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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July 13, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3722
Fax cover sheet from Beth Ryley to U.S. Mission to International Organizations re: fax received from the Chairperson of the 1 Vh meeting of rapporteurs addressed to Secretary of State Colin Powell.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Beth Ryley
Colin L. Powell
July 13, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 3850
Bloomberg News Article re: US Holds Terror Suspects at Secret Location, Red Cross Says
Dec. 30, 2004
Other
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
Other
July 13, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3851
Email from Robert K. Harris reads: "For your information and possible L/PM and/or L/FO coordination." The original email is a "Press Gaggle" by Scott McClellan, it includes three questions about the International Committee of the Red Cross' ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Robert K. Harris
Ed Cummings | James H. Thessin | Samuel M. Witten | Curtis A. Bradley
Robert K. Harris, Edward R. Cummings, Samuel M. Witten, Curtis A. Bradley, Scott McClellan, James H. Thessin, Francis M. Gaffney, Frank E. Schmelzer , Donald H. Rumsfeld
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
July 13, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4294
Email between Jonathan Crock, Jeremy Caddel et al re Bagram 4 cable and "providing cash to these individuals." Mr. Crocks comments are "For your clearance. Here's another one Amb. Prosper wants to go out today. Here we're also looking for your ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Jonathan M. Crock
Jeremy D. Caddel | Allison Cara | Alisa Stack-O'Connor | Luis Carvajal-Kim | Anthony Fortune
Jeremy D. Caddel, Jonathan M. Crock
July 13, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4295
Emails between Torkel L. Patterson, Jeremy D. Caddel, Timothy E. Wilder and Jonathan M. Crock re: Clearance Request: Bagram 4 cable. Mr. TPatterson's comments are "Thanks Jeremy. PIs see my edits. Most are cosmetic (i.e., is it Bagram Detention ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Torkel L. Patterson
Jeremy D. Caddel | Timothy E. Wilder
Torkel L. Patterson, Jeremy D. Caddel, Jonathan M. Crock
July 13, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 4818
Interview of a Marine regarding the character of a former platoon member.
July 13, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4952
This email is a response to a Bureau wide memo sent by Steve McCraw to illicit information from FBI agents who toured through Guantanamo Bay to report any suspected or witnessed abuse of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. This FBI agent touring through ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Non-legal Memo, Email
Steven C. McCraw
Stress positions, Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Temperature
July 13, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4953
This email is a response to a Bureau wide memo sent by Steve McCraw to illicit information from FBI agents who toured through Guantanamo Bay to report any suspected or witnessed abuse of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. This FBI agent who toured ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Non-legal Memo, Email
Steven C. McCraw
Steven C. McCraw
Steven C. McCraw
Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound
July 13, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4954
This email is a response to a Bureau wide memo sent by Steve McCraw to illicit information from FBI agents who toured through Guantanamo Bay to report any suspected or witnessed abuse of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. This FBI agent clarifies ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Email
Steven C. McCraw
July 13, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4955
This email is a response to a Bureau wide memo sent by Steve McCraw to illicit information from FBI agents who toured through Guantanamo Bay to report any suspected or witnessed abuse of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. The agent stated that he ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Non-legal Memo, Email
Steven C. McCraw
Environmental manipulation, Light or sound