Executive Office of the President

Includes executive orders and presidential directives

Presidential Policy Directive 1 (PPD 1), Organization of the National Security Council System

 

EXECUTIVE ORDER -- REVIEW OF DETENTION POLICY OPTIONS

"By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, in order to develop policies for the detention, trial, transfer, release, or other disposition of individuals captured or apprehended in connection with armed conflicts and counterterrorism operations that are consistent with the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States and the interests of justice, I hereby order as follows:"

EXECUTIVE ORDER -- REVIEW AND DISPOSITION OF INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT THE GUANTÁNAMO BAY NAVAL BASE AND CLOSURE OF DETENTION FACILITIES

"By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, in order to effect the appropriate disposition of individuals currently detained by the Department of Defense at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base (Guantánamo) and promptly to close detention facilities at Guantánamo, consistent with the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States and the interests of justice, I hereby order as follows:"

EXECUTIVE ORDER - Ensuring Lawful Interrogations

"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 conflicts, to ensure compliance with the treaty obligations of the United States, including the Geneva Conventions, and to take care that the laws of the United States are faithfully executed, I hereby order as follows:"

PRESIDENTIAL STUDY DIRECTIVE - 1

"Organizing for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism", "My highest priority is to keep the American people safe. I believe that Homeland Security is indistinguishable fom National Security - - conceptually and functionally, they should be thought of together rather than separately."