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A '''High Value Detainee''' was a term used in [[George W. Bush Administration]] policy documents to refer to persons believed to either to know critical information of [[terrorism|terrorist]] threats against the United States, and to constitute a continuing danger if released. The original definition, provided by a [[Central Intelligence Agency]] assistant general counsel, whose name was redacted from the released document, <ref name=OLC2005-05-10-Doc13>{{citation | {{subpages}} | ||
A '''High Value Detainee''' was a term used in [[George W. Bush Administration]] policy documents to refer to persons believed to either to know critical information of [[terrorism|terrorist]] threats against the United States, and to constitute a continuing danger if released. These were the individuals for whom specific authorization was given to use enhanced interrogation techniques, which went beyond the methods generally accepted as within U.S. and international law as defined in military interrogation guidance. The methods, however, were used within an initial framework legal guidance that they did not constitute [[torture]], although at least one method, [[waterboarding interrogation techniques|waterboarding]], has subsequently been deemed torture by U.S. officials such as [[Susan Crawford]], convening authority of Military Commissions. | |||
The original definition, provided by a [[Central Intelligence Agency]] assistant general counsel, whose name was redacted from the released document, <ref name=OLC2005-05-10-Doc13>{{citation | |||
| author = [[Steven Bradbury]], Office of the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, [[U.S. Department of Justice]] | | author = [[Steven Bradbury]], Office of the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, [[U.S. Department of Justice]] | ||
| title = Memorandum for John A. Rizzo, Senior Deputy General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency, '''Re:''' Application of 18 USC 2340-2340A to Certain Techniques That May Be Used in the Interrogation of a a High Value al Qaeda Detainee | | title = Memorandum for John A. Rizzo, Senior Deputy General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency, '''Re:''' Application of 18 USC 2340-2340A to Certain Techniques That May Be Used in the Interrogation of a a High Value al Qaeda Detainee | ||
Revision as of 19:23, 18 April 2009
A High Value Detainee was a term used in George W. Bush Administration policy documents to refer to persons believed to either to know critical information of terrorist threats against the United States, and to constitute a continuing danger if released. These were the individuals for whom specific authorization was given to use enhanced interrogation techniques, which went beyond the methods generally accepted as within U.S. and international law as defined in military interrogation guidance. The methods, however, were used within an initial framework legal guidance that they did not constitute torture, although at least one method, waterboarding, has subsequently been deemed torture by U.S. officials such as Susan Crawford, convening authority of Military Commissions.
The original definition, provided by a Central Intelligence Agency assistant general counsel, whose name was redacted from the released document, [1] was:
"A detainee who, at time of capture, we have reason to believe:
- is a senior member of al-Qaeda or an al-Qaida associated terrorist group (Jemaah Islamiyyah, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, al-Zarqawi Group, etc.)
- has knowledge of imminent terrorist threats against the USA, its military forces, its citizens and organizations, or its allies, or that has/had direct involvement in planning and preparing terrorist actions against the USA or its allies, or assisting the al-Qaeda leadership in planning and preparing such terrorist actions; and
- if released, constitutes a clear and continuing threat to the USA or its allies.: [2]
Persons in this category, listed by the apparently most common name in biographical information, include: [3]
- Ammar al-Baluchi
- Haytham al-Kini
- Abu Zubaydah
- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
- Hambali
- Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi
- Lillie
- Majid Khan
- Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri
- Abu Faraj
- Ramzi Bin al-Shibh
- Zubair
- Khallad
- Gouled Hassan Dourad
References
- ↑ Steven Bradbury, Office of the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice (May 10, 2005), Memorandum for John A. Rizzo, Senior Deputy General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency, Re: Application of 18 USC 2340-2340A to Certain Techniques That May Be Used in the Interrogation of a a High Value al Qaeda Detainee
- ↑ Fax for Daniel Levin, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, from [name redacted] Assistant General Counsel, CIA; January 4, 2005; quoted by Bradbury in May 10 memo
- ↑ High Value Detainee Biographies, Office of the Director of National Intelligence