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 18, 2002 | ACLU-RDI 6754
This cable discusses the preparation for Abu Zubaydah's upcoming interrogation phase and details his condition on day 30 of the isolation phase.
Dec. 20, 2016
Cable
Abu Zubaydah
Physical assault, Walling, Cramped confinement, Isolation
July 17, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3387
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee was interrogated on a number of occasions. When asked about his mental stated, he expressed that he was mentally exhausted and stressed. He stated that he supported the Taliban's ...
July 16, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4025
Email from JoAnn Dolan to Emily Willmott, Carl Newns, Linda Jacobson and Todd Buchwald re: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Reply with attachements (attachments not included).
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Linda Jacobson | Todd F. Buchwald | Anne C. Brunson
JoAnn J. Dolan, Linda Jacobson, Todd F. Buchwald
July 15, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4060
DOS Cover Sheet for a petition from Ambassador Roger F. Noriega to Executive Secretary of the OAS, Santiago Canton. [Petition not incuded].
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Roger F. Noriega
Santiago Canton
Roger F. Noriega, Harry R. Melone
July 13, 2002 | OLC | ACLU-RDI 6570
An OLC memo from John Yoo to John Rizzo regarding "what is necessary to establish the crime of torture." The memo states that an individual must act with the "specific intent" to inflict severe mental pain or suffering to have committed torture, ...
Aug. 31, 2016
Legal Memo
John C. Yoo
John A. Rizzo
John C. Yoo, John A. Rizzo, Jennifer Koester
July 12, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4188
Fax cover letter. [Text is illegible].
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Steven A. Solomon, Charles L. Daris
July 11, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6305
The document is an internal FBI memorandum for special agents in charge, regarding the guidelines for conducting FBI investigations overseas. The memorandum includes information on Legal Attaches ("Legats"), leads in foreign countries, ...
June 15, 2011
Non-legal Memo
Robert S. Mueller
Robert S. Mueller
July 08, 2002 | DIA | ACLU-RDI 198
This taking memo asks recipient to review the attached draft implementing guidance developed to support approved policy on release or transfer of detainees.
July 08, 2002 | ACLU-RDI 6489
N/A
June 13, 2016
Non-legal Memo
Unknown
Attorney General
EIT
July 06, 2002 | ACLU-RDI 2415
Letter is from Mile Florence Rinaldi of Amnisty International in France to Sec. Def. Rumsfeld in conjunction with Amnesty International's memo on rights of detainees in custody. The letter’s author"Urges" the Secretary to "ensure detainees held ...
June 15, 2006
Letter
Mile Florence Rinaldi
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Mile Florence Rinaldi