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 18, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4116
Emails between State Department Officials concerning "issues surrounding abuse of Iraqi detainees". the additional comments are "Did one of you already "rope in" Ed Cummings, as discussed? Thanks, Judy"
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Judith L. Osborn
Russell K. LaMotte | Joshua L. Dorosin
Judith L. Osborn, Joshua L. Dorosin, Russell K. LaMotte, Todd F. Buchwald, Edward R. Cummings, Ronald J. Bettauer, D. Stephen Mathias, Samuel M. Witten, Susan Biniaz, Catherine W. Brown, Curtis A. Bradley, Barton C. Legum
Jan. 23, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4117
DOE talking points memo on Q&As concerning Bosnia's handing over six Algerian/Bosnian terror suspects to US forces, and their subsequent transfer to Guantanamo.
Dec. 15, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4112
Email from JoAnn Dolan to Waldo W. Brooks, Todd Buchwald and Others re: MEK Legal Considerations for DC with the comment "Some thoughts/comments".
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Waldo W. Brooks | Todd F. Buchwald | Joshua L. Dorosin | Edward R. Cummings
JoAnn J. Dolan, Waldo W. Brooks , Todd F. Buchwald, Joshua L. Dorosin, Edward R. Cummings
Mar. 03, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4113
Email from Todd F. Buchwald to Joshua L. Dorosin, Waldo W. Brooks and Edward R. Cummings re: Detainees with attachment. the comments from Mr. Buchwald are "These are the notes I drafted on the DOD paper in case we need to discuss this at John's ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Todd F. Buchwald
Joshua L. Dorosin | Waldo W. Brooks | Edward R. Cummings
Todd F. Buchwald, Joshua L. Dorosin, Waldo W. Brooks , Edward R. Cummings
May 04, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4114

Email from Rexon Y. Ryu to Philo L. Dibble, Todd F. Buchwald, Joshua L. Dorosin and Patrick M. Hefferman re Urgent - Note to S on Detainees. The comments from Mr. Ryu are "Please move for signature ASAP. 1 am confirming with L whether we ...

Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Rexon Y. Ryu
Philo L. Dibble | Todd F. Buchwald | Joshua L. Dorosin | Patrick M. Heffernan
Philo L. Dibble, Rexon Y. Ryu, Todd F. Buchwald, Joshua L. Dorosin, Patrick M. Heffernan , William Howard Taft, IV
May 22, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4110
Email from JoAnn Dolan to Ed Cummings and Joshua Dorosin forwarding an email from Carol Santos with two attachments and a request for editing/adding to attached documents on Afghan detainee issues for Sec. of State Powell's meeting with ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Edward R. Cummings | Joshua L. Dorosin
Colin L. Powell, JoAnn J. Dolan, Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin, Carol T. Santos
Apr. 02, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4107
Emails between JoAnn J. Dolan, Francis M. Gaffney, Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin, Todd F. Buchwald and Thomas C. Krajeski concerning draft OSCE intervention on the humanitarian situation in Iraq. the final comments from Frank Gaffney ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Francis M. Gaffney
JoAnn J. Dolan | Thomas A. Johnson | Edward R. Cummings | Joshua L. Dorosin | Todd F. Buchwald | Thomas C. Krajeski
JoAnn J. Dolan, Francis M. Gaffney, Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin, Todd F. Buchwald, Thomas C. Krajeski
May 07, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4108
Email from JoAnn Dolan to Steve A. Solomon, Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin with attachment entitled PG-GTMO. The comments are "In response to your request for anything official from the Dept on the stepped up review and release of gitmo ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Steve A. Solomon | Edward R. Cummings | Joshua L. Dorosin
Richard A. Boucher, JoAnn J. Dolan, Edward R. Cummings, Steven A. Solomon, Joshua L. Dorosin, Monica J. Tillery
May 05, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4109
State Department talking points memo entitled: Guantanamo: U.S. Policy on Detainees - May 5, 2003. The memo states: A process is underway to reach a final determination on all detainees. Each detainee will be prosecuted or continue to be detained ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Jonathan M. Crock
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Colin L. Powell, Jonathan M. Crock, JoAnn J. Dolan, Gregory M. Suchan, Bridget A. Brink, Dean H. Pittman
Feb. 24, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4106
Emails between Eric Pelofsky, Joshua L. Dorosin", JoAnn Dolan and Catherine Brown on a paper the Sec. of State concerning the Guantanamo detainees. The comments are "One minor suggestion" for attached "Secy's Appropriations Testimony." and ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Catherine W. Brown
Joshua L. Dorosin | JoAnn J. Dolan | Eric J. Pelofsky
Colin L. Powell, Catherine W. Brown, Eric J. Pelofsky, Joshua L. Dorosin, JoAnn J. Dolan, Mirta Alvarez