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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Oct. 21, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3816
The embassy of an unknown country sent a note seeking information about a national who is being detained by the U.S. at Guantanamo. The DOS note written in response to their note states that the DOS is not in a position to respond to inquiries of ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Notes
Harry R. Melone, Ronald W. Miller, Robert A. Bradtke, Eliana Davidson, Ross Hyams, JoAnn J. Dolan, Jonathan Scharfan, Mary Incontro
Oct. 21, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4249
State Department cable concerning a filing in French court by families of two French nationals, seeking declaration of POW status for detainees. The French government argued against the family's actions. The cable indicates that the French judge ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, Jonathan B. Schwartz
Oct. 20, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2920
This is an email from an FBI agent on a tour of duty at Guantanamo Bay. The email describes the release/repatriation announcement of four (4) Guantanamo detainees. After the announcement the author of the emails reported "unrest" and a ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Michael E. Dunlavey
Oct. 20, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3365
This email from an FBI agent on a tour of duty at Guantanamo Bay discusses announcement from the Pentagon that four (4) detainees were being repatriated to their respected countries (three Afghans and one Tajik). Memo states that upon news, ...
May 18, 2005
Email
Michael E. Dunlavey
Oct. 20, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4019
State Department cable re: formal request for access to the Guantanamo detainees of a certain nationality (not disclosed). The cable states: "In a 10/20 meeting at the MFA, DCM informed MFA Americas Desk Director of [U.S. government's] to ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Stephanie J. Molnar
Oct. 19, 2002 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1663
Medical report on a 16 year-old Iraqi male detainee from Abu Ghraib prison shot in the left hip and and arm with associated injuries. The medical records do not state how the detainee received his injuries and does not give any personal ...
Oct. 15, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
General, Physical assault
Oct. 19, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3408
Detainee gave expansive interview on the conditions at Camp Delta; his views on different Al Queda leaders and US/Mid-East relations. He had no specific complaints about his conditions. When asked what he liked about America, he provided ...
Oct. 18, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3409
Detainee stated that he has been in prison for nine (9) months and no one can prove he committed any crime. He also claimed he was mistreated by U.S. Army Military Police soldiers during a recent cell block search. Interview was then ended.
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Other
Oct. 18, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3813
DOS Cover Sheet re: Request to Interview Guantanamo Detainees
Oct. 18, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3898
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Deputies Committee Meeting on Detainees