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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Aug. 11, 2004 | ODNI | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 4665
This letter from Nathan J. Whitling, an attorney representing Omar Ahmed Khadr, a Guantanamo Bay Detainee and a Canadian citizen. Mr. Whitling states "we must express our grave concern in relation to the issues raised by these allegations of the ...
June 08, 2005
Letter
Nathan J. Whitling
Bill Graham
Omar Ahmed Khadr
Feb. 09, 2004 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 4666
This letter is a follow-up to previous letters sent to Canadian Foreign Affairs officials concerning Mr. Omar Ahmed Khadr, a Guantanamo Bay Detainee. The letter requests that the Canadian Department of Foreign. Affairs and International Trade ...
June 08, 2005
Letter
Nathan J. Whitling
Bill Graham
Omar Ahmed Khadr
Feb. 19, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4662
State Department memo concerning an upcoming meeting between President Bush and Russian President Putin. Ms. Jones comments are "State-drafted annotated version of the Camp David Action Checklist approved by President Bush and President Putin in ...
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Elizabeth Jones
George W. Bush, Elizabeth Jones
May 04, 2005 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4663
Letter from Margaret P. Grafeld, DOS to Amrit Singh, ACLU re: the ACLU's FOIA Request. The letter states that the document production requested is being complied with in some parts and denied or withheld in part.
May 04, 2005
Letter, Judicial
Margaret P. Grafeld
Margaret P. Grafeld
June 08, 2005 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4664
Letter from Margaret P. Grafeld, DOS to Amrit Singh, ACLU re: the ACLU's FOIA Request. Letter states that the document production requested is being complied with in some parts and denied or withheld in part.
June 08, 2005
Letter, Judicial
Margaret P. Grafeld
Margaret P. Grafeld
July 08, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4659
Discussion of the President's classification of six detainees as enemy combatants. Discusses the government's treatment of individuals classified as enemy combatants and how they will be tried, if tried.
May 04, 2005
Cable
Ronald W. Miller
May 11, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4660
Hand written note from Colin Powell to Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz concerning a note from UK Foreign Minister Jack Straw.
May 18, 2005
Notes
Colin L. Powell
Donald H. Rumsfeld | Paul Wolfowitz
Colin L. Powell, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Condoleeza Rice, George J. Tenet
May 04, 2005 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4661
Letter from Margaret P. Grafeld, DOS to Amrit Singh, ACLU re: the ACLU's FOIA Request. The letter states that the document production requested is being complied with in some parts and denied or withheld in part.
May 04, 2005
Letter, Judicial
Margaret P. Grafeld
Margaret P. Grafeld
Oct. 31, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4657
This cable contains talking points to address the status of these citizens being held at Guantanamo. The cable goes on to state; 1) The U.S. government cannot address specific questions about specific detainees at this time; 2) all detainees are ...
Feb. 19, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4658
State Department memo re: Subject: PCC Meeting. Mr. Hoffman's comments are "SUBJECT: PCC Meeting Please transmit the attached memorandum to principals of the Policy Coordination Committee (PCC) on Europe and Eurasia." No additional comments.
May 18, 2005
Letter
Karl Hofmann
Gregory L. Schulte | I. Lewis Libby | V. Philip Lago | Paul W. Curry | James N. Solit
Karl W. Hofmann, Gregory L. Schulte, I. Lewis Libby, V. Philip Lago, Paul W. Curry, James N. Solit, David W. Szady, Laura L. Flippin , James A. McAtamney, William P. Marriott, Edward W. Snead, Fred Schwien, Douglas Aller, David Hegwood, Ann Agnew, Dianna Campagna, Michael F. O'Brien