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 10, 2005 | OLC | ACLU-RDI 6582
An OLC memo from Bradbury to Rizzo addressing whether the combined use of "enhanced interrogation techniques" (including waterboarding) violates the prohibition on torture. The memo concludes that it would not violate the torture statute if used ...
Aug. 31, 2016
Legal Memo
Steve Bradbury
John A. Rizzo
John A. Rizzo, Steven G. Bradbury, James B. Comey, Jay Bybee, Daniel B. Levin
EIT, SERE, Use of water, Waterboarding, Water dousing, Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, Stomach/abdominal slap, Attention grasp, Facial hold, Walling, Stress positions, Cramped confinement, Sleep deprivation, Dietary manipulation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other
July 14, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3370
Fax cover letter to Adrien Silas from [redacted] regarding Valerie Caproni's July 14, 2004 hearing before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Some names are illegible.
May 18, 2005
Letter
Adrien Silas
Adrien Silas, Valerie E. Caproni, Jack L. Goldsmith, Steven G. Bradbury, Daniel B. Levin, Rachel Brand
July 06, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 2712
Refers to Draft testimony for a July 13, 2004 hearing re Interrogation in War Against Terrorism. Message is completely redacted.
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Deborah J. Clifton
Julie E. Samuels | Daniel B. Levin | Patrick Philbin | Jack L. Goldsmith | Steven G. Bradbury | Renee Lerner | Betty Lofton | Patricia Massie | James A. McAtamney | Ethan Kanter | Rachel Brand | Dawn Burton | Winnie Brinkley | Dyone Mitchell
Deborah J. Clifton, Betty Lofton, Julie E. Samuels, Patricia Massie, James A. McAtamney, Daniel B. Levin, Patrick Philbin, Ethan Kanter, Jack L. Goldsmith, Steven G. Bradbury
June 04, 2004 | DOJ | ACLU-RDI 2742
Document fully redacted. Email Subjects: "Final(?) Iraq papers""Revised AG talkers on interrogation for today's meeting."
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Peter B. Owen
Patrick Rowan | David E. Nahmias | Crystal Roberts | Daniel J. Bryant | Daniel B. Levin | Jack L. Goldsmith | Patrick Philbin | Sean McLaughlin | Steven G. Bradbury | William Moschella | John Richter | Bruce Swartz | Judith S. Garrett | Angela Brown | David Blake
Peter B. Owen, Patrick Rowan, David E. Nahmias, Crystal Roberts, Daniel J. Bryant, Daniel B. Levin, Jack L. Goldsmith, Patrick Philbin, Sean McLaughlin, Steven G. Bradbury, William E. Moschella, Judith S. Garrett, Thomas R. Kane, Angela Brown, John Richter, Rena Comisac, Julie E. Samuels, Bruce Swartz, David Blake, Paul P. Colborn, Rebecca Seidel, Renee Lerner, Robert B. Parmiter, Pete Jones
June 02, 2004 | DOJ | ACLU-RDI 2711
Refers to Revised AG talkers (talking points) on interrogation for a discussion. The attached documents are "McCotter mstrong Points," "Iraq Points," "Iraq Corrections Points," and "Afghanistan."
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Peter B. Owen
Patrick Rowan | Steven G. Bradbury | William Moschella | Jack L. Goldsmith | Patrick Philbin | Daniel J. Bryant | Daniel B. Levin | Crystal Roberts | Sean McLaughlin | David Nahmias | Judi Garrett | Thomas Kane
Peter B. Owen, David E. Nahmias, Steven G. Bradbury, William E. Moschella, Jack L. Goldsmith, Patrick Philbin, Daniel J. Bryant, Daniel B. Levin, Crystal Roberts, Sean McLaughlin, Judith S. Garrett, Thomas R. Kane
June 02, 2004 | OLC | ACLU-RDI 2772
An email distributing "AG talking points on interrogations" in anticipation of a meeting. An attachment is included but not provided with the document.
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Steven G. Bradbury
Patrick Rowan | David E. Nahmias | Peter B. Owen | William Moschella | Jack L. Goldsmith | Patrick Philbin | Daniel J. Bryant | Daniel B. Levin | Crystal Roberts | Sean McLaughlin | Rena Comisac | Robert B. Parmiter | Renee Lerner | Rebecca Seidel
Steven G. Bradbury, Patrick Rowan, David E. Nahmias, Peter B. Owen, William E. Moschella, Jack L. Goldsmith, Patrick Philbin, Daniel J. Bryant, Daniel B. Levin, Crystal Roberts, Sean McLaughlin, Judith S. Garrett, Thomas R. Kane, Julie E. Samuels, Rena Comisac, Renee Lerner, Paul P. Colborn, David Blake, Rebecca Seidel, Robert B. Parmiter, Patrick Rowan
| ACLU-RDI 6625
This document is a list of past OLC advice on interrogation dated October 2, 2007.
Chart/List
John C. Yoo, Alberto R. Gonzales, Jay S. Bybee, John A. Rizzo, Daniel B. Levin, William J. Haynes, II, James B. Comey, Steven G. Bradbury
EIT
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