IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 689
Of inquiry requesting the President and directing certain other Federal offi-
cials to transmit to the House of Representatives not later than 14 
days after the date of the adoption of this resolution documents in 
the possession of the President and those officials relating to the treat-
ment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Guantanamo 
Bay. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2004
Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. HOYER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. 
CLYBURN, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. OBEY, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. 
SKELTON, Mr. LANTOS, and Mr. HINCHEY) submitted the following reso-
lution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
RESOLUTION 
Of inquiry requesting the President and directing certain 
other Federal officials to transmit to the House of Rep-
resentatives not later than 14 days after the date of 
the adoption of this resolution documents in the posses-
sion of the President and those officials relating to the 
treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, 
or Guantanamo Bay.
Resolved, That the President is requested, and the 
Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the At-
torney General are each directed, to transmit to the House
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of Representatives not later than 14 days after the date 
of the adoption of this resolution all documents in their 
possession, except those documents in the Attorney Gen-
eral’s possession that have been found by a court to be 
protected by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e) in 
a proceeding at which the Attorney General or the Depart-
ment of Justice is a party, relating to the treatment of 
prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Guanta-
namo Bay and any requisite instructions for handling such 
documents, including—
(1) every report, memorandum, or complaint 
from the International Committee of the Red Cross 
relating to the treatment of detainees or prisoners 
and any documents that reference such memo-
randum, report, or complaint by the President, by 
any Federal official covered by this resolution, or by 
any agency under any such Federal official; 
(2) every report, memorandum, or complaint 
from Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, 
Iraqi Human Rights Association, Afghan Human 
Rights Commission, Physicians for Human Rights, 
or Human Rights First relating to the treatment of 
detainees or prisoners and any documents that ref-
erence such memorandum, report, or complaint by 
the President, by any Federal official covered by this
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resolution, or by any agency under any such Federal 
official; 
(3) every document relating to interrogation 
techniques; 
(4) every internal report of a law enforcement, 
military, or intelligence agency or organization con-
cerning interrogation or detention operations; 
(5) every internal report of a law enforcement, 
military, or intelligence agency in response to allega-
tions that the treatment of prisoners or detainees 
violated or continues to violate international or 
American law; 
(6) every document and memorandum regard-
ing the applicability of the Geneva Conventions, the 
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhu-
man or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the 
International Covenant on Political and Civil Rights, 
sections 2340–2340A of title 18, United States 
Code, the War Crimes Act of 1996, and the Fifth, 
Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the Con-
stitution of the United States to the treatment of 
prisoners or detainees; 
(7) every document and memorandum relating 
to command relationships between military police 
units and military intelligence units;
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(8) every document and memorandum directing 
personnel to abstain from using specific interroga-
tion techniques or to withdraw themselves from in-
terrogations being conducted by other departments; 
(9) any Presidential directive or other writing 
authorizing the use of interrogation tactics or claim-
ing the constitutional authority to do so; 
(10) any documentation of training received by 
the 800th Military Police Brigade and the 205th 
Military Intelligence Brigade regarding the treat-
ment of prisoners or detainees; 
(11) any documentation of special access pro-
grams as they were applied to prisoners or detain-
ees; 
(12) all records of meetings regarding the treat-
ment of prisoners or detainees at which one or more 
officials of the Department of State, Department of 
Defense, Department of Justice, or Central Intel-
ligence Agency were present and the presence of 
those officials is apparent from the face of the 
record; 
(13) every document and memorandum con-
cerning the practice of keeping prisoners or detain-
ees off the official roster;
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(14) a list of every ongoing and completed in-
vestigation into the treatment of prisoners or detain-
ees, and any written reports produced by any such 
investigation; 
(15) every document relating to civilian con-
tract employees and their role in prisons; 
(16) all written statements of prisoners or de-
tainees, military personnel, civilian employees of the 
Federal Government, or civilian contractors regard-
ing the treatment of prisoners or detainees; 
(17) all reports of interrogation of each pris-
oner or detainee that reflect a claim of abuse by 
military or civilian personnel or by civilian contrac-
tors; 
(18) any documents for work under contracts 
(including subcontracts and task orders) and all re-
ports on such documents, for interrogation or trans-
lation work by CACI International, Titan Corpora-
tion, and any other entity that may have performed 
such work; 
(19) any documents or testimony presented to 
or prepared by the Detainee Assessment Branch at 
Abu Ghraib prison at any time after September 1, 
2003 regarding the treatment of Iraqi prisoners or 
detainees by members of the Armed Forces or by ci-
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vilian contractors working in Iraq employed on be-
half of the Department of Defense; 
(20) any complaint forms filled out and sub-
mitted at any time after March 1, 2003 by a mem-
ber of the Armed Services or by a civilian contractor 
employed on behalf of the Department of Defense or 
Central Intelligence Agency regarding the treatment 
of detainees or prisoners; and 
(21) any reports or documents reflecting the 
death or injury of prisoners or detainees.
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