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. 07, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4184
The memo appears to be the Press Secretary's talking points for a press statement. The statement appears to address the President's stance on treating detainees according to the principles of the Geneva Convention.
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Ari Fleischer
George W. Bush, Ari Fleischer, Charles L. Daris
Feb. 07, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4205
State Department cable focusing on Comments by Mary Robinson, UN high commisoner for Human Rights, about the nexis of poverty and human rights in Brazil.
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Sharon E. Ahmad
Feb. 07, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4206
State Department cable discusses comments by Canadian Defense Minister Art Eggleton and the Geneva Conventions application to terrorists in the modern era. Mr. Eggleton came under attack for comments he made that downplay the Geneva Conventions ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, Sharon E. Ahmad, Thomas Joseph Ridge
Feb. 07, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4232
DOS Cable re: President Bush Making a Decision on the Legal Status of the Guantanamo Detainees. The cable also mentions Sec. of Def. meeting with UK Def. minister Hoon, and a British TV show called "The American Embassy".
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, George W. Bush, Donald H. Rumsfeld
Feb. 07, 2002 | WH | ACLU-RDI 4372
This is a White House press release describing the treatment of detainees as humane and consistent with the Geneva Conventions. It states that all Guantanamo detainees are being provided: three meals a day that meet Muslim dietary laws; water; ...
Feb. 07, 2002 | WH | ACLU-RDI 4373
Daily White House Press Briefing for February 7, 2002. The Press Secretary made an opening statement and then took questions from reporters.
Dec. 23, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Ari Fleischer, George W. Bush
Feb. 07, 2002 | WH | ACLU-RDI 4378
This is a White House press release describing the treatment of detainees as humane and consistent with the Geneva Conventions. It states that all Guantanamo detainees are being provided: three meals a day that meet Muslim dietary laws; water; ...
Feb. 07, 2002 | WH | ACLU-RDI 4654
This is a press release by the White House concerning the application of the Geneva Conventions to foreign fighters captured in the War on Terror and held in Guantanamo. This is a verbatim account of a press conference as part of the White House ...
Dec. 23, 2002
Other
George W. Bush, Ari Fleischer
Feb. 07, 2002 | WH | ACLU-RDI 4684
This White House memo discusses the treatment of detainees taken in the War on Terror and how they are to be classified and the determination of their legal status.
June 08, 2005
Non-legal Memo
George W. Bush
Richard B. Cheney | Colin L. Powell | Donald H. Rumsfeld | John D. Ashcroft | I. Lewis Libby | George Tenet | Condoleeza Rice
George W. Bush, Richard B. Cheney, Colin L. Powell, John D. Ashcroft, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Condoleeza Rice, I. Lewis Libby, George J. Tenet
Feb. 07, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4719
Email chain regarding the White House announcement on February 7, 2002 about the treatment of detainees in Guantanamo and corresponding talking points. The memo states that the detainees are illegal combatants, and not Prisoners of War (POWs). ...
June 08, 2005
Email
David W. Bowker
Dan B. Smith | David J. Wolff | Kevin M. O'Reilly | Karen Decker | Cheryl Steele | Amy W. Schedlbauer | LaVonya M. Hayward | William B. Wood
David W. Bowker, David J. Wolff, Daniel B. Smith, Kevin M. O'Reilly, Karen Decker, Cheryl Steele, Amy W. Schedlbauer, LaVonya M. Hayward, William B. Wood