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 12, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4277
United States Embassy in Kabul Responds to Press Report Alleging Abuse.
Dec. 17, 2004
Other
Zalmay Mamozy Khalilzad
May 07, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4317
Email from Katherine MGorove to Vernell Staten and Mark P. Lagon re: Time Sensitive Request: PA Tasking. Partially redacted; involves setting up a meeting to discuss the OHCHR to release a report on human rights in Iraq.
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Katherine M. Gorove
Mark P. Lagon | Vernell Staten
Katherine M. Gorove, Mark P. Lagon, Robert K. Harris, Steven A. Solomon, Edward R. Cummings, Michael T. Peay, Michael G. Kozak
May 05, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4271
Email from Sara Stryker to Jeremy Caddel re: Excerpt from Secretary's Walk-out with Haitian Interim Prime Minister. Sec. Powell received questions on the 60 Minutes segment on the Abu Ghraib prison abuse; Iraqi security; and the return of Iraqi ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Sara A. Stryker
Sara A. Stryker, Colin L. Powell, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Mark Traecey Patrick Kimmitt, Ricardo Sanchez
May 05, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4366
Government of Malaysia expressed outrage over treatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib "and possibly elsewhere." Said Malaysia would "not listen" to future US criticism of Malaysian human rights practices.
May 05, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4367
State Department cable concerning the possible transfer of Guantanamo Detainees from Guantanamo and Bagram back to their home countries. Mostly redacted.
Dec. 17, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, Ronald W. Miller, Pierre-Richard Prosper
May 03, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4270
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Principals Committee Meeting on Detainees.
Apr. 28, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4365
Summary of meeting between Sec. Powell and Danish Foreign Minister. The men discussed the Gaza Strip situation, the Sudan crises and Cyprus.
Dec. 17, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Apr. 21, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4269
State Department memo on an upcoming visit by the Swedish Prime Minister. The memo provides background to assist the President in preparing for this meeting.
Dec. 17, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Henry Bisharat
Colin L. Powell
George W. Bush, Colin L. Powell, Henry Bisharat, Bridget A. Brink, Heather A. Conley
Apr. 19, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4300
Email from Jeremy Caddel concerning talking points for the Email from Jeremy D. Caddel to Eric K. Fisher, Jeffrey J. Hawkins and Others re: Talking Points for International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC). The talking points include: Doab ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Jeremy D. Caddel
Patricia M. Haslach | William B. Taylor | Jeremy D. Caddel | Eric K. Fisher | Jeffery J. Hawkins | Thomas F. Lynch | Dick X. McGraw
Jeremy D. Caddel, Patricia M. Haslach, William B. Taylor, Richard X. McGraw
Apr. 19, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4301
Email from Donna Butler re: 19 May morning NODIS. No further information provided
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Donna M. Butler
Donna M. Butler