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 07, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4176
Emails discuss talking points for use by the U.S. expert on the Committee Against Torture, discussing what the U.S. will say in response to prisoner abuses in Iraq. Talking points included.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Robert K. Harris
William Howard Taft, IV | James H. Thessin | Samuel M. Witten
Robert K. Harris, William Howard Taft, IV, James H. Thessin, Samuel M. Witten, Katherine M. Gorove, Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Elizabeth H. Richard, JoAnn J. Dolan, Edward R. Cummings, Aaron W. Jost, Mark P. Lagon, Elizabeth L. Riley, Anne R. Sorensen, Donald H. Rumsfeld, George W. Bush, Charles A. Allen, Patrick Rowan
Mar. 05, 2002 | ACLU-RDI 4172
Letter from The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to an unnamed "Commission". The letter states "Enclosed please find Observations to Precautionary Measures. In addition, the following individuals and institutions would like to join as ...
Feb. 27, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4173
Emails refer to a document apparently described as or entitled Jul 1 info paper. [Document is not included].
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Todd F. Buchwald
Joshua L. Dorosin | James H. Thessin | William R. Gade | Hal H. Dronberger
William R. Gade, Joshua L. Dorosin, Todd F. Buchwald, James H. Thessin, Harry R. Melone, Hal H. Dronberger
Feb. 25, 2002 | ACLU-RDI 4171
Letter from The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights re: Observations to Precautionary Measures filed on Behalf of Guantanamo Detainees
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
George W. Bush, Donald H. Rumsfeld
Dec. 28, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4169
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.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter, Judicial
Margaret P. Grafeld
Margaret P. Grafeld
Mar. 12, 2002 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 4170
Letter from OAS/Inter-Commission on Human Rights to Colin L. Powell requesting precautionary measures for detainees in Guantanamo. The letter states that 254 detainees were brought to Camp X-ray on or about Jan 11, 2002 from Afghanistan, Mr. ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Juan Mendez
Colin L. Powell | Roger F. Noriega
Colin L. Powell, Roger F. Noriega, Harry R. Melone
July 26, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4167
Emails discuss and include various news articles, one Reuters article is entitled: "US grants protection for anti-Tehran group in Iraq." The articles report that the United States gave 3,800 Iranian rebels at the Ashraf base in Iraq protected ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Philo L. Dibble
Rhonda Shore | Joshua L. Dorosin | David C. Ng | Aaron W. Jost | Richard G. Olson | Paul R. Sutphin | Richard Schlicher | Jason E. Bruder | Deborah K. Jones
Geoffrey D. Miller, Joseph A. Ereli, George W. Bush, Rhonda H. Shore, Aaron W. Jost, Richard G. Olson, Paul R. Sutphin, David M. Satterfield, Ronald L. Schlicher , Philo L. Dibble, Rhonda H. Shore, Jason E. Bruder , Deborah K. Jones, Harry R. Melone
Sept. 01, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4168
The original email includes a Reuters news article entitled: "Pentagon Opposes Independent Prison Abuse Probe." The article reports that the Pentagon opposed calls from human rights groups for an independent investigation of detainee abuse.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Robert K. Harris
JoAnn J. Dolan | Joshua L. Dorosin | Edward R. Cummings | Samuel M. Witten
Robert K. Harris, JoAnn J. Dolan, Edward R. Cummings, Samuel M. Witten, Thomas Malionek, Lois L. Allder, John I. Blanck, Jr., Daphne W. Cook, Robert E. Dalton, Michael J. Dennis, Avril Haines, Rebecca M. Ingber, Michael T. Peay, Monica J. Tillery, Harry R. Melone
July 26, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4165
Every email except for the original email is redacted. The original email appears to be talking points regarding the grant of 'protective person' status to "MEK."
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Aaron W. Jost
Rhonda Shore | Paul R. Sutphin | Joseph A. Ereli
Rhonda H. Shore, Edgar J. Vasquez, Ted A. Borek, Joshua L. Dorosin, Edward R. Cummings, David S. Newman , Richard G. Olson, Aaron W. Jost, Joseph A. Ereli, Paul R. Sutphin, Julie M. Reside, Ronald L. Schlicher , Elizabeth L. Dibble, David M. Satterfield, David J. Greene , Harry R. Melone
July 26, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4166
Emails between Joseph Ereli and Rhonda Shore re: 07-26-04 Taken Questions from Daily Press Briefing. The initial email from Edgar Vasques has the list of Q's asked at the daily press briefing. Mr. Ereli's email has the comment "ok, but today's ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Joseph A. Ereli
Rhonda H. Shore
Joseph A. Ereli, Rhonda H. Shore, Joshua L. Dorosin, Edgar J. Vasquez, Julie M. Reside