • Designed by Rick Elizaga and Eric Westby
  • Created by KQED Interactive
  • In memory of Sean Fagan