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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May 18, 2004 | CIA | ACLU-RDI 3311

CIA press release States that May 2004 New Yorker story on a "DOD/CIA program to abuse and humiliate Iraqi prisoners" is "fundamentally wrong" and that spokesman has no awareness of CIA officials who could have confirmed ...

Dec. 15, 2004
Other
Bill Harlow
July 23, 2004 | Legislative | ACLU-RDI 3312

Senator Cornyn fowarded correspondence he recieved from one of his constituents asking: "I read a story about 3 CIA personnel who may have killed three prisoners. The Agency submitted their reports to the Justice Dept. Interrogations of ...

Dec. 15, 2004
Letter
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
Oct. 15, 2003 | ACLU-RDI 3313
Human Rights Watch claims that the detention facilities being operated by the CIA are un-lawful and requests to visit the detention facilities in Afghanistan. CIA General Counsel Scott W. Muller replies that the CIA is operating lawfully and ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Letter
George Tenet | Condoleeza Rice | Scott W. Muller
George J. Tenet, Condoleeza Rice, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Scott W. Muller, Antonio Taguba, George W. Bush, William J. Haynes, II
Nov. 25, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4748
Memorandum from the FBI Counterterrorism division sent internally. The memo addresses FBI interviews conducted at Guantanamo by FBI Agents from San Diego and San Francisco. FBI Deleted Page Information Sheet is appended to the document.
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Arthur M. Cummings, II
| ACLU-RDI 4749
Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG)/Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) Work Books Volume 3 cover sheet.
FBI | ACLU-RDI 4875
FBI Deleted Page Information Sheet
Jan. 21, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4876

Cable from Savannah Information Technology Center reporting the results of the FBI's request for names of detainees who are being considered for repatriation.

FBI | ACLU-RDI 4877
FBI Deleted Page Information Sheet
Oct. 15, 2003 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 4878
Fax cover sheet from Human Rights Watch/Asia to the CIA re: "We would very tioch appreciate if this Letter could be delivered to Director Tenet. A hard copy will also be mailed. Thank you very much." No attachments.
Dec. 15, 2004
Letter
George Tenet
George J. Tenet
July 09, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3283
Email from Steven C. McCraw seeks response from employees who served at GTMO after 9/11/01 re: whether they saw aggressive treatment, interrogations or interview techniques inconsistent with FBI policy/guidelines. This email was subsequently ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Steven C. McCraw, Thomas J. Harrington
July 12, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3145
Individual FBI agents who have submitted negitive EC's to the Inspection Division must also submit a brief negitive email to the Unit Chief to reconcile issues at Guantanamo
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Steven C. McCraw
Steven C. McCraw
Dec. 21, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4261
Letter from Margaret P. Grafeld, DOS to Amrit Singh, ACLU re: the ACLU's FOIA Request. The letter states that the document production requested is being complied with in some parts and denied or withheld in part.
Dec. 17, 2004
Letter, Judicial
Margaret P. Grafeld
Margaret P. Grafeld
Jan. 15, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4262
State Department email from Diane McBride to Denise Wright concerning an upcomming meeting with International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) President Kellenberger. The email mentions two attachments, not included.
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Diane McBride
Denise I. Wright
Diane McBride
Jan. 16, 2005 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4263
DOS Cover Sheet re: Routing and Transmittal Slip
Feb. 24, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4264
Email from Ronald Miller to Jeremy Caddel and ohers re: Revised BM for S - GTMO Detainees." No attachments included.
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
JoAnn J. Dolan | Robert Goldberg | Allen S. Greenberg | Jeremy D. Caddel
Ronald W. Miller, JoAnn J. Dolan, Allen S. Greenberg
Feb. 19, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 4265
Email between Ronald Miller and Jeremy Caddel concerning media attention surrounding the transfer of Danish and UK detainees from Guantanamo. Mr. Miller states that "the UK detainees are really in a different category from the Danish detainee and ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
Ronald W. Miller, Henry Bisharat
Mar. 12, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4266
Email from Ronald Miller to Jeremy Caddel re Afghan detainees. "S siad to make it happen as DoD has planned."
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
Jeremy D. Caddel
Ronald W. Miller
Mar. 30, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4267
Email string between Carol Santos, Cheryl Parker, Jeremy Caddel and Others concerning "Memo to S about concerns raised by ICRC on U.S. detention practices" in Afghanistan and elsewhere. The comments from Ms. Parker are "PDAS Michele Sison clears ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Cheryl L. Parker
Carol T. Santos | Jeremy D. Caddel | Patricia M. Haslach | Timothy E. Wilder
Carol T. Santos, Cheryl L. Parker
DOS | ACLU-RDI 4268
Email string between Carol Santos, Cheryl Parker, Jeremy Caddel, et al., re memo to S about concerns raised by ICRC on US detention practices in Afghanistan and elsewhere. Ms. Santos commets are "Dear Colleagues: Please clear on the attached memo ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Cheryl L. Parker
Carol T. Santos
Cheryl L. Parker, Carol T. Santos
Apr. 21, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4269
State Department memo on an upcoming visit by the Swedish Prime Minister. The memo provides background to assist the President in preparing for this meeting.
Dec. 17, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Henry Bisharat
Colin L. Powell
George W. Bush, Colin L. Powell, Henry Bisharat, Bridget A. Brink, Heather A. Conley
May 03, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4270
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Principals Committee Meeting on Detainees.
May 05, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4271
Email from Sara Stryker to Jeremy Caddel re: Excerpt from Secretary's Walk-out with Haitian Interim Prime Minister. Sec. Powell received questions on the 60 Minutes segment on the Abu Ghraib prison abuse; Iraqi security; and the return of Iraqi ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Sara A. Stryker
Sara A. Stryker, Colin L. Powell, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Mark Traecey Patrick Kimmitt, Ricardo Sanchez
May 12, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4272
Email from Sara Stryker to Patricia Haslach and others with an attachment of State Department talking points to address questions concerning allegations of detainees abuse. Ms. Stryker's comments are "for clearance, please, by 1100 if possible. I ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Sara A. Stryker
Patricia M. Haslach | Jonathan J. Carpenter | Ronald W. Miller | Jeremy D. Caddel | John A. Gastright | Patrick M. Stewart | Amanda D. Rogers-Harper | Mustafa M. Popal
Sara A. Stryker, Jonathan S. Carpenter, Ronald W. Miller, Mustafa Popal
May 12, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4273
These emails between Sara Stryker and Jeremy D. Caddel concerning the press coverage of allegations of mistreatment of detainees is sparse on information and only askes to add JoAnn Dolan to the email list for this subject.
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Sara A. Stryker
Jeremy D. Caddel
Sara A. Stryker, JoAnn J. Dolan, Jonathan S. Carpenter, Ronald W. Miller, Mustafa Popal
May 13, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4274

