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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June 24, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2196
Emails include a proposal to establish an Office of Detainee Ombudsman in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. The Detainee Ombudsman shall be a general or flag officer who will report directly to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense. ...
June 24, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2197
Emails discuss a report called the Weidenbush report. [Report not included].
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Lisa Weidenbush
June 24, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 2198
Emails talk about forthcoming International Committee of the Red Cross reports and a related executive summary. The summary is included in the email.
June 24, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2199
In the original email, the author would like to coordinate a meeting concerning detainee operations.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
James A. Coggin, Donald J. Ryder
June 24, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2606
Statement of Commander of Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 10 Special Forces Group, attached to Memo for Record dated August 7, 2004. Mentions allegations of abuse, and states, "I am not familiar with the individuals making these allegations.... I ...
June 24, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2607
Sworn statement of Chief Warrant Officer 2 attached to a Memo for Record dated August 7, 2004. Talks about detention procedures and time limits on detentions. States that the ODA "could request an extension through the AOB. I only recall this ...
June 24, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3099
Most emails are heavily redacted concerning the Interview protocols (IP) involving a High Valued Detainee at Camp V (Five) at Guantanamo. The first email in the chain states "Although the recommended changes add detail that we believe is ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Janice K. Fedarcyk | J. Stephen Tidwell | Marion E. Bowman
Valerie E. Caproni, Janice K. Fedarcyk, Bruce J. Gebhardt, J. Stephen Tidwell
Use of phobias
June 24, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 4039
Email includes a pressing briefing question about the Uyghur detainees being held in Guantanamo, Mr. Boucher is asked whether the U.S. has decided to not send the Uyghur detainees back to China.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
JoAnn J. Dolan, Richard A. Boucher, Sharon E. Ahmad
June 24, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4066
Email refers to an attachment, which is a draft guidance on L memos as reported in a Washington Post report. Ms. Dolan's comments are: "Attached for input/clearance is draft guidance on L memos as reported in today's Washington Post report. We ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Edward R. Cummings | Todd F. Buchwald | James H. Thessin | Katherine M. Gorove | William Howard Taft, IV | Ronald W. Miller | Jonathan M. Crock
Edward R. Cummings, Todd F. Buchwald, James H. Thessin, Katherine M. Gorove, William Howard Taft, IV, Ronald W. Miller, Jonathan M. Crock
June 24, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4067
Emails discuss and include a cable from the U.K. Bar Association Chair and others expressing their opinion on interrogation methods utilized by the U.S. military in Iraq and Guantanamo. The U.K. Bar Association Chair stated that the "extreme ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Edward R. Cummings | Todd F. Buchwald | Joshua L. Dorosin | James H. Thessin
Thomas Malionek, William J. Gehron, JoAnn J. Dolan, Edward R. Cummings, Todd F. Buchwald, Joshua L. Dorosin, James H. Thessin, Michael J. Dennis
Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Forced grooming, Other Humiliation