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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Mar. 10, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4701
State Department email forwarded by JoAnn Dolan from Robert Harris concerning Human Rights Watch report critical of U.S. Action in Afghanistan. Mr. Harris' email has the comment "Human Rights Watch in the past few days issued a highly critical ...
May 04, 2005
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Eliana Davidson | Laura Parsky | David Nahmias | Patrick Philbin | Chuck Allen | Karen Hecker
JoAnn J. Dolan, Robert K. Harris, Michael G. Kozak, Mark P. Lagon, Thomas A. Johnson, Joshua L. Dorosin, Lynn M. Sicade, Charles A. Allen, Eliana Davidson, Karen L. Hecker, John B. Wiegmann, Laura H. Parsky, James A. McAtamney, David E. Nahmias, Patrick Philbin, Ronald W. Miller, Jennifer Koester, John B. Bellinger, III, Jack L. Goldsmith, William Howard Taft, IV, Steven A. Solomon, Michael T. Peay
Oct. 28, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4675
State Department email with attached press guidance concerning the possible release of some Guantanamo detainees.
May 04, 2005
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Joshua L. Dorosin | Edward R. Cummings | William Howard Taft, IV | Todd F. Buchwald | Andre M. Surena
JoAnn J. Dolan, Joshua L. Dorosin, Edward R. Cummings, William Howard Taft, IV, Todd F. Buchwald, Andre M. Surena, Ronald W. Miller
June 22, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4478
Email requests clearance for a Q & A on Detainee Issues. the commeents from Ms. Abercrombie is "All, the attached Q&A is 99% the same as one cleared last week. Please review and clear by 1200 tomorrow. This is for D's briefing to the SASC on ...
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Cara L. Abercrombie
Rexon Y. Ryu
Cara L. Abercrombie, Rexon Y. Ryu, Jonathan S. Carpenter, JoAnn J. Dolan, Katherine M. Gorove, Joshua L. Dorosin, Ronald W. Miller
Jan. 29, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4475
State Department emails between JoAnn Dolan, James H. Thessin, Todd Buchwald, Waldo Brooks and Others re: Secretary's Meeting with International Red Cross (ICRC) President Kellenberger.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
James H. Thessin | Todd F. Buchwald | Joshua L. Dorosin | Waldo W. Brooks
JoAnn J. Dolan, James H. Thessin, Joshua L. Dorosin, Waldo W. Brooks , Edward R. Cummings
Jan. 13, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4473
Email from JoAnn Dolan to Joshua Dorosin re: Briefing Momorandum - no attachement or comments.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Joshua L. Dorosin
JoAnn J. Dolan, Joshua L. Dorosin
Jan. 16, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4474
Emails concerning a memo on detainees with attachment.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Joshua L. Dorosin
JoAnn J. Dolan, Joshua L. Dorosin, Edward R. Cummings, Waldo W. Brooks , Todd F. Buchwald, Andre M. Surena, Ronald W. Miller
June 23, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4469
Email exchanges concerning clearance for Q&A for D on release of torture documents "in case arises in context of Iraq testimony".
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Cara L. Abercrombie
Mark P. Lagon | Katherine M. Gorove | Rexon Y. Ryu
Cara L. Abercrombie, Joshua L. Dorosin, Rexon Y. Ryu, Jonathan S. Carpenter, Ronald W. Miller, Edward R. Cummings, JoAnn J. Dolan
June 14, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4466
Emails concerning press guidance regarding the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) and their February 2004 report.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
John A. Buche
JoAnn J. Dolan | Edward R. Cummings | Joshua L. Dorosin | Ronald W. Miller
John Allen Buche, JoAnn J. Dolan, Margaret J. Pollack, Ronald W. Miller, Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin, Waldo W. Brooks
Oct. 21, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4179
Email provides a brief report of the October 20, 2003 Inter-American Commission on Human Rights hearing on detainees at Guantanamo.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Robert K. Harris
William Howard Taft, IV | Samuel M. Witten | James H. Thessin | Edward R. Cummings | JoAnn J. Dolan | Joshua L. Dorosin | Thomas A. Johnson | Peter M. McKiinley | Elizabeth H. Richard | Margaret J. Pollack | Carrie Santos | Lorne W. Craner
Harry R. Melone, Robert K. Harris, William Howard Taft, IV, Samuel M. Witten, James H. Thessin, Edward R. Cummings, JoAnn J. Dolan, Joshua L. Dorosin, Thomas A. Johnson, Lorne Craner, Michael G. Kozak, Carol T. Santos, Margaret J. Pollack, Lynn M. Sicade, Christopher N. Camponovo, Harry R. Melone
Mar. 10, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4177
Emails discuss correspondence on a Guantanamo matter.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Katherine M. Gorove
James H. Thessin | David A. Kaye | Joshua L. Dorosin | JoAnn J. Dolan | Samuel M. Witten
Katherine M. Gorove, James H. Thessin, David A. Kaye, Joshua L. Dorosin, JoAnn J. Dolan, Samuel M. Witten, Roger F. Noriega, Harry R. Melone, Mary P. Stickles, Andre M. Surena, Catherine Mary Malin