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. 24, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4252
State Department cable concerning UNCHR Robinson's comments that the Guantanamo detainees should be brought before a court or tribunal for adjudication. She said that there has been a curtailment of human rights since the September 11, 2001 ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell
Jan. 24, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4345
State Department cable concerning Australian Prime Minister Howard's upcoming trip to New York for the World Economic Forum. The cable states that PM Howard has expressed his support for Operation Enduring Freedom and the international effort ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Cable
John Thomas Schieffer
Colin L. Powell
John Thomas Schieffer, Colin L. Powell, George W. Bush
Jan. 24, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4421
Email forwarded from Evan Bloom to David Bowker with an attachment concerning foreign access to the Guantanamo detainees.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Evan T. Bloom
David W. Bowker
Evan T. Bloom, David W. Bowker, David A. Kaye, William Howard Taft, IV, Gregory M. Suchan, Pierre-Richard Prosper
Jan. 25, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3735
This State Department memo states who the participants are for a meeting with International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) being held on January 25, 2002.
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo
William Howard Taft, IV, Paula J. Dobriansky
Jan. 25, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3736
List of issues to be disucssed at meeting with International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) , including confidentiality, how to deal with press, and have ICRC acknowledge that DOD has the lead and that they've been debriefed.
Jan. 25, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3749
Briefing memorandum from Alan Kreczko (PRM) to Under Secretary Paula Dobriansky re: meeting with International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Delegation Urs Boegli and Deputy Head of Protectino Paul Bonard. Mostly redacted.
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Alan Kreczko
Paula Dobriansky
Alan Kreczko, Paula J. Dobriansky
Jan. 25, 2002 | NSC | ACLU-RDI 4718
National Security Council Fax Cover Sheet with the comment "Here is an Advanced Copy of the Memorandum That Will Be Sent to Your Principals Later This Afternoon." No further comments. No attachments.
June 08, 2005
Letter
John B. Bellinger
William Howard Taft, IV | Jane Dalton | James H. Thessin
John B. Bellinger, III, William Howard Taft, IV, James H. Thessin, Jane Dalton
Jan. 26, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4347
DOS Cable re: Update on Various Issues for the Secretary: Guantanamo; NATO; and Foreign Affairs
Dec. 17, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell
Jan. 26, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4348
DOS Cable re: Update on Various Issues for the Secretary: Guantanamo; U.S.-Canadian Relations; and Foreign Affairs.
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 ...