Executive order 12333 1981 as amended by executive orders 284 2003, 355 2004, and 470 2008 executive order 292 further amendment to executive order 12958, as amended, classified national security information revokes executive order 12356. Policies established by executive order 491 reference f. The white house office of the press secretary executive order. All executive directives, orders, and regulations inconsistent with this order, including but not limited to those issued to or by the central intelligence agency cia from september 11, 2001, to january 20, 2009, concerning. For example, executive order 9066 paving the way for sending japanese americans to internment camps, executive order 491 full name of order is executive order 491 ensuring lawful interrogations, and executive order 526 outlining how classified national security information is handled. Upholding executive order 491 ensuring lawful interrogations dear president obama. Executive order 491, which requires us personnel to treat all persons in us. The united states is already subject to essentially similar obligations under multiple other instruments, including. Executive order 548 national multiple sclerosis society. Five years ago today, president obama signed executive order 491. More information on adobe acrobat pdf files is available on our accessibility page. Earlier this afternoon we flagged the obama administrations new executive order 12333 rules governing intelligence community ic access to and use of raw signals intelligence sigint. By the authority vested in me by the constitution and the laws of the united states of america, in order to improve the effectiveness of human intelligencegathering, to promote the safe, lawful, and humane treatment of individuals in united states custody and of united states personnel who are detained in armed. Rather than ignore or suspend law, they construct legal justifications for human rights abuses and other dubious policies, obscuring the.
This executive order of september 23, 1957, signed by president dwight eisenhower, sent federal troops to maintain order and peace while the integration of central high school in little rock, ar, took place. Executive order 491 wikisource, the free online library. Eo 233, november 1, 2001 executive order 490 ethics commitments by executive branch personnel signed. Executive order 526, or any successor order, executive order 12951, or any successor order, or the atomic energy act of 1954 42 u. While welcoming presidential executive order 491 of 22 january 2009 terminating the programme of secret detention and interrogation operated by the central intelligence agency cia, the committee notes with.
Office of legal counsel office of the assistant attorney genera washington,l d. Bushs february 7, 2002 memo 11, which stated that the geneva convention provisionsnamely article 3 and 4did not apply to alqaeda or. Jul 10, 20 executive order 491 of january 22, 2009. January 26, 2009 executive order 491 ensuring lawful interrogation. The following is the text of executive order 11246 of september 28, 1965, as it appears at 30 fr 12319, 12935, 3 cfr, 19641965 comp. While welcoming presidential executive order 491 of 22 january 2009 terminating the programme of secret detention and interrogation operated by the central intelligence agency cia, the committee notes with concern that all reported investigations into enforced disappearances, torture and other.
Attorney durham was being narrowed to a full criminal investigation regarding the death of two individuals, but not other cia detention and. Ssci staff are provided access to a set of documents now referred to as. Under and by virtue of the authority vested in me as president of the united states by the. Welfare act of 2005 or presidential executive order e. The white house office of the press secretary executive. Executive order 522 creating labormanagement forums to improve delivery of government services labor management training presented by office of general counsel.
Annexe 14 confidentielle ex parte uniquement disponible. Cia personnel remove an additional 50 documents from committee staffs access at the cia offsite facility. Oct 25, 2014 executive order 681 of october 17, 2014. Afghanistan and pakistan strategic partnership office, establishment. Review of detention policy options january 22, 2009. Cia personnel remove approximately 870 documents from the committee staffs access at the cia offsite facility. That council adopts the following resolution to amend the. Executive order 491 contains a similar requirement. Providing for the further training of government employees open pdf 203 kb. Reference a and these guidelines shall be implemented subject to the availability of necessary appropriations and consistent with applicable law, including. Questions for the r ecord united states senate select. Executive order 10730, september 23, 1957 little rock crisis. Executive order 548 increasing federal employment of individuals with disabilities hire an additional 100,000 individuals with disabilities over 5 years each agency has submitted a disability employment plan with the following.
