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 14, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4275
Email from Jeremy Caddel to William Taylor concerning a Reuters article about US rejecting the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission access to Afghan detainees. However, it is noted that the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Jeremy D. Caddel
William B. Taylor
William B. Taylor, Pierre-Richard Prosper, David W. Barno
Jan. 18, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4257
State Department cable detailing a Jan. 18 meeting between Amb. Propser and others with coordination Amg. Khaled Maghamis, Deputy Attorney General Sultan Bou Jarwa and Kuwait University Law Professor Dr. Mohammed Buzubar, all three who are ...
Dec. 20, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, Pierre-Richard Prosper
Oct. 10, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4247
State Department cable announcing the release of four (4) detainees from Guantanamo to their home governments. The cable also states that the U.S. is willing to release detainees to home countries that are willing to treat the former detainees ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, Ronald W. Miller, JoAnn J. Dolan, Pierre-Richard Prosper
Oct. 17, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4248
State Department cable draft response to questions submitted by an attorney for a detainee held at Guantanamo. This cable contains talking points to address the status of these citizens being held at Guantanamo. The cable goes on to state; 1) The ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, Pierre-Richard Prosper
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
June 10, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4123
Emails between State Department officials re: Clearance: Kelly-Hagel Letter on Detainees.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Todd F. Buchwald
Joshua L. Dorosin
Todd F. Buchwald, Joshua L. Dorosin, Ronald W. Miller, Edward R. Cummings, Pierre-Richard Prosper, Mikael C. McCowan, Jonathan S. Carpenter, Charles W. Dunne, John F. McNamara
Oct. 07, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4102
Email from Ronald Miller to JoAnn Dolan with attachement entitled: Letter - Prosper to OSD. Attachement not included.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
JoAnn J. Dolan
JoAnn J. Dolan, Ronald W. Miller, Pierre-Richard Prosper
May 07, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4094
Email includes a cable with the following subject: International Committee of the Red Cross delivers note verbale on 'rights and duties' of the U.S. as occupying power. Email is completely redacted.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Theresa K. Mitchell | JoAnn J. Dolan
David Pierce, JoAnn J. Dolan, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Colin L. Powell, Condoleeza Rice, Edward R. Cummings, Michael T. Peay, William Howard Taft, IV, Pierre-Richard Prosper
Mar. 25, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4077
Emails discuss revisions made to talking points and an interview.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
JoAnn J. Dolan
Ronald W. Miller, JoAnn J. Dolan, James H. Thessin, Pierre-Richard Prosper, Charles L. Daris, Edward R. Cummings
Dec. 11, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4048
Emails discuss pleas from human rights groups, like Amnesty International, urging the U.S. to not return Uyghur detainees back to China. The detainees are currently being held in Guantanamo Bay, there is fear that if they are returned the Uyghurs ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Nina E. Schou
Robert K. Harris | JoAnn J. Dolan | Joshua L. Dorosin | Todd F. Buchwald | Samuel M. Witten | Gilda M. Brancado
Nina E Schou, Robert K. Harris, JoAnn J. Dolan, Joshua L. Dorosin, Todd F. Buchwald, Samuel M. Witten, Gilda M. Brancato, Ronald W. Miller, Pierre-Richard Prosper, Lorne Craner, Sharon E. Ahmad