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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RelevanceDateRelease Date
Jan. 29, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3788
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Detainees in Cuba.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Evan T. Bloom, David A. Kaye, Samuel M. Witten
Jan. 30, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3790
State Department talking points on addressing questions about the legal status and treatment of detainees is addressed. The cable states that foreign governments should be told: The legal status of the detainees is currently being reviewed; all ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, David A. Kaye
Mar. 18, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3798
This is a DOS Routing and Transmittal Slip for DOS Officials to initial - re: UK Detainees at Guantanamo Bay: Application for Judicial Review
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Jonathan B. Schwartz
JoAnn J. Dolan | Ed Cummings | David Kaye
JoAnn J. Dolan, Evan T. Bloom, David W. Bowker, Edward R. Cummings, Andre M. Surena, David A. Kaye
June 23, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3849
Emails discuss the Department of Defenses' recent release of documents, the documents apparently explained the types of interrogation techniques the U.S. employed in Guantanamo. However, the documents are being criticized as insufficient. The ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Ed Cummings
JoAnn J. Dolan | Todd F. Buchwald | Joshua L. Dorosin | Steven A. Solomon | David Kaye
Edward R. Cummings, JoAnn J. Dolan, Todd F. Buchwald, Joshua L. Dorosin, Steven A. Solomon, David A. Kaye, Charles L. Daris, Donald H. Rumsfeld, George W. Bush, Ricardo Sanchez
Stress positions, Use of phobias, Nudity
Jan. 31, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3872
State Department Routing and transmittal slip for Sam Witten, David Kaye, David Bowker, Peter Mason, Mike Mattler re: VOA Editorials
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
David Kaye | Samuel M. Witten | David W. Bowker | Peter Mason | Mike Mattler
Samuel M. Witten, David A. Kaye
Jan. 23, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3873
DOS Memo re: Questions Taken at January 23, 2002 Daily Press Briefing. International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) - Question: Will the International Committee of the Red Cross submit a formal report of the results of its visit to Guantanamo ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Mike McKinley, David A. Kaye
Nov. 27, 2001 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4003
Email from Todd Buchwald to David Kaye re: IM to S on Detainee Rights. Detainee Rights attachment not included.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Todd F. Buchwald
David A. Kaye
Todd F. Buchwald, David A. Kaye
Sept. 02, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4090
Emails discuss a summary on standards of interrogation of detainees at Guantanamo. [Document not included].
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
David W. Bowker
Joshua L. Dorosin | JoAnn J. Dolan
David W. Bowker, Joshua L. Dorosin, JoAnn J. Dolan, Odell C. Dehart, Charles L. Daris, David A. Kaye, James H. Thessin, Edward R. Cummings, Samuel M. Witten
Apr. 15, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4092
Email refers to a cable that apparently concerns the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
David A. Kaye
Steven A. Solomon | Linda Thomas-Greenfield | Edward R. Cummings | David W. Bowker | JoAnn J. Dolan | James B. Foley
David A. Kaye, Steven A. Solomon, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Edward R. Cummings, David W. Bowker, JoAnn J. Dolan, James B. Foley, Charles L. Daris
Jan. 28, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4135
State Department talking points and press guidance on discussing the legal status of the Guantanamo detainees. The memo states that the legal status currently being reviewed and that the detainees are being treated humanely.
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo
David A. Kaye, James H. Thessin, Evan T. Bloom