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COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
CARL LEVIN, Michigan, Chairman
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
JOHN McCAIN, Arizona
ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia
JOHN WARNER, Virginia
JOSEPH 1. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut
JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma
JACK REED, Rhode Island
JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama
DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii
SUSAN M. COLLINS, Maine
BILL NELSON, Florida
SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia
E. BENJAMIN NELSON, Nebraska
LINDSEY O. GRAHAM, South Carolina
EVAN BAYH, Indiana
ELIZABETH DOLE, North Carolina
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, New York
JOHN CORNYN, Texas
MARK L. PRYOR, Arkansas
JOHN THUNE, South Dakota
JIM WEBB, Virginia
MEL MARTINEZ, Florida
CLAIRE McCASKILL, Missouri
ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi
RICHARD D. DEBOBES, Staff Director
MICHAEL V. KOSTIW, Republican Staff Director
INVESTIGATION STAFF
JOSEPH M. BRYAN, Majority Professional
Staff Member
ILONA R. COHEN, Majority Counsel
MARK R. JACOBSON, Majority Professional Staff Member
WILLIAM M. CANIANO, Minority Professional
Staff Member
DAVID M. MORRISS, Minority Counsel
BRYAN D. PARKER, Minority Investigative Counsel
BRIAN F. SEBOLD, Staff Assistant
Note on Source Material Used in the
Preparation of the Report
(U) Over the course of the its inquiry
into the treatment of detainees in U.S. custody, the Committee reviewed
more than 200,000 pages of classified and unclassified documents,
including detention and interrogation policies, memoranda, electronic
communications, training manuals, and the results of previous
investigations into detainee abuse. The majority of those documents were
provided to the Committee by the Department of Defense. The Committee
also reviewed documents provided by the Department of Justice, documents
in the public domain, a small number of documents provided by
individuals, and a number of published secondary sources including books
and articles in popular magazines and scholarly journals.
(U) The Committee interviewed over 70
individuals in connection with its inquiry. Most interviews were of
current or former Department of Defense employees, though the Committee
also interviewed current and/or former employees of the Department of
Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Committee issued
two subpoenas and held two hearings to take testimony from subpoenaed
witnesses. The Committee also sent written questions to more than 200
individuals. The Committee held public hearings on June 17, 2008 and
September 25, 2008. (U) Military personnel referred to in the report are
identified by their rank at the time the events in question took place.
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