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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Sept. 03, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3847
Email is in response to a previous message from Steven Solomon, which discusses a recent speech by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour to the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ). The reply is redacted.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Katherine M. Gorove
Steven A. Solomon | JoAnn J. Dolan | Joshua L. Dorosin | Ed Cummings | Michael T. Peay | Robert K. Harris
Steven A. Solomon, Katherine M. Gorove, Robert K. Harris, JoAnn J. Dolan, Joshua L. Dorosin, Edward R. Cummings, Michael T. Peay, Frank E. Schmelzer
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
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
July 20, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3852
Emails discuss the House Representative request to the Attorney General to transmit documents in his possession relating to the treatment of prisoners and detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Joshua L. Dorosin | Peter N. Petrihos
JoAnn J. Dolan, Peter N. Petrihos, Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin, Monica J. Tillery, Frank E. Schmelzer , John Conyers, Jr., Dave Obey, Nancy Pelosi, Steny H. Hoyer, James E. Clyburn, Charles D. Rangel, Henry A. Waxman, Isaac Newton Skelton IV, Tom Lantos, Maurice D. Hinchey, John D. Ashcroft
July 22, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3853
Email forward of a paper written on the three War on Terror cases decisions issued by the Supreme Court in 2004. The paper summarizes Rumsfeld v Padilla, Hamdi v Rumsfeld and Rasul, et al v Bush. All three cases were brought by, or on behalf of, ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Katherine M. Gorove
Joshua L. Dorosin | JoAnn J. Dolan | Curtis A. Bradley
Katherine M. Gorove, Joshua L. Dorosin, JoAnn J. Dolan, Curtis A. Bradley, Donald H. Rumsfeld, George W. Bush, Janice A. Smith
Jose Padilla, Yaser Esam Hamdi, Shafiq Rasul
Aug. 27, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3856
Emails discuss a statement by Colin L. Powell regarding Uyghur detainees. Mr. Powell apparently stated in an article (link provided) that the Uyghur detainees would not be sent back to China.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Joshua L. Dorosin
Colin L. Powell, Monica J. Tillery, Joshua L. Dorosin, JoAnn J. Dolan, Ronald W. Miller, Christopher N. Camponovo, Frank E. Schmelzer
Feb. 19, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3950
This email from JoAnn Dolan forwardeding a transcript of UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw's statements regarding UK citizens detained at Guantanamo.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
William Howard Taft, IV | Ronald W. Miller | Thomas Dukes | Ed Cummings | James H. Thessin | Todd F. Buchwald | Joshua L. Dorosin
JoAnn J. Dolan, William Howard Taft, IV, Ronald W. Miller, Thomas Dukes, Karen L. Hecker, James H. Thessin, Edward R. Cummings, Todd F. Buchwald, Joshua L. Dorosin, Laura H. Parsky
Aug. 05, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3985
Email from David J. Tessler to Jonathan M. Crock and Joshua L. Dorosin re: News Reports from London August 5, 2004. The comment from Mr. Tessler on the email is "Good morning. Another interesting piece in London's daily brief about detainees, ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
David J. Tessler
Jonathan M. Crock | Joshua L. Dorosin
Jonathan M. Crock, Joshua L. Dorosin
July 22, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4009
Email from Andrew Sagor to Todd F. Buchwald, Joshua L. Dorosin, Robin H. Sakoda and Cara L. Abercrombie re: Clearance/comments needed on red response letter, with an attachment not included. Mr. Sagor's comments are "S/WC1 has been tasked to ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Andrew E. Sagor
Todd F. Buchwald | Joshua L. Dorosin | Cara L. Abercrombie | Robin H. Sakoda
Colin L. Powell, Pierre-Richard Prosper, Todd F. Buchwald, Joshua L. Dorosin, Robin H. Sakoda, Cara L. Abercrombie
Oct. 02, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4044
Emails discuss a rewrite of a statement on torture. [Document is not included].
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Ashley S. Deeks
Edward R. Cummings | JoAnn J. Dolan | Joshua L. Dorosin
Ashley S. Deeks, Shahnaz Gheibi, Edward R. Cummings, JoAnn J. Dolan, Joshua L. Dorosin, Katherine M. Gorove, Heather Troutman , Sharon E. Ahmad, Rhonda H. Shore