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
Dec. 02, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3887
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Request to Interview Detainees at Guantanamo
Feb. 06, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3888
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Request to Interview Detainees at Guantanamo
Mar. 04, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3889
DOS Cable re: Families of Guantanamo Detainees Increase Pressure on Government of France. This cable expresses the French government's preference to have French citizens returned to France to face the French judicial system and to pursue that ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Sharon A. Wiener
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, Sharon A. Wiener
Mar. 23, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3890
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Request to Interview Detainees at Guantanamo
June 25, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3891
State Department Cable re: Repatriated Russian Guantanamo Detainees Released by Russian Procuracy. The seven Russian detainees from the Guantanamo military base that were previously handed over by the United States to the Russian Government have ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, Bruce Swartz
Dec. 28, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3892
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.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter, Judicial
Margaret P. Grafeld
Margaret P. Grafeld
Aug. 07, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3893
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Deputies Committee Meeting on Detention Issues 8/8
Aug. 08, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3894
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Deputies Committee Meeting on Detention Issues 8/8
Sept. 24, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3895
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Deputies Committee Meeting on High-Interest: Detainee 9/26 12:30-1:00 pm
Oct. 15, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3896
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Deputies Committee Meeting on Detainees 10/16
Oct. 17, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3897
State Department cable re: Principals Committee Meeting on Detainees on: 10/18/2002 at: 14:00. Remarks: Please prepare a briefing memo with annotated agenda and checklist for Principals Committee Meeting on Detainees, Friday, October 19, ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell, JoAnn J. Dolan, Beverly S. Holman
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
Oct. 16, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3899
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Summary of Conclusions for Deputies Committee Meeting on Detainees 10/16/02
Oct. 24, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3900
DOS Office of the Legal Advisor interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Summary of Conclusions for Deputies Committee Meeting on Detainees 10/16/02
Oct. 23, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3901
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Summary of conclusions for Deputies Committee meeting on detainees - 10/16
Jan. 16, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3902
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Summary of Conclusions for Deputies Committee Meeting on Detainees 10/18/02
Jan. 17, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3903
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Summary of Conclusions for Deputies Committee Meeting on Detainees 10/18/02
Oct. 28, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3904
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Summary of Conclusions for Deputies Committee Meeting on Detainees 10/18/02
Jan. 24, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3905
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Summary of Conclusions for Deputies Committee Meeting on Detainees 1/16/02
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
JoAnn J. Dolan
June 20, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3906
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: DOD Briefing Slides for PC on Detainees June 19, 3:15 pm
July 24, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3907
Office of the Legal Adviser routing and transmittal slip to Todd Buchwald, Josh Dorosin, JoAnn Dolan and Ed Cummings. No subject or attachements.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
James H. Thessin
Todd F. Buchwald | Joshua L. Dorosin | JoAnn J. Dolan | Ed Cummings
James H. Thessin, Todd F. Buchwald, Joshua L. Dorosin, JoAnn J. Dolan, Edward R. Cummings
Oct. 06, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3908
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Principals Committee Meeting on Detainees.
Oct. 21, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3909
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Principals Committee Meeting on Detainees 10/14/03
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
JoAnn J. Dolan
Jan. 22, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3910
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Deputies Committee Meeting on Afghanistan 1/22, 11:00-11:45, White House Situation Room
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
JoAnn J. Dolan
May 10, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3911
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Principals Committee Meeting on Detainees
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
JoAnn J. Dolan
May 10, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3912
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Summary of Conclusions for PC Meeting on Detainees 5/4/04
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
JoAnn J. Dolan
June 01, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3913
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Principals Committee Meeting on Detainees.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
JoAnn J. Dolan
June 30, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3914
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Principals Committee Meeting on Detainees
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
JoAnn J. Dolan
DOS | ACLU-RDI 3915
State Department talking points memo on addressing the criticism over Guantanamo Bay detentions. The memo states that "Criticism is particularly strong in Europe and the Middle East. [The] Europeans have objected to the detention of [their] ...
Jan. 27, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3916
DOS Cable concerning Secretary Powell's Meeting with International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) President Kellenberger. The document is heavily redacted as to the substance of the meeting, except for a brief summary stating that the meeting ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell, Deborah Graze, Richard A. Boucher, Craig A. Kelly
Oct. 13, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3917
Email from JoAnn Dolan to Brian Leventhal concerning a CBS Evening News segment that highlighted the release of a 90 year-old Afghani man being released from detention at Guantanamo. The report stated that the man was mistakenly pick up during a ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Brian H. Leventhal
Brian H. Leventhal, JoAnn J. Dolan
Oct. 29, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3918
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.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter, Judicial
Margaret P. Grafeld
Margaret P. Grafeld
Oct. 10, 2001 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3919
State Department Routing and Transmittal Slip from Evan T. Bloom to William Howard Taft, IV re: Papers for your review Amb. Prosper would like to send this out to other agencies for clearance this afternoon.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Evan T. Bloom
William Howard Taft, IV
Evan T. Bloom, William Howard Taft, IV, Pierre-Richard Prosper
Jan. 19, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3920
This State Department Cable is entitled "Subject: May 1 Transfer of Detainees to Guantanamo". There is no other discernible information or context.
Jan. 24, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3921
This State Department Cable is entitled "Subject: May 1 Transfer of Detainees to Guantanamo". There is no other discernible information or context.
Jan. 24, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3922
This State Department Cable is entitled "Subject: January 22 Transfer of Detainees to Guantanamo". There is no other discernible information or context.
Feb. 01, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3923
This State Department Cable is entitled "Subject: Transfer of Detainees in Afghanistan to Guantanamo Bay". There is no other discernible information or context.
Feb. 13, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3924
This State Department Cable is entitled "Subject: February 11 Transfer of Detainees to Guantanamo". There is no other discernible information or context.
May 04, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3925
This State Department Cable is entitled "Subject: May 3 Transfer of Detainees to Guantanamo". There is no other discernible information or context.
May 06, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3926
This State Department Cable is entitled "Subject: May 3 Transfer of Detainees to Guantanamo". There is no other discernible information or context.