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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Nov. 12, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4432
State Department memo listing the participants for the November 12, 2002 meeting between Undersecretary Grossman and Swedish State Secretary Lars Danielsson.
Jan. 12, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Marc Grossman, Henry Bisharat
Nov. 14, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4433
Email from Henry Bisherat to Ronald Miller, Ed Cummings and JoAnn Dolan forwarding a "translated Sept.220 document by the Legal Advisor at the Swedish Foreign Ministry on the detainee issue."
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Henry Bisharat
Ronald W. Miller | Edward R. Cummings | JoAnn J. Dolan
Henry Bisharat, Edward R. Cummings, JoAnn J. Dolan
Nov. 25, 2002 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 371
Army training and evaluation program for the Combat Support Hospital. Chapters include: Unit Training, Training Matrix, Training Plans, Training Exercises, Training and Evaluation Exercises, and External Evaluation. Appendix B: Geneva ...
Nov. 14, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3756
Email from Ed Cummings with attachment of a presentation entitled: The War Against Terrorism and Combatants for delivery to a Canadian delegation.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Ed Cummings
James H. Thessin
James H. Thessin, Edward R. Cummings, Barbara Barret-Spencer
Nov. 14, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3882
Request to Col. James Whitmore-DOD for redacted group to visit detainees.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Whitney Baird
James A. Whitmore
James A. Whitmore
Nov. 19, 2002 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 3883
French letter from Paul Albert Iweins to Howard Leach with b7© redaction
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Paul-Albert Iweins
Howard H. Leach
Howard H. Leach
Nov. 03, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4085
Emails discuss photos being circulated on the internet and by the media, the photos are said to be inflammatory, they apparently depict U.S. military officers transporting detainees.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Laurel E. Miller
JoAnn J. Dolan | Jonathan M. Crock | Susan R. Pittman | David L. Scott
Laurel E. Miller, Susan R. Pittman, JoAnn J. Dolan, Charles L. Daris
Nov. 08, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4086
Email refers to a press guidance that requires clearance for a briefing. [Document not included].
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Jonathan M. Crock
JoAnn J. Dolan | Bridget A. Brink | David L. Scott | Jason H. Greer
Jonathan M. Crock, JoAnn J. Dolan, Bridget A. Brink, Jason H. Greer, Charles L. Daris
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
Nov. 14, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4146
Email from Ronald W. Miller to Donna Boltz, Leeann Bormand and Eliana Davidson re: Final Fact Sheet for PD Package with the comment "For everyone's review/comment. Simply took DoD cleared PAG and incorporated into fact sheet requested by NSC at ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
Eliana Davidson | Donna Boltz | Leeann Borman
Ronald W. Miller, Eliana Davidson, Joshua L. Dorosin, JoAnn J. Dolan, Jonathan Scharfan