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 12, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4277
United States Embassy in Kabul Responds to Press Report Alleging Abuse.
Dec. 17, 2004
Other
Zalmay Mamozy Khalilzad
May 12, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4273
These emails between Sara Stryker and Jeremy D. Caddel concerning the press coverage of allegations of mistreatment of detainees is sparse on information and only askes to add JoAnn Dolan to the email list for this subject.
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Sara A. Stryker
Jeremy D. Caddel
Sara A. Stryker, JoAnn J. Dolan, Jonathan S. Carpenter, Ronald W. Miller, Mustafa Popal
May 13, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4274

Press release of trancript of Secretary of State Colin L. Powell On BBC TV with Huw Edwards. Sec. Powell discusses Iraq; Abu Ghraib prison abuse; and the President Bush & UK PM Blair relationship.

Dec. 17, 2004
Other
Colin L. Powell, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Richard B. Myers, George W. Bush
May 05, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4271
Email from Sara Stryker to Jeremy Caddel re: Excerpt from Secretary's Walk-out with Haitian Interim Prime Minister. Sec. Powell received questions on the 60 Minutes segment on the Abu Ghraib prison abuse; Iraqi security; and the return of Iraqi ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Sara A. Stryker
Sara A. Stryker, Colin L. Powell, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Mark Traecey Patrick Kimmitt, Ricardo Sanchez
May 12, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4272
Email from Sara Stryker to Patricia Haslach and others with an attachment of State Department talking points to address questions concerning allegations of detainees abuse. Ms. Stryker's comments are "for clearance, please, by 1100 if possible. I ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Sara A. Stryker
Patricia M. Haslach | Jonathan J. Carpenter | Ronald W. Miller | Jeremy D. Caddel | John A. Gastright | Patrick M. Stewart | Amanda D. Rogers-Harper | Mustafa M. Popal
Sara A. Stryker, Jonathan S. Carpenter, Ronald W. Miller, Mustafa Popal
DOS | ACLU-RDI 4268
Email string between Carol Santos, Cheryl Parker, Jeremy Caddel, et al., re memo to S about concerns raised by ICRC on US detention practices in Afghanistan and elsewhere. Ms. Santos commets are "Dear Colleagues: Please clear on the attached memo ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Cheryl L. Parker
Carol T. Santos
Cheryl L. Parker, Carol T. Santos
Apr. 21, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4269
State Department memo on an upcoming visit by the Swedish Prime Minister. The memo provides background to assist the President in preparing for this meeting.
Dec. 17, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Henry Bisharat
Colin L. Powell
George W. Bush, Colin L. Powell, Henry Bisharat, Bridget A. Brink, Heather A. Conley
May 03, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4270
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Principals Committee Meeting on Detainees.
Feb. 19, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 4265
Email between Ronald Miller and Jeremy Caddel concerning media attention surrounding the transfer of Danish and UK detainees from Guantanamo. Mr. Miller states that "the UK detainees are really in a different category from the Danish detainee and ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
Ronald W. Miller, Henry Bisharat
Mar. 12, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4266
Email from Ronald Miller to Jeremy Caddel re Afghan detainees. "S siad to make it happen as DoD has planned."
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
Jeremy D. Caddel
Ronald W. Miller