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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Apr. 02, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3808
Action request for appropriate handling of request by redacted government to interview detainees at Guantanamo
Apr. 29, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3809
The U.S. Mission in Australia received a letter from an attorney purporting to represent a detainee at Guantanamo. The letter states that that "We are greatly concerned that has not been given due process, natural justice and fairness. We believe ...
May 09, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3810
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Request to interview detainees at Guantanamo.
June 26, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3811
State Department Routing and Transmittal Slip cover sheet from Paul Wohlers to Alex, Colonel James A. Whitmore, subject Harty/Whitmore Memorandum Requesting Permission for Team to Visit Detainees on Guantanamo. No attachment.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Paul Wohlers
James A. Whitmore
James A. Whitmore
July 25, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3812
DOS Cover Sheet re: Request to Interview Detainees at Guantanamo
Oct. 18, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3813
DOS Cover Sheet re: Request to Interview Guantanamo Detainees
Oct. 25, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3814
Fax Cover Sheet from Michael Fooks to Joann Dolan re: Wives II
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Michael Fooks
JoAnn J. Dolan
JoAnn J. Dolan, Michael D. Fooks
Aug. 13, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3815
This letter is from a U.S. Ambassador replying to a request on the status of six (6) detainees who were apprehended and currently being held at Guantanamo. The Ambassador does not discuss the individuals specifically, but does address the legal ...
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
Jan. 28, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3817
Fax cover letter, regarding a memo to Colonel James A. Whitmore seeking permission for an unidentified team to visit detainees at Guantanamo. [Memo is not included].
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Karl Hofmann
James A. Whitmore
James A. Whitmore, Karl W. Hofmann, Harry R. Melone