Press release of trancript of Secretary of State Colin L. Powell On BBC TV with Huw Edwards. Sec. Powell discusses Iraq; Abu Ghraib prison abuse; and the President Bush & UK PM Blair relationship.

Dec. 17, 2004
Other
Colin L. Powell, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Richard B. Myers, George W. Bush
May 14, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4275
Email from Jeremy Caddel to William Taylor concerning a Reuters article about US rejecting the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission access to Afghan detainees. However, it is noted that the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Jeremy D. Caddel
William B. Taylor
William B. Taylor, Pierre-Richard Prosper, David W. Barno
May 13, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4276
Press release of trancript of Secretary of State Colin L. Powell On BBC TV with Huw Edwards. Sec. Powell discusses Iraq; Abu Ghraib prison abuse; and the President Bush & UK PM Blair relationship..
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Sara A. Stryker
George W. Bush, Colin L. Powell, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Richard B. Myers, Sara A. Stryker
May 12, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4277
United States Embassy in Kabul Responds to Press Report Alleging Abuse.
Dec. 17, 2004
Other
Zalmay Mamozy Khalilzad
DOS | ACLU-RDI 4278
DOS Cover Sheet re: Executive Secretary
May 18, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4279
Email between Jennifer Vlau, Sara Stryker and Jeremy Caddel concerning a Reuters article on U.S. Amb. Khalilzad conducting a review of Afghan jails in response to abuse allegations.
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Sara A. Stryker
William B. Taylor | Timothy E. Wilder
Zalmay Mamozy Khalilzad, Sara A. Stryker, William B. Taylor
May 17, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4280
Email from Cheryl parker re: International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Presses on Hidden Detainees, Coalition Detention Facilities and the "Bagram Four'.
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Cheryl L. Parker
Cheryl L. Parker
May 17, 2004 | NSC | ACLU-RDI 4281
Email between Torkel Patterson, and William B. Taylor forwarding an email from Thomas Fingar concerning a call from a Los Angeles Times reporter, Greg Miller, that Mr. Miller received a tip that "someone in the Department who does Central Asia ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Torkel L. Patterson
William B. Taylor
Torkel L. Patterson, William B. Taylor, Charles Thomas Fingar, Richard A. Boucher, Jennifer C. Noyon
May 19, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4282
Email between Cheryl L. Parker and Diane McBride re: International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) President Kellenberger Apologizes for Inaccurate Press Comments on Specifics of Iraqi Prisoner Abusewith attachement noted. Attachment not attached.
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Cheryl L. Parker
Diane McBride
Diane McBride, Cheryl L. Parker
May 28, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4283
Email between Jeremy Caddel, John Gastright re: outstanding detainee cables. The comments from Mr. Caddel to Mr. Gastright are "All, Attached is a short cable to Kabul requesting reply to a couple of detainee cables that are outstanding. Request ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
John A. Gastright
Jeremy D. Caddel
John A. Gastright, Jeremy D. Caddel, Stewart M. Patrick, William B. Taylor, Patricia M. Haslach, Ronald W. Miller, Jonathan S. Carpenter, Torkel L. Patterson
May 28, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4284
Email between Ronald W. Miller Jeremy Caddel, John Gastright re: outstanding detainee cables. The comments from Mr. Caddel to Mr. Gastright are "All, Attached is a short cable to Kabul requesting reply to a couple of detainee cables that are ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
Jeremy D. Caddel
Ronald W. Miller, Jeremy D. Caddel, William B. Taylor, Patricia M. Haslach, John A. Gastright, Jonathan S. Carpenter, Stewart M. Patrick, Torkel L. Patterson
May 28, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4285
Email between Patricia M. Haslach, Jeremy Caddel, John Gastright re: outstanding detainee cables. The comments from Mr. Caddel to Mr. Gastright are "All, Attached is a short cable to Kabul requesting reply to a couple of detainee cables that are ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Patricia M. Haslach
Jeremy D. Caddel