The document released today procedures for the availability or dissemination of raw signals intelligence information by the national security agency under section 2. We thwrite to urge you to use the occasion of the 5 anniversary of your executive order 491 ensuring lawful interrogations to publicly support the release of the senate select committee on intelligences. By the authority vested in me by the constitution and the laws of the united states of america, in order to improve the effectiveness of human intelligence gathering, to promote the safe, lawful, and humane treatment of individuals in united states custody and of united states personnel who are detained in. Unfortunately, as the field manual recognizes, there. Information from its description page there is shown below. President obama signed executive order 491 in january 2009 to prohibit the. In january 2009, president obama signed executive order 491, limiting interrogations by any american personnel to the guidelines in the army field manual, and reinforcing the commitment that prisoners inu. Executive order 11858 as amended by executive order 456 foreign investment in the united states by the authority vested in me as president by the constitution and the laws of the united states of america, including section 721 of the defense production act of 1950, as amended 50. We the people of the united states, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense. Executive order 522 creating labormanagement forums to. This report was delivered in august 2016 and outlines the higs determined best practices and what it considers the most effective methodological. Policies, created by executive order 491, requested that the inspectors general from the departments of homeland security, state, and defense report on the transfers conducted by each agency in reliance on diplomatic assurances of humane treatment of persons transferred to another country.
Pdf the highvalue detainee interrogation group hig. Ensuring lawful interrogations open pdf 117 kb alternate title. Executive order 522 creating labormanagement forums. Executive order 491 directed the special task force on interrogation and transfer policies to undertake two missions. We inspected dod releas or transfer of detainees from guantanamo bay detention facility.
Lincoln administered 48 executive orders during the american civil war. Law following and law breaking are often conceptualised as polar opposites. United nations catcusaco35 convention against torture. On 5 th anniversary of executive order ending use of torture in war on terror, president obama urged to support release of senate report on cia torture st.
Yet the use of torture continues to be the subject of intense debate. Yet, despite welldocumented violations of international and domestic laws no clear standards have emerged and there has been no accountability except for a handful of lower level military personnel. This program of research was ultimately created by the highvalue detainee interrogation group hig, an interagency body founded by executive order 491 in 2009 to get the best intelligence. Executive order 491 is an executive order issued on january 22, 2009, by united states president barack obama ordering compliance with us domestic law. As you know, torture is not only illegal, it is immoral and according to military and intelligence experts ineffective and counterproductive. Executive order 491 also expressly provides that interrogation techniques, approaches, and treatments described in the manual shall be implemented strictly in accord with the principles, processes, conditions, and limitations the manual prescribes. In section 3c of that order, the president further directed that unless the attorney general with appropriate consultation provides further guidance, officers. Sections 3a and 3b of executive order 491 2009 set forth restrictions on the use of interrogation methods. By the authority vested in me as president by the constitution and the laws of the united states of america, in. President obamas january 2009 executive order 491 required all government entities to bring any current and future programs in line with all international laws and treaties defining and preventing the use of torture. Executive order 11990 protection of wetlands by virtue of the authority vested in me by the constitution and statutes of the united states of america, and as president of the united states of america, in furtherance of the national environmental policy act of 1969, as amended 42 u. It restricted the cia and other executive agencies to proceed with interrogations strictly in accord. Eo 746 administration, office, executive office of the president. Executive order 491, issued by president barack obama on january 22, 2009 two days after obamas inauguration revoked executive order 440 of july 20, 2007.
By the authority vested in me as president by the constitution and the laws of the united states of america, and in recognition of the importance of the nations wealth of natural resources to american workers and the american economy, it is hereby ordered as follows. On april 27, 2004, president bush issued executive order eo 335 to provide leadership for the development and nationwide implementation of an interoperable health information technology infrastructure to improve the quality and efficiency of health care, establishing the position of a national coordinator for health information. Five years after executive order ending enhanced interrogations. The ofr numbers each order consecutively as part of a series and publishes it in the daily federal register. By the authority vested in me by the constitution and the laws of the united states of america, in order to improve the effectiveness of human intelligence gathering, to promote the safe, lawful, and humane treatment of individuals in united states custody and of united states personnel who are detained in armed.
