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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Jan. 04, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3860
DOS Memo re: Talking Points on Military Tribunals and Due Process for Terrorists, Insurgents, and Others Engaged in Subversive Activities. The memo covers the military tribunals that are to be used to try terrorists, insurgents, or civilians ...
DOS | ACLU-RDI 3861
Interagency fax coversheet from DJY to Maura Harty
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Maura Harty
Maura A. Harty
Jan. 28, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3862
State Department talking points memo on the treatment of detainees in Guantanamo and difference between POWs and illegal combatants. The memo presents the question: What are the legal differences between POWs and illegal combatants? And answers ...
Feb. 07, 2002 | WH | ACLU-RDI 3863
White House Press Release on the status of detainees at Guantanamo with a fact sheet from the on the treatment, housing, access and medical treatment of detainees. The press release makes a specific point of stating "neither the Taliban nor ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Other
George W. Bush
DOS | ACLU-RDI 3864
This memo is to address questions and concerns over the status and treatment of Guantanamo detainees. The memo states that the detainees are illegal combatants, and not Prisoners of War (POWs). It states Al Qaeda is a foreign terrorist group and ...
Feb. 02, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3865
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: requesting copy fo ALDAC cable to NSC under cover of Harty-Biegun memo.
Feb. 11, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3866
DOS Memo re: Talking Points on International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Report on the Treatment of Guantanamo Detainees. The memo is to address the question of whether the U.S. will release the ICRC report. The answer is "No" because it ...
Feb. 27, 2002 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 3867
Questions for Powell sent from Ben Barber, State Department Bureau Chief, The Washington Times to Cynthia Church, Public Affairs Office, Department re: POW status and effects on US troops, for American Legion Magazine.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Ben Barbara
Cynthia Church
Cynthia Church
Aug. 18, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3868
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Armitage-Rice memo.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Richard Lee Armitage, Condoleeza Rice
DOS | ACLU-RDI 3869
State Department fax cover sheet re: Cable on Prosecution of Non-Afghans Aiding Al-Qaeda and Taliban. Remarks: Per discussion at this afternoon's SVTS. Clearance would be appreciated by 00B Monday.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Evan T. Bloom
Daniel P. Collins | John Bellinger
Evan T. Bloom, Daniel P. Collins, John B. Bellinger, III