u.s. Department 'of Justice
Office of Legal Counsel
Office of the Deputy Assistant Attorney General Washington. D.C. 20530
March 14,2003 .
Memorandum for William J. Haynes IT,
General Counsel of the Department of Defense
Re: Military Interrogation ofAlien Unlawful Combatants Held Outside the United States
You have asked our Office to' examine the legal standards governing military
interrogations of alien unlawful combatants held outside the United States. You have requested
that we examine both· domestic and international law that might be applicable to the conduct of
those interrogations. l .
In Part I, we conclude that the Fifth an