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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Mar. 20, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4425
This email is a follow-up on an earlier email seeking clearance on a cable concerning military commissions.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Evan T. Bloom
Jonathan B. Schwartz | Edward R. Cummings | David W. Bowker | David A. Kaye | JoAnn J. Dolan
Michael A. Newton, Evan T. Bloom, Jonathan B. Schwartz, Edward R. Cummings, David W. Bowker, David A. Kaye, JoAnn J. Dolan
Apr. 04, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4426
Email from Brent Blaschke with the comments "Here's the latest GTMO matrix for the SVTS". Attachment not included
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Brent E. Blaschke
William Howard Taft, IV | JoAnn J. Dolan
Brent E. Blaschke , JoAnn J. Dolan, William Howard Taft, IV
Apr. 26, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4427
Email from Samuel Witten forwarding an email with attachments concerning President Issues/Military Orders.
Jan. 12, 2005
Cable
Samuel M. Witten
David W. Bowker | Linda Jacobson | JoAnn J. Dolan | Michael A. Newton | Denise Manning
Samuel M. Witten, Linda Jacobson, JoAnn J. Dolan, Michael A. Newton
May 23, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4429
Email from Henry Bisharat to JoAnn Dolan forwarding an email with attachment concerning a meeting of Deputy Secretary Richard Armitage with the Swedish Defense Minister Bjorn von Sydow.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Henry Bisharat
JoAnn J. Dolan
Henry Bisharat, JoAnn J. Dolan, Richard Lee Armitage
Nov. 14, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4433
Email from Henry Bisherat to Ronald Miller, Ed Cummings and JoAnn Dolan forwarding a "translated Sept.220 document by the Legal Advisor at the Swedish Foreign Ministry on the detainee issue."
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Henry Bisharat
Ronald W. Miller | Edward R. Cummings | JoAnn J. Dolan
Henry Bisharat, Edward R. Cummings, JoAnn J. Dolan
Oct. 25, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4439
This email forwards a letter received from the wives of unknown men. There is no context to the email.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Michael D. Fooks
Ronald W. Miller | JoAnn J. Dolan
Ronald W. Miller, JoAnn J. Dolan, Michael D. Fooks
Oct. 31, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4441
Email from Henry Bisharat forwarding a press article quoting Swedish Foreign Minister stating that she expected the Swedish detainees at Guantanamo to be released "shortly".
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Henry Bisharat
Ronald W. Miller | JoAnn J. Dolan | Yvette M. Wong
Henry Bisharat, JoAnn J. Dolan, Ronald W. Miller
Dec. 02, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4444
Email from Michael Corbin to JoAnn Dolan forwarding a cable from Ambassador Neumann concerning Bahrain's press front paged and headline on November 24 and the the Prime Minister's raising the Guantanamo detainee issue with "CODEL Issa". The ...
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Michael H. Corbin
JoAnn J. Dolan
Michael H. Corbin, Ronald E. Neumann, JoAnn J. Dolan
June 14, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4466
Emails concerning press guidance regarding the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) and their February 2004 report.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
John A. Buche
JoAnn J. Dolan | Edward R. Cummings | Joshua L. Dorosin | Ronald W. Miller
John Allen Buche, JoAnn J. Dolan, Margaret J. Pollack, Ronald W. Miller, Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin, Waldo W. Brooks
June 18, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4467
Email exchanes concerning the Sec. of State's upcoming testimony.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Katherine M. Gorove
JoAnn J. Dolan | Cara L. Abercrombie | Joshua L. Dorosin | Jonathan J. Carpenter | Rexon Y. Ryu
Katherine M. Gorove, JoAnn J. Dolan, Cara L. Abercrombie, Rexon Y. Ryu, Jonathan S. Carpenter, Ronald W. Miller