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ACLU FOIA lawsuit result: DoD ordered to rele.ase photos from 203 criminal
investigations into alleged detainee abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan. These
investigations were closed by Aug 04 and provided to the ACLU without photos.
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subject to the Court's order.
DoJ negotiated with the ACLU to delay the release of the responsive
Images until 28 May.
Army Task Force
SECDEF directed: Identify all photos from closed criminal investigations that
are consistent with the ACLU's original request and process them for potential
public release.
On 4 Mav. SecArmv established a task force to evaluate the photos.
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Operational Definition of Screening: The process of triaging photos
which may cause issues either publicly or to our military forces.
Investigation File Review Process
Phase 1: Review of closed investigations to identify photos that are consistent with the
ACLU's original request.
Phase 2: Triaging images.
Category A: Will require explanation; Egregious, iconic, dramatic.
Category B: Likely to require explanation; Injury or humiliation.
Category C: May require explanation; Injury without context .
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Engagement & Themes
Congress: policy; accountability
Coalition Allies: policy; involvement
Regional Partners: reassurance; accountability;
apology
Human Rights NGOs: policy; accountability
Audiences who find the images humiliating: context;
reassurance; accountability; apology
U.S. and European audiences: transparency;
accountability
Internal Military Audience: standards of conduct;
accountability; reassurance
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Interagency Engagement
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Objective:
Mitigate the Threat to Security and Political Stability
White House: Senior Political level engagement
DOS: Diplomatic engagement/outreach
DoD: Congress, Mil-to-Mil; Human Rights NGOs
DoJ: Congress, ACLU, Courts
DNIINCTC: Intel Community