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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Oct. 25, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4439
This email forwards a letter received from the wives of unknown men. There is no context to the email.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Michael D. Fooks
Ronald W. Miller | JoAnn J. Dolan
Ronald W. Miller, JoAnn J. Dolan, Michael D. Fooks
Oct. 31, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4441
Email from Henry Bisharat forwarding a press article quoting Swedish Foreign Minister stating that she expected the Swedish detainees at Guantanamo to be released "shortly".
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Henry Bisharat
Ronald W. Miller | JoAnn J. Dolan | Yvette M. Wong
Henry Bisharat, JoAnn J. Dolan, Ronald W. Miller
Dec. 02, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4444
Email from Michael Corbin to JoAnn Dolan forwarding a cable from Ambassador Neumann concerning Bahrain's press front paged and headline on November 24 and the the Prime Minister's raising the Guantanamo detainee issue with "CODEL Issa". The ...
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Michael H. Corbin
JoAnn J. Dolan
Michael H. Corbin, Ronald E. Neumann, JoAnn J. Dolan
June 14, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4466
Emails concerning press guidance regarding the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) and their February 2004 report.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
John A. Buche
JoAnn J. Dolan | Edward R. Cummings | Joshua L. Dorosin | Ronald W. Miller
John Allen Buche, JoAnn J. Dolan, Margaret J. Pollack, Ronald W. Miller, Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin, Waldo W. Brooks
June 18, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4467
Email exchanes concerning the Sec. of State's upcoming testimony.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Katherine M. Gorove
JoAnn J. Dolan | Cara L. Abercrombie | Joshua L. Dorosin | Jonathan J. Carpenter | Rexon Y. Ryu
Katherine M. Gorove, JoAnn J. Dolan, Cara L. Abercrombie, Rexon Y. Ryu, Jonathan S. Carpenter, Ronald W. Miller
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
Jan. 13, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4473
Email from JoAnn Dolan to Joshua Dorosin re: Briefing Momorandum - no attachement or comments.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Joshua L. Dorosin
JoAnn J. Dolan, Joshua L. Dorosin
Jan. 16, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4474
Emails concerning a memo on detainees with attachment.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Joshua L. Dorosin
JoAnn J. Dolan, Joshua L. Dorosin, Edward R. Cummings, Waldo W. Brooks , Todd F. Buchwald, Andre M. Surena, Ronald W. Miller
Jan. 29, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4475
State Department emails between JoAnn Dolan, James H. Thessin, Todd Buchwald, Waldo Brooks and Others re: Secretary's Meeting with International Red Cross (ICRC) President Kellenberger.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
James H. Thessin | Todd F. Buchwald | Joshua L. Dorosin | Waldo W. Brooks
JoAnn J. Dolan, James H. Thessin, Joshua L. Dorosin, Waldo W. Brooks , Edward R. Cummings
June 22, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4478
Email requests clearance for a Q & A on Detainee Issues. the commeents from Ms. Abercrombie is "All, the attached Q&A is 99% the same as one cleared last week. Please review and clear by 1200 tomorrow. This is for D's briefing to the SASC on ...
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Cara L. Abercrombie
Rexon Y. Ryu
Cara L. Abercrombie, Rexon Y. Ryu, Jonathan S. Carpenter, JoAnn J. Dolan, Katherine M. Gorove, Joshua L. Dorosin, Ronald W. Miller