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
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
Oct. 31, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4095
Email refers to four cables, one apparently discusses detainee release and transfers. [Documents are not included].
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Ronald W. Miller
JoAnn J. Dolan
Charles L. Daris, Ronald W. Miller, JoAnn J. Dolan, Odell C. Dehart
Oct. 11, 2001 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4181
Letter from the Committee against Torture discussing a request from the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The High Commissioner asked the Committee to ensure that the human rights mandate is maintained with high visibility in light of various ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Charles L. Daris
Feb. 06, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4182
No relevant text.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Steven A. Solomon
Marianne J. Hata | Edward R. Cummings
Charles L. Daris, Steven A. Solomon, Marianne J. Hata , Edward R. Cummings
DOS | ACLU-RDI 4183
Fax Cover Sheet from Steven A. Solomon regarding the Geneva Conventions.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Steven A. Solomon
Steven A. Solomon, Charles L. Daris
Feb. 07, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4184
The memo appears to be the Press Secretary's talking points for a press statement. The statement appears to address the President's stance on treating detainees according to the principles of the Geneva Convention.
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Ari Fleischer
George W. Bush, Ari Fleischer, Charles L. Daris
Feb. 11, 2002 | ACLU-RDI 4187
State Department memo is a press guidance/talking points from the DOS discussing the reasons why the U.S. will not release the ICRC's report on the treatment of Guantanamo detainees.
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo
David W. Bowker | Edward R. Cummings
Charles L. Daris, David W. Bowker, Edward R. Cummings
July 12, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4188
Fax cover letter. [Text is illegible].
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Steven A. Solomon, Charles L. Daris
Mar. 20, 2003 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 4189
Press release/declaration by International Committee of the Red Cross' President, Jakob Kellenberger regarding the ICRC's position on the Iraq crisis. Mr. Kellenberger reminds the U.S., Iraq and the U.K. of their obligations under the Geneva ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Other
Charles L. Daris
Mar. 24, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4190
This press guidance sets forth the rights of POWs under the Geneva convention.
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Charles L. Daris