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. 18, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2846
Suggested modifications re FBI Bureau's structure and presence in Afghanistan, including focus, training, equipment, and staffing (content redacted). Author of memo has been FBI On-Scene-Commander (OSC) since 02/11/2004.
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Frankie Battle
Apr. 19, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 173
Email with an executive summary of an investigation into allegations in a May 2004 Playboy article entitled "Death and Dishonor". Soldiers quoted in the article alleged that soldiers assigned to the 1/15th Infantry Battalion had, among other ...
Apr. 05, 2005
Investigative File (CID), Email
Physical assault, Sexual, General
Apr. 19, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4034
Emails between Gilda Brancato, Ronald W. Miller, Jonathan M. Crock, JoAnn Dolan, Sarah E. Prosser, Waldo W. Brooks, Edward R. Cummings, Robert K. Harris, Katherine M. Gorove and Michael G. Kozak with drafts on letters concerning Guantanamo ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Gilda M. Brancado
Ronald W. Miller | Jonathan M. Crock | JoAnn J. Dolan | Sarah E. Prosser | Waldo W. Brooks | Edward R. Cummings | Robert K. Harris | Katherine M. Gorove | Michael G. Kozak
Gilda M. Brancato, Ronald W. Miller, Jonathan M. Crock, JoAnn J. Dolan, Sarah E. Prosser, Waldo W. Brooks , Edward R. Cummings, Robert K. Harris, Katherine M. Gorove, Michael G. Kozak
Apr. 19, 2004 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 4035
United Nations Report re: Preserving Civil Liberties and Fighting Terrorism Efficiently: Is It Possible?
Apr. 19, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4300
Email from Jeremy Caddel concerning talking points for the Email from Jeremy D. Caddel to Eric K. Fisher, Jeffrey J. Hawkins and Others re: Talking Points for International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC). The talking points include: Doab ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Jeremy D. Caddel
Patricia M. Haslach | William B. Taylor | Jeremy D. Caddel | Eric K. Fisher | Jeffery J. Hawkins | Thomas F. Lynch | Dick X. McGraw
Jeremy D. Caddel, Patricia M. Haslach, William B. Taylor, Richard X. McGraw
Apr. 19, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4301
Email from Donna Butler re: 19 May morning NODIS. No further information provided
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Donna M. Butler
Donna M. Butler
Apr. 21, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 3805
U.N. Security Council Resolution 1538 (2004) welcomes the appointment of the independent high-level inquiry into the Oil-for-food Program.
Apr. 21, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4269
State Department memo on an upcoming visit by the Swedish Prime Minister. The memo provides background to assist the President in preparing for this meeting.
Dec. 17, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Henry Bisharat
Colin L. Powell
George W. Bush, Colin L. Powell, Henry Bisharat, Bridget A. Brink, Heather A. Conley
Apr. 21, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 5886
This DOS Cable is from the US Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan to the DOS Washington with a summary of media reactions in Pakistan to US policies & other matters.
Apr. 22, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1830
Emails discuss a parole program for Iraqi detainees in order to deal with the problem of lengthy detentions. LTC [Redacted] states in the email, "[w]e hold detainees so long that there is no hope of getting actionable intelligence."