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 26, 2004 | Judicial | ACLU-RDI 3551

Email from Jason Callen, law clerk to Judge Frank Easterbrook, Seventh Circuit, to Jack Goldsmith and forwarded or blind-copied to Lawan Robinson, Confidential Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, Office of Legal ...

Sept. 19, 2005
Email
Jason Callen
Jack L. Goldsmith
John C. Yoo, Jack L. Goldsmith, Lawan Robinson, Jason W. Callen
Dec. 11, 2003 | NSA | ACLU-RDI 4709
This is a fax cover sheet without attached pages.
June 08, 2005
Letter
Brad Wiegmann
Alberto Gonzalez | Jack L. Goldsmith | Patrick Philbin | Edward R. Cummings | William R. Gade | David Leitch | Whit Cobb
John B. Wiegmann, Alberto R. Gonzales, Jack L. Goldsmith, Patrick Philbin, Whit Cobb, Edward R. Cummings, William R. Gade
June 18, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4715

National Security Council fax cover page with the message: "Please review and provide any comnments/clearance by noon on Monday, June 21, 2004. Thank you," sent by John B. Bellinger, III. No additional comments or attachments.

June 08, 2005
Letter
John B. Bellinger
William J. Haynes, II | William Howard Taft, IV | Jack L. Goldsmith | Patrick Philbin | Alberto Gonzalez | David S. Addington
John B. Bellinger, III, William J. Haynes, II, William Howard Taft, IV, Jack L. Goldsmith, Patrick Philbin, Alberto R. Gonzales, David S. Addington
July 14, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3370
Fax cover letter to Adrien Silas from [redacted] regarding Valerie Caproni's July 14, 2004 hearing before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Some names are illegible.
May 18, 2005
Letter
Adrien Silas
Adrien Silas, Valerie E. Caproni, Jack L. Goldsmith, Steven G. Bradbury, Daniel B. Levin, Rachel Brand
Mar. 10, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4701
State Department email forwarded by JoAnn Dolan from Robert Harris concerning Human Rights Watch report critical of U.S. Action in Afghanistan. Mr. Harris' email has the comment "Human Rights Watch in the past few days issued a highly critical ...
May 04, 2005
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Eliana Davidson | Laura Parsky | David Nahmias | Patrick Philbin | Chuck Allen | Karen Hecker
JoAnn J. Dolan, Robert K. Harris, Michael G. Kozak, Mark P. Lagon, Thomas A. Johnson, Joshua L. Dorosin, Lynn M. Sicade, Charles A. Allen, Eliana Davidson, Karen L. Hecker, John B. Wiegmann, Laura H. Parsky, James A. McAtamney, David E. Nahmias, Patrick Philbin, Ronald W. Miller, Jennifer Koester, John B. Bellinger, III, Jack L. Goldsmith, William Howard Taft, IV, Steven A. Solomon, Michael T. Peay
June 08, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3770

Fax cover sheet from the Office of the State Department Legal Advisor William H. Taft, IV to Jim Haynes, DoD, General Counsel, Jack Goldsmith, Assistant Attorney General and John Bellinger, NSC. Attachement not included.

Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
William Howard Taft, IV
John Bellinger | William J. Haynes, II | Jack L. Goldsmith
William Howard Taft, IV, William J. Haynes, II, Jack L. Goldsmith, John B. Bellinger, III, Marianne J. Hata
June 02, 2004 | DOJ | ACLU-RDI 2711
Refers to Revised AG talkers (talking points) on interrogation for a discussion. The attached documents are "McCotter mstrong Points," "Iraq Points," "Iraq Corrections Points," and "Afghanistan."
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Peter B. Owen
Patrick Rowan | Steven G. Bradbury | William Moschella | Jack L. Goldsmith | Patrick Philbin | Daniel J. Bryant | Daniel B. Levin | Crystal Roberts | Sean McLaughlin | David Nahmias | Judi Garrett | Thomas Kane
Peter B. Owen, David E. Nahmias, Steven G. Bradbury, William E. Moschella, Jack L. Goldsmith, Patrick Philbin, Daniel J. Bryant, Daniel B. Levin, Crystal Roberts, Sean McLaughlin, Judith S. Garrett, Thomas R. Kane
July 06, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 2712
Refers to Draft testimony for a July 13, 2004 hearing re Interrogation in War Against Terrorism. Message is completely redacted.
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Deborah J. Clifton
Julie E. Samuels | Daniel B. Levin | Patrick Philbin | Jack L. Goldsmith | Steven G. Bradbury | Renee Lerner | Betty Lofton | Patricia Massie | James A. McAtamney | Ethan Kanter | Rachel Brand | Dawn Burton | Winnie Brinkley | Dyone Mitchell
Deborah J. Clifton, Betty Lofton, Julie E. Samuels, Patricia Massie, James A. McAtamney, Daniel B. Levin, Patrick Philbin, Ethan Kanter, Jack L. Goldsmith, Steven G. Bradbury
June 01, 2004 | DOJ | ACLU-RDI 2715

Refers to Draft talking points. Attachments seem to be redacted.

Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Peter B. Owen
Patrick Rowan | David Nahmias | William Moschella | Jack L. Goldsmith | Patrick Philbin | Crystal Roberts | Sean McLaughlin | Thomas Kane | Judi Garrett | Daniel B. Levin | Daniel J. Bryant
Peter B. Owen, William E. Moschella, Crystal Roberts, Sean McLaughlin, Jack L. Goldsmith, Patrick Philbin, Daniel B. Levin, Daniel J. Bryant, Judith S. Garrett, Patrick Rowan, Thomas R. Kane
June 04, 2004 | DOJ | ACLU-RDI 2742
Document fully redacted. Email Subjects: "Final(?) Iraq papers""Revised AG talkers on interrogation for today's meeting."
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Peter B. Owen
Patrick Rowan | David E. Nahmias | Crystal Roberts | Daniel J. Bryant | Daniel B. Levin | Jack L. Goldsmith | Patrick Philbin | Sean McLaughlin | Steven G. Bradbury | William Moschella | John Richter | Bruce Swartz | Judith S. Garrett | Angela Brown | David Blake
Peter B. Owen, Patrick Rowan, David E. Nahmias, Crystal Roberts, Daniel J. Bryant, Daniel B. Levin, Jack L. Goldsmith, Patrick Philbin, Sean McLaughlin, Steven G. Bradbury, William E. Moschella, Judith S. Garrett, Thomas R. Kane, Angela Brown, John Richter, Rena Comisac, Julie E. Samuels, Bruce Swartz, David Blake, Paul P. Colborn, Rebecca Seidel, Renee Lerner, Robert B. Parmiter, Pete Jones