Patricia M. Haslach, William B. Taylor, Ronald W. Miller, John A. Gastright, Jonathan S. Carpenter, Stewart M. Patrick, Torkel L. Patterson, Jeremy D. Caddel
May 28, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4286
Email between Patricia M. Haslach, Jeremy Caddel, John Gastright re: outstanding detainee cables. The comments from Mr. Caddel to Mr. Gastright are "All, Attached is a short cable to Kabul requesting reply to a couple of detainee cables that are ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Patrick M. Stewart
Jeremy D. Caddel
Stewart M. Patrick, Jeremy D. Caddel, William B. Taylor, Patricia M. Haslach, Ronald W. Miller, John A. Gastright, Jonathan S. Carpenter, Torkel L. Patterson
June 01, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4287
DOS Cover Sheet re: Principals Committee Meeting on Detainees
June 14, 2004 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 4288
Letter from William F. Schultz, Executive Director, Amnesty International to U.S. President George W. Bush re: Human Rights in Afghanistan.
Dec. 17, 2004
Letter
William F. Schultz
George W. Bush
George W. Bush
June 15, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4289
Email between Jeremy Caddel and Ronald Miller re: Washington Times articles on changes in Afghan jails and Mr. caddels return from meetings involving the subject. mr. Caddell is stating that he is attempting tp obtain a copy of the Jacoby Report ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
Jeremy D. Caddel
Jeremy D. Caddel, Ronald W. Miller, David W. Barno, Lowell Jacoby
June 16, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4290
Email from Cheryl Parker to Timothy E. Wilder re: URGENT!! SECRET NODIS SA ACTION-Afghan Desk/Wilder: Detainee Issue. Ms. Parker includes the following comment "DUE TO SA: TODAY, JUNE 16, AT COB ACTION: Afghan Desk - Tim Wilder INFO: TKL, BT ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Cheryl L. Parker
Timothy E. Wilder
Cheryl L. Parker
June 18, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4291
Email from Ronald Miller to Jeremy Caddel re: clearance for memo to Kabul from Prosper and Grossman. Mr. Miller's comments are "Amb Prosper spoke with U/S Grossman earlier today about sending this out under his name. Need your immediate clearance ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
Rexon Y. Ryu | Patrick M. Stewart | Jonathan J. Carpenter | John A. Gastright | George H. Frowick
Ronald W. Miller, George H. Frowick, Rexon Y. Ryu, Jeremy D. Caddel, Stewart M. Patrick, John A. Gastright, Jonathan S. Carpenter, Pierre-Richard Prosper, Jonathan M. Crock
June 30, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4292
Email from Ronald Miller to Ronald Packowitz re: "BM for S - PC on detainees." Mr. Miller's comments are "Sorry for short fuse but need a quick turn around on this -- please get your comments/clearance to the attached BM by 2:00 pm today. Thanks. ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
JoAnn J. Dolan | Bridget A. Brink | Rexon Y. Ryu | Sajit Gandhi | David B. Berns | Ronald S. Packowitz | Christian R. DeAngelis | James M. Waller
Ronald W. Miller, JoAnn J. Dolan, Bridget A. Brink, Rexon Y. Ryu, David B. Berns
July 08, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4293
DOS Cover Sheet re: Summary of Conclusions for PC Meeting on Detainees 7/1/04
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
Jan. 20, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4296
Email string between Joseph Brennig, Jeremy Caddel, James A, McNaught and Ronald W. Milelr re Response. Contents redacted.
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Joseph J. Brennig
Jeremy D. Caddel
Jeremy D. Caddel, Ronald W. Miller
Nov. 03, 2003 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 4297
Letter from an individual to Sec. of State Powell concerning the treatment of his uncle and US refusal to state where he was and if he was still alive. The gentleman states "Everything the government is doing to my uncle is against the US ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Letter
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell
Apr. 05, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4298
Email from Henry Tucker to Jeremy Caddel re: Cable to be cleared. Mr. Tucker's comments are "Jeremy, In case I can't get the cable cleared in time to send to you by 00B: I met with Mol Special Advisor today and relayed the information provided in ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Henry Tucker
Jeremy D. Caddel
Jeremy D. Caddel
Apr. 13, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4299
DOS Cover Sheet re: Request to Interview Detainees at Guantanamo.