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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July 16, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4158
Emails discuss a visit by an unknown individual and a Baltimore Sun article entitled "Pentagon Says It's Hiding No One From Red Cross." The more recent email is redacted. The news article reports that the Pentagon denies hiding imprisoned ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
William Howard Taft, IV | James H. Thessin | Edward R. Cummings | Steven A. Solomon | Joshua L. Dorosin | Robert E. Dalton | Lois Allder | Michael T. Peay | Daphne Cook | Rebecca M. Ingber | Avril D. Haines
JoAnn J. Dolan, William Howard Taft, IV, James H. Thessin, Steven A. Solomon, Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin, L.R. Lohman, Thomas Malionek, Daphne W. Cook, Lois L. Allder, John I. Blanck, Jr., Sharon E. Ahmad, Michael J. Dennis, Robert E. Dalton, Michael T. Peay, Avril Haines, Rebecca M. Ingber, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Lawrence Di Rita
Oct. 23, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4159
Emails refer to a draft cable. [The more recent email is redacted; document is not included].
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Joshua L. Dorosin | Edward R. Cummings
JoAnn J. Dolan, Joshua L. Dorosin, Edward R. Cummings, Ronald W. Miller, Eliana Davidson, Ross Hyams, David L. Scott, Geeta Pasi, Bridget A. Brink, Sharon E. Ahmad, Monica J. Tillery
Sept. 13, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4160
Emails mention a discussion that took place in New York concerning the status of a detainee. [Redactions in document make it difficult to read].
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Pierre-Richard Prosper | Ronald W. Miller | William Howard Taft, IV | Brian H. Leventhal | Edward R. Cummings | Joshua L. Dorosin | Andre M. Surena | Katherine M. Gorove | Todd F. Buchwald
Monica J. Tillery, JoAnn J. Dolan, Sharon E. Ahmad, Pierre-Richard Prosper, Ronald W. Miller, William Howard Taft, IV, Brian H. Leventhal, Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin, Andre M. Surena, Katherine M. Gorove, Todd F. Buchwald, Henry Bisharat
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
Oct. 21, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4179
Email provides a brief report of the October 20, 2003 Inter-American Commission on Human Rights hearing on detainees at Guantanamo.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Robert K. Harris
William Howard Taft, IV | Samuel M. Witten | James H. Thessin | Edward R. Cummings | JoAnn J. Dolan | Joshua L. Dorosin | Thomas A. Johnson | Peter M. McKiinley | Elizabeth H. Richard | Margaret J. Pollack | Carrie Santos | Lorne W. Craner
Harry R. Melone, Robert K. Harris, William Howard Taft, IV, Samuel M. Witten, James H. Thessin, Edward R. Cummings, JoAnn J. Dolan, Joshua L. Dorosin, Thomas A. Johnson, Lorne Craner, Michael G. Kozak, Carol T. Santos, Margaret J. Pollack, Lynn M. Sicade, Christopher N. Camponovo, Harry R. Melone
Feb. 06, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4182
No relevant text.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Steven A. Solomon
Marianne J. Hata | Edward R. Cummings
Charles L. Daris, Steven A. Solomon, Marianne J. Hata , Edward R. Cummings
Mar. 04, 2002 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 4374
Fax Cover Sheet from Frank Sieverts, International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) to Edward R. Cummings. the message attached is: "For your and Will's information, here is Urs's follow-up message to Chuck Allen and to BG Jack Kern whom he saw ...
Dec. 23, 2004
Letter
Frank A. Sieverts
Edward R. Cummings
Edward R. Cummings
Feb. 13, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4306
Email from Betsy Lippman to State Department officers concerning discussions with the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) legal division in a follow-up to discussions with ICRC President Kellenberger. The email is heavily redacted.
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Bessy A. Lippman
Edward R. Cummings | David W. Bowker | Alan Kreczko | Arthur E. Dewey | James B. Foley | Kevin Edward Moley | Michael T. Peay | Nicholas M. Miscione | Dona R. Tarpey | Douglas Hunter
Michael T. Peay, Edward R. Cummings, David W. Bowker, Alan Kreczko, Douglas Hunter, Arthur E. Dewey , James B. Foley, Kevin Edward Moley, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Nicholas M. Miscione, George W. Bush