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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Nov. 27, 2003 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 4028
International Herald Tribune article by Johan Steyn entitled "Guantanamo: A Monstrous Failure of Justice" that is a report on a speech Lord Steyn gave at the 27th F.A. Mann Lecture. Lord Steyn condemns US treatment of detainees at Guantanamo.
Dec. 30, 2004
Other
George W. Bush
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
Feb. 17, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4030
Email from JoAnn Dolan re: DOD News: Secretary Rumsfeld Remarks to Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce. There is an attachment not included.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
JoAnn J. Dolan, Donald H. Rumsfeld
Feb. 17, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4031
Email from JoAnn Dolan to Shahnaz Gheibi re: DOD News Briefing on Detainee Operations at Guantanamo Bay with an attachment not included.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Shahnaz Gheibi
JoAnn J. Dolan, Shahnaz Gheibi
Feb. 20, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4032
Email from JoAnn Dolan re: Guantanamo Detainees and Other War Crimes Issues; no content (no attachment).
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Shahnaz Gheibi
JoAnn J. Dolan, Shahnaz Gheibi
Feb. 13, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4033
DOS Press Release re: Guantanamo Detainees and Other War Crimes Issues. Remarks by Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper's to the Foreign Press Center.
Dec. 30, 2004
Other
Pierre-Richard Prosper
Pierre-Richard Prosper
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
Email
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
Apr. 19, 2004 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 4035
United Nations Report re: Preserving Civil Liberties and Fighting Terrorism Efficiently: Is It Possible?
June 16, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4036
Email indicates that a document regarding a "torture notional statement" is attached. [Document is not included].
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Robert K. Harris
JoAnn J. Dolan | Todd F. Buchwald | James H. Thessin | Samuel M. Witten | Edward R. Cummings
Shahnaz Gheibi, Robert K. Harris, JoAnn J. Dolan, Samuel M. Witten, Edward R. Cummings, Sharon E. Ahmad
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