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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May 04, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4258
State Department cable concerning the reaction by Turkish officials and the Turkish press and NGOs to the allegations of abuse at Abu Ghraib Prison. The Turkish officials were not publically critical, but the press was running articles and ...
Dec. 20, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell
May 21, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4259
State Department cable concerning Sec. of State Powell's meeting with the Pakistani Foreign Minister Kasuri to discuss India, Afghanistan, Iraq and the United Nations Security Council. The cable is mostly redacted, but includes a discussion on ...
Dec. 20, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell
June 09, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4260
State Department cable concerning the efforts to repatriate Iranian Mujaheddin E-Khalk members back to Iran. The Mujaheddin E-Khalk members infiltrated Iraq and threatened the peace and stability of the country, but approx. 3,800 of Mujaheddin ...
Dec. 20, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell
Jan. 15, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4262
State Department email from Diane McBride to Denise Wright concerning an upcomming meeting with International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) President Kellenberger. The email mentions two attachments, not included.
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Diane McBride
Denise I. Wright
Diane McBride
Jan. 16, 2005 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4263
DOS Cover Sheet re: Routing and Transmittal Slip
Feb. 24, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4264
Email from Ronald Miller to Jeremy Caddel and ohers re: Revised BM for S - GTMO Detainees." No attachments included.
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
JoAnn J. Dolan | Robert Goldberg | Allen S. Greenberg | Jeremy D. Caddel
Ronald W. Miller, JoAnn J. Dolan, Allen S. Greenberg
Mar. 12, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4266
Email from Ronald Miller to Jeremy Caddel re Afghan detainees. "S siad to make it happen as DoD has planned."
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
Jeremy D. Caddel
Ronald W. Miller
Mar. 30, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4267
Email string between Carol Santos, Cheryl Parker, Jeremy Caddel and Others concerning "Memo to S about concerns raised by ICRC on U.S. detention practices" in Afghanistan and elsewhere. The comments from Ms. Parker are "PDAS Michele Sison clears ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Cheryl L. Parker
Carol T. Santos | Jeremy D. Caddel | Patricia M. Haslach | Timothy E. Wilder
Carol T. Santos, Cheryl L. Parker
DOS | ACLU-RDI 4268
Email string between Carol Santos, Cheryl Parker, Jeremy Caddel, et al., re memo to S about concerns raised by ICRC on US detention practices in Afghanistan and elsewhere. Ms. Santos commets are "Dear Colleagues: Please clear on the attached memo ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Cheryl L. Parker
Carol T. Santos
Cheryl L. Parker, Carol T. Santos
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