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, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 933
This email is to ensure that all FBI personnel touring through Guantanamo Bay and who participate in interrogations of detainees adhere to the Bureaus policies on the treatment of suspects and their own personal conduct when conducting ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Email
Thomas J. Harrington
Arthur M. Cummings, II | Frankie Battle
Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, Marion E. Bowman, Arthur M. Cummings, II, Geoffrey D. Miller, David E. Nahmias, Andrew Arena, Laura H. Parsky, Michael E. Dunlavey , Bruce Swartz, Alice Fisher
Oct. 31, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3874
State Department cable from the Paris Embassy re: French judge dismisses Guantanamo detainees’ case. On October 31, a French judge dismissed the case brought by the families of two French nationals being held at Guantanamo base. The families were ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, Bruce Swartz
June 25, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3891
State Department Cable re: Repatriated Russian Guantanamo Detainees Released by Russian Procuracy. The seven Russian detainees from the Guantanamo military base that were previously handed over by the United States to the Russian Government have ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, Bruce Swartz
Mar. 26, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4017
This cable sent from the Paris Mission sent to State Department Headquarters with the following synopsis: “On March 19, 2002, post received a letter addressed to the Ambassador from the attorneys of the families of detainees who are allegedly in ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
JoAnn J. Dolan, Colin L. Powell, Bruce Swartz, John B. Bellinger, III, Eliana Davidson
June 25, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3095
FBI Emails between Valerie E. Caproni, Chris Swecker and Others concerning reports of abuse of detainees at Guantanamo and the scheduled interview of a specific (un-named) detainee who is considered a High Value target. Many of the emails in the ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Chris Swecker | Joseph R. Lewis | Marion E. Bowman | John S. Pistole | Gary M. Bald | Eleni P. Kalisch | John F. Curran | Michael T. Roachford | David Szady
Robert A. Spencer, Bruce Swartz, Laura H. Parsky, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Robert S. Mueller, John D. Ashcroft, John F. Curran, Marion E. Bowman, Valerie E. Caproni
June 03, 2004 | DOJ | ACLU-RDI 2714
Refers to Remaining CRM papers. The rest is completely redacted.
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Peter B. Owen
Rena Comisac | John Richter | Bruce Swartz | Patrick Rowan | Julie Samuels | Crystal Roberts
Peter B. Owen, Rena Comisac, Bruce Swartz, Julie E. Samuels, Patrick Rowan, Crystal Roberts, John Richter
May 24, 2004 | DOJ | ACLU-RDI 2720
Email from Joseph Jones to Rena Cornisac, Adam Isles, Julie Samuels, Patrick Rowan, David Nahmias, Bruce Swartz, Peter B. Owen, and Terrie Johnson following an email chain. The subject line reads "Briefing Papers" and the text is entirely redacted.
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Joseph Jones
Rena Comisac | Adam Isles | Julie Samuels | David E. Nahmias | Bruce Swartz | Peter B. Owen | Patrick Rowan | Terrie Johnson | Patrick Philbin | Renee Lerner | William Hall | Crystal Roberts | Sean McLaughlin | Dave Blake | Gena Bernhardt
Joseph Jones, Rena Comisac, Adam Isles, Julie E. Samuels, Patrick Rowan, David E. Nahmias, Bruce Swartz, Peter B. Owen
Aug. 26, 2004 | DOJ | ACLU-RDI 2724
Text entirely redacted. Email Subject: MEJA referral re Abu Ghraib
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Laura Parsky | Bruce Swartz
Laura H. Parsky, Bruce Swartz, Teresa L. McHenry
May 21, 2004 | CRIM | ACLU-RDI 2726
Text entirely redacted. Email Subject: ICITAP - Iraq.
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Christopher A. Wray
Rena Comisac | Bruce Swartz | Adam Isles | Richard M. Rogers
Christopher A. Wray, Rena Comisac, Bruce Swartz, Adam Isles, Richard M. Rogers, John Richter, David E. Nahmias, Patrick Rowan, Laura H. Parsky
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