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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Sept. 02, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4131
State Department email from David W. Bowker to Joshua Dorosin forwarding an email from Evan Bloom on press guidance and talking points on the legal status of the Guantanamo detainees held by the U.S.. Attachment not included.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
David W. Bowker
Joshua L. Dorosin
Monica J. Tillery, David W. Bowker, Joshua L. Dorosin, Evan T. Bloom, James H. Thessin, Jonathan B. Schwartz, Samuel M. Witten, D. Stephen Mathias, JoAnn J. Dolan, Ted A. Borek, Michael J. Mattler, Carol M. Schwab, Edward R. Cummings, Andre M. Surena, Katherine M. Gorove, Linda Jacobson, Thomas B. Heinemann, Peter W. Mason
Feb. 27, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4132
This is a State department Talking points and press guidance memo concerning the legal basis for the U.S. holding detainees at Guantanamo. The talking points highlight that the detainees are "enemy Combatants" and not Prisoners of War (POWs) and ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Evan T. Bloom, William Howard Taft, IV, James H. Thessin, Jonathan B. Schwartz, Edward R. Cummings, David W. Bowker, Mark F. Wong, John B. Bellinger, III, Eliana Davidson, Daniel P. Collins
Nov. 25, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4133
Email from Ed Cummings to Joshua Dorosin asking for comments on attached suggested talking points, with the comment "First draft. What do you think?" Attachment not included.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Edward R. Cummings
Joshua L. Dorosin
Monica J. Tillery, Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin
Sept. 02, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4129
Email from David Bowker to JoAnn Dolan and Joshua Dorosin forwarding and email from Evan Bloom with an attachment entitled 24FJ011. Attachement not included.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
David W. Bowker
JoAnn J. Dolan | Joshua L. Dorosin
David W. Bowker, JoAnn J. Dolan, Joshua L. Dorosin, Evan T. Bloom, Todd F. Buchwald, D. Stephen Mathias, Ted A. Borek, Linda Jacobson, Andre M. Surena
Oct. 09, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4130
This document is a State Department press release of a press conference held by State Department Spokesman David Boucher concerning issues on the Middle-East peace progress with the Israelis and Palestinians, specifically discussing Yassar ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Other
Richard A. Boucher
George W. Bush, Richard B. Cheney, Ari Fleischer, Richard A. Boucher, Anthony Charles Zinni, Colin L. Powell
Sept. 02, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4127
Emails between David Bowker, Monica Tillery, Joshua Dorosin, JoAnn Dolan and Others re: PM/IM/S - Visit to Guantanamo Bay 2/15. Attachment not included
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
David W. Bowker
Joshua L. Dorosin | JoAnn J. Dolan | Evan T. Bloom | Edward R. Cummings | Andre M. Surena
David W. Bowker, Joshua L. Dorosin, JoAnn J. Dolan, Evan T. Bloom, Edward R. Cummings, Andre M. Surena, Eric J. Pelofsky, Ted A. Borek, Catherine W. Brown, Katherine M. Gorove, Thomas B. Heinemann, Colin L. Powell
Sept. 02, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4128
Email from David Bowker to Joshua Dorosin re: Litigation Involving Detainees
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
David W. Bowker
Joshua L. Dorosin
Monica J. Tillery, David W. Bowker, Joshua L. Dorosin, Beverly S. Holman
Aug. 02, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4125
Email from David Bowker to Joshua Dorosin and Todd Buchwald re: ICRC Report on detainees. Attachment not included.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
David W. Bowker
Joshua L. Dorosin | Todd F. Buchwald
David W. Bowker, Joshua L. Dorosin, Todd F. Buchwald, Monica J. Tillery
Aug. 04, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4126
Email from David Bowker to William H. Taft IV, James H. Thessin, Edwards R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin and Todd F. Buchwald re: Draft list of priorities on International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Report. No attachment.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
David W. Bowker
William Howard Taft, IV | James H. Thessin | Edward R. Cummings | Joshua L. Dorosin | Todd F. Buchwald
David W. Bowker, William Howard Taft, IV, James H. Thessin, Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin, Todd F. Buchwald
Nov. 03, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4122
Emails between State Department officials concerning a Guantanamo issue paper. Attachment not included.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Waldo W. Brooks
JoAnn J. Dolan | Joshua L. Dorosin | David J. Whiddon | Robert S. Beecroft | Yael Lempert | Hillary Mann | John Goldener | Frank J. Ruggiero
Waldo W. Brooks , David J. IMOddon