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 18, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4467
Email exchanes concerning the Sec. of State's upcoming testimony.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Katherine M. Gorove
JoAnn J. Dolan | Cara L. Abercrombie | Joshua L. Dorosin | Jonathan J. Carpenter | Rexon Y. Ryu
Katherine M. Gorove, JoAnn J. Dolan, Cara L. Abercrombie, Rexon Y. Ryu, Jonathan S. Carpenter, Ronald W. Miller
Feb. 18, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4368
Email forwarded from Jonathan Crock to Ronald Miller containing talking points on torture (mostly dealing with Guantanamo) used for last year's Human Rights Report rollout. Mr. Crock's comments are "Do we have any new guidance on no torture at GTMO?"
Dec. 23, 2004
Email
Jonathan M. Crock
Ronald W. Miller
Jonathan M. Crock, Ronald W. Miller, Sarah F. Ozkan, JoAnn J. Dolan, Christopher N. Camponovo
June 30, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4292
Email from Ronald Miller to Ronald Packowitz re: "BM for S - PC on detainees." Mr. Miller's comments are "Sorry for short fuse but need a quick turn around on this -- please get your comments/clearance to the attached BM by 2:00 pm today. Thanks. ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
JoAnn J. Dolan | Bridget A. Brink | Rexon Y. Ryu | Sajit Gandhi | David B. Berns | Ronald S. Packowitz | Christian R. DeAngelis | James M. Waller
Ronald W. Miller, JoAnn J. Dolan, Bridget A. Brink, Rexon Y. Ryu, David B. Berns
May 12, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4273
These emails between Sara Stryker and Jeremy D. Caddel concerning the press coverage of allegations of mistreatment of detainees is sparse on information and only askes to add JoAnn Dolan to the email list for this subject.
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Sara A. Stryker
Jeremy D. Caddel
Sara A. Stryker, JoAnn J. Dolan, Jonathan S. Carpenter, Ronald W. Miller, Mustafa Popal
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. 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
May 07, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4176
Emails discuss talking points for use by the U.S. expert on the Committee Against Torture, discussing what the U.S. will say in response to prisoner abuses in Iraq. Talking points included.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Robert K. Harris
William Howard Taft, IV | James H. Thessin | Samuel M. Witten
Robert K. Harris, William Howard Taft, IV, James H. Thessin, Samuel M. Witten, Katherine M. Gorove, Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Elizabeth H. Richard, JoAnn J. Dolan, Edward R. Cummings, Aaron W. Jost, Mark P. Lagon, Elizabeth L. Riley, Anne R. Sorensen, Donald H. Rumsfeld, George W. Bush, Charles A. Allen, Patrick Rowan
Sept. 01, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4168
The original email includes a Reuters news article entitled: "Pentagon Opposes Independent Prison Abuse Probe." The article reports that the Pentagon opposed calls from human rights groups for an independent investigation of detainee abuse.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Robert K. Harris
JoAnn J. Dolan | Joshua L. Dorosin | Edward R. Cummings | Samuel M. Witten
Robert K. Harris, JoAnn J. Dolan, Edward R. Cummings, Samuel M. Witten, Thomas Malionek, Lois L. Allder, John I. Blanck, Jr., Daphne W. Cook, Robert E. Dalton, Michael J. Dennis, Avril Haines, Rebecca M. Ingber, Michael T. Peay, Monica J. Tillery, Harry R. Melone
July 16, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4158
Emails discuss a visit by an unknown individual and a Baltimore Sun article entitled "Pentagon Says It's Hiding No One From Red Cross." The more recent email is redacted. The news article reports that the Pentagon denies hiding imprisoned ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
William Howard Taft, IV | James H. Thessin | Edward R. Cummings | Steven A. Solomon | Joshua L. Dorosin | Robert E. Dalton | Lois Allder | Michael T. Peay | Daphne Cook | Rebecca M. Ingber | Avril D. Haines
JoAnn J. Dolan, William Howard Taft, IV, James H. Thessin, Steven A. Solomon, Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin, L.R. Lohman, Thomas Malionek, Daphne W. Cook, Lois L. Allder, John I. Blanck, Jr., Sharon E. Ahmad, Michael J. Dennis, Robert E. Dalton, Michael T. Peay, Avril Haines, Rebecca M. Ingber, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Lawrence Di Rita
May 11, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4155
Emails appear to discuss revisions to a document, the document may discuss the Geneva Conventions in Iraq. [Document is not included].
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Edward R. Cummings | Joshua L. Dorosin
Sharon E. Ahmad, Monica J. Tillery, JoAnn J. Dolan, Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin