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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Jan. 17, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4198
Cable is a message from the President expressing the U.S. government's concern about the economic crisis Argentina is currently facing. The President also stated that the U.S. stands ready to assist/support Argentina. Also, a press guidance is ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
George W. Bush, Sharon E. Ahmad
Oct. 23, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4159
Emails refer to a draft cable. [The more recent email is redacted; document is not included].
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Joshua L. Dorosin | Edward R. Cummings
JoAnn J. Dolan, Joshua L. Dorosin, Edward R. Cummings, Ronald W. Miller, Eliana Davidson, Ross Hyams, David L. Scott, Geeta Pasi, Bridget A. Brink, Sharon E. Ahmad, Monica J. Tillery
Sept. 13, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4160
Emails mention a discussion that took place in New York concerning the status of a detainee. [Redactions in document make it difficult to read].
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Pierre-Richard Prosper | Ronald W. Miller | William Howard Taft, IV | Brian H. Leventhal | Edward R. Cummings | Joshua L. Dorosin | Andre M. Surena | Katherine M. Gorove | Todd F. Buchwald
Monica J. Tillery, JoAnn J. Dolan, Sharon E. Ahmad, Pierre-Richard Prosper, Ronald W. Miller, William Howard Taft, IV, Brian H. Leventhal, Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin, Andre M. Surena, Katherine M. Gorove, Todd F. Buchwald, Henry Bisharat
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
June 03, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4156
Emails discuss and refer to Questions and Answers: Armitage hearings.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Edward R. Cummings | Joshua L. Dorosin
JoAnn J. Dolan, Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin, Steven A. Solomon, Sharon E. Ahmad
Aug. 27, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4157
Email mentions an International Committee of the Red Cross package.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Joshua L. Dorosin
Monica J. Tillery, Sharon E. Ahmad, Joshua L. Dorosin, JoAnn J. Dolan
Oct. 23, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4152
Email refers to an information memo for SEC regarding upcoming release of some detainees from Guantanamo. [Document is not included].
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
David L. Scott | Geeta Pasi | Kara L. Bue | Atul Keshap | Michael H. Corbin | Susan Peters
Ronald W. Miller, Kara L. Bue, Geeta Pasi, David L. Scott, Michael H. Corbin, Atul Keshap, Sharon E. Ahmad
Feb. 25, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4153
Cover sheet apparently requesting clearance on a document. [Document not included].
Dec. 30, 2004
Other
Paul V. Kelly
Paul V. Kelly, Sharon E. Ahmad
Sept. 30, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4151
Emails between JoAnn J. Dolan, Joshua L. Dorosin, Ronald W. Miller and Others re: PD on Detainees-Strategy Paper. The email has an attachment, not included. the comments from Ms. Dolan are "I assume no one has anything further on this one. Ron: ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Joshua L. Dorosin | Ronald W. Miller | Edward R. Cummings | Andre M. Surena | Katherine M. Gorove
JoAnn J. Dolan, Joshua L. Dorosin, Ronald W. Miller, Edward R. Cummings, Andre M. Surena, Katherine M. Gorove, Sharon E. Ahmad, Aranaga Carlos