Obamas order, signed on january 22, 2009, restricted interrogation techniques for u. The executive order was issued by the president of the united states of america on 22 january 2009, with the force of law, revoking past executive order no. Providing for the further training of government employees. A cooperative and productive form of labormanagement relations. In a letter sent today to the president, the center for victims. Barack obama executive orders subjects national archives. After the president signs an executive order, the white house sends it to the office of the federal register ofr. Concluding observations on the third to fifth periodic. Given that identity crimes, including credit, debit, and other payment card fraud, continue to be a risk to u. However, authorities in liberal democracies increasingly deploy a strategy of what i call plausible legality in order to secure immunity and legitimacy for proscribed practices.
Mar 14, 20 upon taking office in january 2009, president obama issued executive order 491ensuring lawful interrogations. Obama, 2009 executive order 491 ensuring lawful interrogations january 22, 2009 by the authority vested in me by the constitution and the laws of the united states of. Executive order 681 wikisource, the free online library. Share, comment and suggest new documents at the todays document tumblr blog. Executive order 491 is an executive order issued on january 22, 2009, by united states president barack obama ordering compliance with us domestic law, and its international agreements, in its treatment of captives. On 7 june 2016, after being granted a further extension of the time limit regarding the second aspect of the order of 9 february 2016,8 the trust fund. Presidential executive order 491, the committee regrets that the state party only provided scant information about the now shuttered network of secret detention facilities, which formed part of the highvalue detainee programme publicly referred to by president bush on 6 september 2006.
President barack obamas january 2009 executive order 491 required all government entities to bring any current and future programs in line with all international laws and treaties defining and preventing the use o f torture. On 5th anniversary of executive order ending use of. These 44 executive orders can be downloaded in csvexcel and json formats. All executive directives, orders, and regulations inconsistent with this order, including but not limited to those issued to or by the central intelligence agency cia from september 11, 2001, to january 20, 2009, concerning detention or the interrogation of detained individuals, are revoked to the extent of their inconsistency with this order. In 2019, donald trump published 44 executive orders from eo 857 through eo 901. Withdrawal of office of legal counsel opinion sections 3a and 3b of executive order 491 2009 set. Further amendments to executive order 12333, united tates intelligence activities. Power africa initiative, advancement of goals to expand access to electricity in subsaharan africa. Policies, created by executive order 491, requested that the inspectors general from the departments of homeland security, state, and defense report on the transfers conducted by each agency in reliance on diplomatic assurances of humane treatment of persons transferred to. Timeline of cia detention and interrogation program. One example of a selfimposed restraint is executive order 491, which limits counterterrorism interrogations including those conducted by intelligence agencies like the cia to the techniques listed in the army field manual. May 11, 2017 in briefon may 11, 2017, president trump issued executive order 800, strengthening the cybersecurity of federal networks and critical infrastructure, eo 800 or eo, to improve the nations cyber posture and capabilities in the face of intensifying cybersecurity threats to its digital and physical security. White house should explicitly ban intelligence involvement.
Agency lm forums to identify problems and propose solutions to better serve the public, improve employee work life and labormanagement relations. The amendment codifies key aspects of president obamas 2009 executive order 491 ensuring lawful interrogations by placing all u. This executive order of september 23, 1957, signed by president dwight eisenhower, sent federal troops to maintain order and peace while the integration of central high school in little rock, ar. Executive order 491 of january 22, 2009 ensuring lawful interrogations. More information about our apis and other developer tools can be found on our developer pages. This executive order issued by president barack obama calls for reform in the interrogation techniques used by the united states against those in custody. Executive order 491 states that anyone in us custody shall not be subjected to any interrogation technique or approach, or any treatment related to interrogation, that is not authorized by and listed in army field manual 2 22.
1078 1114 950 861 1166 803 10 1428 1058 330 774 1240 1322 939 1099 240 1009 1437 1185 1477 176 1476 1409 781 901 1111 958 660 656 339 1422 429 531 1000 531 481 385 387 189 647 661 1362 1143