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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Feb. 27, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3877
Talking points on transfer of Russian detainees from Guantanamo and assurances from Russia. This memo covers potential questions and appropriate answers for dealing with the press when asked about the Russian detainees held at Guantanamo. The key ...
Mar. 04, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3878
Email from Katherine Gorove to Joann Dolan "re: families of GTMO detainees increasing pressure on GOF". This email is a forward of a previous email sent from Anne R. Sorensen to Michael A. Butler with an attachment. Ms. Gorove adds a comment to ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Katherine M. Gorove
JoAnn J. Dolan
JoAnn J. Dolan, Katherine M. Gorove
July 08, 2004 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 3879
Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs re: Swedish Citizen at Guantanamo Base Released
July 12, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3880
Fax cover page from Sharon Wiener Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, Paris to John Crock re: French Diplomatic Note of 6/30 concerning French detainees at Guantanamo.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Sharon A. Wiener
Jonathan M. Crock
Sharon A. Wiener
July 27, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3881
Fax cover page from Jonathan Crock to JoAnn Dolan, no subject or attachments.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Jonathan M. Crock
JoAnn J. Dolan
JoAnn J. Dolan, Jonathan M. Crock
Nov. 14, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3882
Request to Col. James Whitmore-DOD for redacted group to visit detainees.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Whitney Baird
James A. Whitmore
James A. Whitmore
Nov. 19, 2002 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 3883
French letter from Paul Albert Iweins to Howard Leach with b7© redaction
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Paul-Albert Iweins
Howard H. Leach
Howard H. Leach
Apr. 17, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3884
Request to Col. James Whitmore-DOD for permission for team to visit Guantanamo detainees.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Carol A. Rodley
James A. Whitmore
James A. Whitmore
May 06, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3885
DOS Fax Cover Sheet re: Request for Officials to Visit Detainees at Guantanamo
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Marcia Wong
Samuel D. Cox
Samuel D. Cox
Sept. 11, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3886
State Department cable from Kuwaiti Embassy to State Department re: Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper Discusses Iraqi War Crimes and Guantanamo. The cable states that Amb. Pierre-Richard Prosper met with Committee for Missing and POW Affairs ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Pierre-Richard Prosper, Colin L. Powell