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 13, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3843

Email includes news articles about high level detainees, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and Abu Zubaydah and the "harsh" interrogation methods the CIA employs. The email includes another article, which reports specific accounts of abuse.

Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Ted A. Borek | Michael J. Dennis | Jonathan B. Schwartz | Katherine M. Gorove
Frank E. Schmelzer , JoAnn J. Dolan, Ted A. Borek, Jonathan B. Schwartz, Katherine M. Gorove, Monica J. Tillery, Michael J. Dennis, Mark P. Lagon, Lorne Craner, Michael G. Kozak, Janice A. Smith, Miriam K. Hughes
Abu Zubaydah, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Walid Bin Attash
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
Mar. 11, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3848
Email from Todd F. Buchwald, the opening of the email is completely redacted, but included is a press release entitled "Statement of Senator Edward M. Kennedy on pending nomination of William Haynes." In the press release, Senator Kennedy ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Todd F. Buchwald
JoAnn J. Dolan | Joshua L. Dorosin | Waldo W. Brooks | Theresa K. Mitchell
Todd F. Buchwald, Monica J. Tillery, JoAnn J. Dolan, Joshua L. Dorosin, Waldo W. Brooks , Edward M. Kennedy, Frank E. Schmelzer , William J. Haynes, II
Jan. 13, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4141
Emails between JoAnn Dolan, Joshua L. Dorosin, Todd F. Buchwald and Others re Urgent Clearance: Checklist for ICRC Kellenberger Meeting with S. Attachments not included, minor comments concerning the attachements.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Joshua L. Dorosin
Monica J. Tillery, JoAnn J. Dolan, Joshua L. Dorosin, Todd F. Buchwald, Carol T. Santos, Ronald W. Miller, Karen L. Hecker, James A. McAtamney, James Burger , Charles A. Allen, John B. Wiegmann, Thomas A. Johnson, Nina E Schou, Neil S. Kromash
Dec. 19, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4140
State Department email from JoAnn Dolan to Jonathan B. Schwartz and Samuel M. Witten with a draft attachment and a comment "Attached is a draft IM on the court cases yesterday"
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Jonathan B. Schwartz | Samuel M. Witten
Monica J. Tillery, JoAnn J. Dolan, Jonathan B. Schwartz, Samuel M. Witten, Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin, Waldo W. Brooks , Robert E. Dalton
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
Mar. 08, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3827
Email refers to a Human Rights Watch report on abuse by U.S. forces at detention facilities in Afghanistan. The report alleges that U.S. forces operating in Afghanistan have arbitrarily detained civilians, used excessive force and mistreated ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Robert K. Harris
JoAnn J. Dolan | Ed Cummings | Joshua L. Dorosin | Todd F. Buchwald
Robert K. Harris, JoAnn J. Dolan, Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin, Todd F. Buchwald, Monica J. Tillery, George W. Bush
Nov. 25, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4133
Email from Ed Cummings to Joshua Dorosin asking for comments on attached suggested talking points, with the comment "First draft. What do you think?" Attachment not included.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Edward R. Cummings
Joshua L. Dorosin
Monica J. Tillery, Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin
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
Oct. 15, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4134
Email from Gilda M. Brancato to Ed Cummings forwarding Reuters artcile re: French detainees at Guantanamo complaining of psychological torture. No comments on email.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Gilda M. Brancado
Edward R. Cummings
Monica J. Tillery, Edward R. Cummings, Gilda M. Brancato, John D. Ashcroft
Mourad Benchellali, Khaled Ben Mustafa, Nizar Sassi, Ridouane Khalid, Ahmad Abd al Rahman Ahmad