After September 11, 2001, U.S. officials authorized the cruel treatment and torture of prisoners held in Afghanistan, Iraq, Guantanamo, and the CIA's secret prisons overseas.

This database documents the U.S. government's official experiment with torture. At present, the database contains well over 100,000 pages of government documents obtained primarily through Freedom of Information Act litigation and requests filed by the ACLU, and through litigation of Salim v. Mitchell, a lawsuit brought by the ACLU on behalf of the survivors and the family of a dead victim of the CIA torture program. To learn more about the database, please read the About and Search Help pages. If you're a developer, you can also access this data through our API.

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June 23, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4469
Email exchanges concerning clearance for Q&A for D on release of torture documents "in case arises in context of Iraq testimony".
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Cara L. Abercrombie
Mark P. Lagon | Katherine M. Gorove | Rexon Y. Ryu
Cara L. Abercrombie, Joshua L. Dorosin, Rexon Y. Ryu, Jonathan S. Carpenter, Ronald W. Miller, Edward R. Cummings, JoAnn J. Dolan
May 13, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3842

Email includes news articles about high level detainees, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and Abu Zubaydah and the "harsh" interrogation methods the CIA employs. The email includes another article, which reports specific accounts of abuse.

Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Jonathan B. Schwartz
Katherine M. Gorove | Michael J. Dennis
George W. Bush, Jonathan B. Schwartz, Katherine M. Gorove, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Frank E. Schmelzer , Michael J. Dennis, Mark P. Lagon, Lorne Craner, Michael G. Kozak, Miriam K. Hughes, Janice A. Smith
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Abu Zubaydah, Walid Bin Attash
Physical assault, General, Stress positions, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Dietary manipulation, Environmental manipulation, Temperature, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Forced grooming
May 13, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3843

Email includes news articles about high level detainees, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and Abu Zubaydah and the "harsh" interrogation methods the CIA employs. The email includes another article, which reports specific accounts of abuse.

Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Ted A. Borek | Michael J. Dennis | Jonathan B. Schwartz | Katherine M. Gorove
Frank E. Schmelzer , JoAnn J. Dolan, Ted A. Borek, Jonathan B. Schwartz, Katherine M. Gorove, Monica J. Tillery, Michael J. Dennis, Mark P. Lagon, Lorne Craner, Michael G. Kozak, Janice A. Smith, Miriam K. Hughes
Abu Zubaydah, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Walid Bin Attash
Aug. 31, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3846
Email discusses a recent speech by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour to the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Mr. Solomon states that the Ambassador would like to respond to the speech. The Ambassador is particularly ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Steven A. Solomon
Katherine M. Gorove | JoAnn J. Dolan | Joshua L. Dorosin | Ed Cummings | Kevin Edward Moley | Lynn L. Cassel | Michael T. Peay | Jeffrey DeLaurentis | Joel Danies | Robert K. Harris | Bonnie A. Angelov
Steven A. Solomon, Robert K. Harris, Katherine M. Gorove, JoAnn J. Dolan, Joshua L. Dorosin, Edward R. Cummings, Kevin Edward Moley, Lynn L. Cassel, Michael T. Peay, Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Joel D. Danies, Frank E. Schmelzer , Bonnie A. Angelov
Dec. 10, 2003 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 4029
Email from Robert Harris to Nina E. Schou, Gilda M. Brancado, Francis M. Gaffney, Katherine M. Gorove, JoAnn Dolan and Samuel M. Witten forwarding a letter from Kofi Annan on behalf of the Uighur community about the oppression of the Uighur ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Robert K. Harris
Nina E. Schou | Gilda M. Brancado | Francis M. Gaffney | Katherine M. Gorove | JoAnn J. Dolan | Samuel M. Witten
Robert K. Harris, Nina E Schou, Gilda M. Brancato, Francis M. Gaffney, Katherine M. Gorove, JoAnn J. Dolan, Samuel M. Witten
Apr. 19, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4034
Emails between Gilda Brancato, Ronald W. Miller, Jonathan M. Crock, JoAnn Dolan, Sarah E. Prosser, Waldo W. Brooks, Edward R. Cummings, Robert K. Harris, Katherine M. Gorove and Michael G. Kozak with drafts on letters concerning Guantanamo ...
Dec. 30, 2004
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Gilda M. Brancado
Ronald W. Miller | Jonathan M. Crock | JoAnn J. Dolan | Sarah E. Prosser | Waldo W. Brooks | Edward R. Cummings | Robert K. Harris | Katherine M. Gorove | Michael G. Kozak
Gilda M. Brancato, Ronald W. Miller, Jonathan M. Crock, JoAnn J. Dolan, Sarah E. Prosser, Waldo W. Brooks , Edward R. Cummings, Robert K. Harris, Katherine M. Gorove, Michael G. Kozak
June 16, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4037
Email indicates that a document regarding a "torture notional statement" is attached. [Document is not included].
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Robert K. Harris
James H. Thessin | Todd F. Buchwald | Edward R. Cummings | JoAnn J. Dolan | Katherine M. Gorove
Shahnaz Gheibi, Robert K. Harris, James H. Thessin, Todd F. Buchwald, Edward R. Cummings, JoAnn J. Dolan, Katherine M. Gorove
July 16, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4041
No relevant text.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Katherine M. Gorove | Andre Surena
Shahnaz Gheibi, JoAnn J. Dolan, Katherine M. Gorove, Andre M. Surena, Sharon E. Ahmad
May 11, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4064
Emails discuss reports that the International Committee of the Red Cross is encouraging delegations to present a resolution on human rights violations of Iraqi prisoners of war U.S. forces.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
David B. Sullivan
Todd F. Buchwald | Waldo W. Brooks | Katherine M. Gorove | Mary Catherine Malin
David B. Sullivan , Catherine Mary Malin, Todd F. Buchwald, Waldo W. Brooks , Katherine M. Gorove, Daniel W. Cento, Earl M. Irving, Joaquin E. Ferrao, Wendy R. Sneff, Leo C. DiBenigno, Darlyce M. Eley
June 24, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4066
Email refers to an attachment, which is a draft guidance on L memos as reported in a Washington Post report. Ms. Dolan's comments are: "Attached for input/clearance is draft guidance on L memos as reported in today's Washington Post report. We ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Edward R. Cummings | Todd F. Buchwald | James H. Thessin | Katherine M. Gorove | William Howard Taft, IV | Ronald W. Miller | Jonathan M. Crock
Edward R. Cummings, Todd F. Buchwald, James H. Thessin, Katherine M. Gorove, William Howard Taft, IV, Ronald W. Miller, Jonathan M. Crock
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