LETTER TO SCOTT W. MuLLER FROM MILES P. FISCHER RE TREATMENT OF DETAINEES

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• Collection: FOIA Collection
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• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: March 12, 2010
• Case Number: F-2010-00480
• Publication Date: June 4, 2003

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THE ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR
OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
42 WEST 44TH STREET
NEW YORK CITY, NEw YORK 10036-6690
STANDING COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AFFAIRS AND JUSTICE
COMMITTEE CHAIR
COMMITTEE SECRETARY
Miles P. Fischer. Esq.
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Michael Memin, Esq.
440 E. 79
St., Apt. 14D
Budd Lamer Rosenbaum Greenberg & Sade
New York, NY 10021
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Short Hills, NJ 07078
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(973)
315-4421 t
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379-7734 f
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Scott W. Muller
General Counsel
Central Intelligence Agency
I George Bush Center
June 4, 2003
Washington, D.C. 20505
We are writing on behalf of the Committees on International Human Rights and Military
Affairs & Justice of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Founded in 1870, the
Association is an independent non-governmental organization with a membership of more than
22,000 lawyers, judges, law professors and government officials, principally from New York
City but also from throughout the United States and from 40 other countries. The Committee on
International Human Rights investigates and reports on human rights conditions around the
tiro:=u. The Committee on Military Affairs & Justice engages in matters of poii:y and iav'
relating to the United States Armed Forces. The two committees are investigating reports about
the treatment of detainees subject to CIA interrogation at locations outside of the United States,
including the centers at Bagram air base in Afghanistan and on the island of Diego Garcia end rt
Guantanomo.
Over the past six months, several newspapers (the Washington Post, The New York Times anti
the Wall Street Journal) have reported allegations of abusive treatment by T_I.S interrog ror-; ct
people detained at Bagram. As described in these reports, some of the abusive treatment ;}could
qualify under international law as torture or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment In
addition, the reports state that in some instances, people suspected of having links to terrorism
have been apprehended by U.S. officials outside of the United States and rendered to countries
where they can be subject to interrogation tactics -- including torture,- that are illegal in the
United States. v
Mr. William J. Haynes II, General Counsel of the Defense Department, recently wrote -- in
response to a letter from the Executive Director of Human Rights Watch to President Bush
raising these issues -- that "[w]hen questioning enemy combatants, U.S. personnel are required to
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follow [United States] policy and applicable laws prohibiting torture." In addition, Mr. Haynes
confirmed that in the event of a transfer of "detained enemy combatants to other countries for
continued detention on [the U_S. Government's] behalf, U.S. Government instructions are to seek
and obtain appropriate assurances that such enemy combatants are not tortured."
Our Committees would like an opportunity to review the Directorate of Operations
instructions and any other relevant materials giving guidance to interrogators, so that we may
assess the clarity and specificity of the instructions given to U.S. interrogators and other U_S-
personnel responsible for handling detainees. 'It is essential that U.S. personnel understand
precisely those actions which are permissible and those which are prohibited by law. Our
Committees, therefore, would appreciate it if your office could send us copies of the Directorate
of Operations instructions and any other relevant material providing guidance to interrogators.
We are requesting. only unclassified materials or classified materials redacted to remove
classified information. After we have had an opportunity to review the materials, we would like
to arrange a meeting with you to discuss these issues further.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Respectfully,
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MILES P. FISCHER, CHAIR
COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AFFAIRS & JUSTICE
SCOTT HORTON, CHAIR
COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS