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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State Department memo listing the Participants for the Deputy Secretary's Meeting with Swedish Defense Minister Bjorn von Sydow.
Jan. 12, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Richard Lee Armitage
Email from Beverly Holman forwarding email with attachments concerning an upcoming meeting with Swedish State Secretary Lars Danielsson. Attachments not included.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Beverly S. Holman
Beverly S. Holman
State Department memo listing the participants for the November 12, 2002 meeting between Undersecretary Grossman and Swedish State Secretary Lars Danielsson.
Jan. 12, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Marc Grossman, Henry Bisharat
Email from Henry Bisherat to Ronald Miller, Ed Cummings and JoAnn Dolan forwarding a "translated Sept.220 document by the Legal Advisor at the Swedish Foreign Ministry on the detainee issue."
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Henry Bisharat
Ronald W. Miller | Edward R. Cummings | JoAnn J. Dolan
Henry Bisharat, Edward R. Cummings, JoAnn J. Dolan
Letter Carl Henrik Ehrencrona regarding status of Swedish detainee named Mehdi Mohammed Ghezali. The letter is from a member of the Swedish Parliament in response to Mr. Ehrencrona's efforts to obtain information and or the release of Mr. Ghazali.
Jan. 12, 2005
Letter
Carl Henrik Ehrencrona
Peter Althin
Mehdi Mohammad Ghezali
This email from JoAnn Dolan forwards a letter received by the U.S. Mission from an attorney representing a Guantanamo Detainee. The letter requests that the detainee be given access to counsel and to have the charges and legal justification for ...
Email from JoAnn Dolan to State Department officials to address questions that may arise concerning the Guantanamo detainees. The guidance states that all the detainees are being treated humanely and in accordance with the Geneva Conventions, ...
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Jonathan J. Carpenter | Pierre-Richard Prosper
JoAnn J. Dolan
Emails between JoAnn Dolan and David Bowker and others concerning a Swedish press report concerning Swedish detainees at Guantanamo. The press report includes an interview with Swedish Foreign Minister Lindh. The comments of the U.S. officials is ...
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
David W. Bowker
JoAnn J. Dolan, Henry Bisharat, Yvette M. Wong, Colin L. Powell, Paul Wolfowitz
John Walker Lindh
Emails between State Department officials concerning Swedish press reports on the detention of Mehdi Mohammad Ghezali at Guantanamo. The email is mostly redacted.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Henry Bisharat | Debra Cagan
JoAnn J. Dolan, Henry Bisharat
Mehdi Mohammad Ghezali
This email forwards a letter received from the wives of unknown men. There is no context to the email.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Michael D. Fooks
Ronald W. Miller | JoAnn J. Dolan
Ronald W. Miller, JoAnn J. Dolan, Michael D. Fooks
Letter from Clifford G. Bond Concerning Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Detainees Held at Guantanamo.
Jan. 12, 2005
Letter
Clifford G. Bond
Email from Henry Bisharat forwarding a press article quoting Swedish Foreign Minister stating that she expected the Swedish detainees at Guantanamo to be released "shortly".
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Henry Bisharat
Ronald W. Miller | JoAnn J. Dolan | Yvette M. Wong
Henry Bisharat, JoAnn J. Dolan, Ronald W. Miller
Checklist of Key Issues for Meeting with Swedish State Secretary Lars Danielsson. Topics were Turkey/EU, North Korea, Iraq/WMD, Partnership for Peace/NATO enlargement, Guantanamo Swede, and Global War on Terror. Contents redacted.
State Department memo with takling points on issues of the day entitled "Background on Key Issues". Content redacted. Mentions comments by A Lindh criticizing detention policies
Email from Michael Corbin to JoAnn Dolan forwarding a cable from Ambassador Neumann concerning Bahrain's press front paged and headline on November 24 and the the Prime Minister's raising the Guantanamo detainee issue with "CODEL Issa". The ...
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Michael H. Corbin
JoAnn J. Dolan
Michael H. Corbin, Ronald E. Neumann, JoAnn J. Dolan
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.
Jan. 12, 2005
Letter, Judicial
Margaret P. Grafeld
Margaret P. Grafeld
State Department Cable Subject: March 21 Transfer of Detainees to Guantanamo – No additional information or context.
Jan. 12, 2005
Cable
Richard A. Boucher
State Department Cable Subject: May 9 Transfer of Detainees to Guantanamo – No additional information or context.
Jan. 12, 2005
Cable
Richard A. Boucher
State Department Cable Subject: May 9 Transfer of Detainees to Guantanamo – No additional information or context.
Jan. 12, 2005
Cable
Richard A. Boucher
State Department Cable re: Secretary's July 16, 2003 Conversation with Australian Foreign Minister Downer - No other content or context.
Jan. 12, 2005
Cable
Richard A. Boucher
State Department Cable re: July 18 Transfer of Detainees to Guantanamo – No other content or context
Jan. 12, 2005
Cable
Richard A. Boucher
State Department Cable re: Corrected Information Regarding Nationally of Detainees at Guantanamo – no other content or context
Jan. 12, 2005
Cable
Richard A. Boucher
State Department Cable re: October 18 Transfer of Detainees to Guantanamo – no other content or context.
Jan. 12, 2005
Cable
Richard A. Boucher
State Department Cable re: November 2003 Transfer of Detainees to Guantanamo – no other content or context.
Jan. 12, 2005
Cable
Richard A. Boucher
This State Department cable provides talking points concerning informing foreign governments about the transfer of their citizens/nationals to Guantanamo after they were picked-up on the battle field of Afghanistan, and policy guidance for ...
Jan. 12, 2005
Cable
Pierre-Richard Prosper
Pierre-Richard Prosper, Richard A. Boucher
This State Department cable provides talking points concerning informing foreign governments about the transfer of their citizens/nationals to Guantanamo after they were picked-up on the battle field of Afghanistan, and policy guidance for ...
Jan. 12, 2005
Cable
Pierre-Richard Prosper
Pierre-Richard Prosper
This State Department cable provides talking points concerning informing foreign governments about the transfer of their citizens/nationals to Guantanamo after they were picked-up on the battle field of Afghanistan, and policy guidance for ...
Jan. 12, 2005
Cable
Pierre-Richard Prosper
State department Memo from Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper to Secretary Powell with requesting approval on reply to Edward Davey Member of the UK House of Commons re: his concerns about detainees. Approval was given.
Jan. 12, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Pierre-Richard Prosper
Colin L. Powell
Pierre-Richard Prosper, Colin L. Powell
State Department cable to the London Mission with an attached letter from Sec. Powell to be delivered to Edward Davey Member of the UK House of Commons, briefly explaining U.S. policy regarding access to detainees.
Jan. 12, 2005
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell
Letter from Edward Davey Member of the UK House of Commons expressing concerns about the continuing detention of his constituent at Guantanamo and requesting information and access to the gentleman.
Jan. 12, 2005
Letter
Edward Davey
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell
This State Department cable provides talking points concerning informing foreign governments about the transfer of their citizens/nationals to Guantanamo after they were picked-up on the battle field of Afghanistan, and policy guidance for ...
State Department cable concerning the identification of detainees at Guantanamo. Specifically, the cable states "It was recently discovered that several detainees transferred to Guantanamo who were previously reported to be nationals of ...
Jan. 12, 2005
Cable
Colin L. Powell
State Department cable with talking points to address concerns of foreign governments about their citizens being held at Guantanamo. The cable states; 1) These individuals pose a threat to the United States and international peace and security ...
Jan. 12, 2005
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell
State Department cable with talking points to address concerns of foreign governments about their citizens being held at Guantanamo. The cable states; 1) These individuals pose a threat to the United States and international peace and security ...
Jan. 12, 2005
Cable
Colin L. Powell
This State Department memo is a partial of a larger memo entitled "Interrogations and Army Regulations". and states "The Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War provides that "no physical or mental torture, nor any other form of coercion, may be ...
Jan. 12, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Edward R. Cummings, Todd F. Buchwald, James H. Thessin
Email from Robert Harris forwarding an email with and attached news article entitled "Pentagon Report set framework for use of torture."
Emails concerning press guidance regarding the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) and their February 2004 report.
Email exchanes concerning the Sec. of State's upcoming testimony. Heavily redacted.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Katherine M. Gorove
JoAnn J. Dolan
Katherine M. Gorove, Joshua L. Dorosin
Email exchanges concerning clearance for Q&A for D on release of torture documents "in case arises in context of Iraq testimony".
Emails between Cara Abercrombie and Josua Dorosin re: Detainees Policy and Status
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Cara L. Abercrombie
Joshua L. Dorosin
Cara L. Abercrombie, Joshua L. Dorosin
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.
Jan. 12, 2005
Letter, Judicial
Margaret P. Grafeld
Margaret P. Grafeld
This email exchange between State Department officials concerns an upcoming meeting to address the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) report on detainees.
Email from JoAnn Dolan to Joshua Dorosin re: Briefing Momorandum - no attachement or comments.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Joshua L. Dorosin
JoAnn J. Dolan, Joshua L. Dorosin
Emails concerning a memo on detainees with attachment.
State Department emails between JoAnn Dolan, James H. Thessin, Todd Buchwald, Waldo Brooks and Others re: Secretary's Meeting with International Red Cross (ICRC) President Kellenberger.
Emails between State Department officials with attachement entitled "DC BM 040604 - MEK Corruption…" no attachment included.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Waldo W. Brooks
Aaron W. Jost | Scott W. Busby | Michael Miller
Waldo W. Brooks , Aaron W. Jost, Joshua L. Dorosin, Jonathan S. Carpenter
Emails between State Department officials re: International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) request to visit Guantanamo.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
John A. Buche
Joshua L. Dorosin
John Allen Buche, Joshua L. Dorosin
Email requests clearance for a Q & A on Detainee Issues. the commeents from Ms. Abercrombie is "All, the attached Q&A is 99% the same as one cleared last week. Please review and clear by 1200 tomorrow. This is for D's briefing to the SASC on ...
Email from Cara Abercrombie requesting clearance for an issue paper on detainees. No attachment included.