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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| ACLU-RDI
Mar. 25, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3274
Memo from CIRG/NCVAVC/BAU East to Counter terrorism- Miami summarizing protocol and the mission of the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC) personnel dispatched to Guantanamo to prepare interview teams with behavioral ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Stephen R. Wiley, Frankie Battle, Hector M. Pesquera, C. Frank Figliuzzi
Mar. 25, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3292
Discusses accomplishment information from Guantanamo, includes training issues, contacts and meetings and summary of consultations.
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Stephen R. Wiley | Frankie Battle
Stephen R. Wiley, Frankie Battle
Mar. 25, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3309
FBI Memo: Contents completly redacted.
Mar. 25, 2003 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 3352
Memo from Navy NCIS to Personnel Touring Through Guantanamo re: Guantanamo Procedures and Duties Upon Arrival, i.e. Upon arrival at GTMO, your on-ground NCAVC counterpart will introduce you to appropriate FBI, CITF, DHS, CTC, and other United ...
Mar. 25, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3653
No relevant text, refers to a document entitled "IM to S POWS 3 24 03 fina." [Document is not included].
Nov. 23, 2004
Email
Beverly S. Holman, JoAnn J. Dolan, Shirley Hachey, Linda S. Landers, William E. Landfair
Mar. 25, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4077
Emails discuss revisions made to talking points and an interview.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
JoAnn J. Dolan
Ronald W. Miller, JoAnn J. Dolan, James H. Thessin, Pierre-Richard Prosper, Charles L. Daris, Edward R. Cummings
Mar. 25, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4078
Emails discuss revisions to a document. [Document not included].
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
James H. Thessin
JoAnn J. Dolan | Edward R. Cummings | Jonathan B. Schwartz
James H. Thessin, JoAnn J. Dolan, Edward R. Cummings, Jonathan B. Schwartz, Charles L. Daris
Mar. 25, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4386
State Department cable announcing authorization to enter in to talks with other governments to take or receive their own citizens that are Guantanamo detainees for detention and potential prosecution in their home country. The cable is otherwise ...
Dec. 23, 2004
Cable
Richard Lee Armitage
Mar. 25, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4387
State Department cable concerning a meeting with Saudi officials where they discussed Iraq; the Guantanamo detainees; and Kuwaitis streaming in to Saudi Arabia. The Saudis expressed concern over the occupation of Iraq because Iraqi sovereignty is ...