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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June 14, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4256
State Department cable concerning several press reports focusing on the situation in Iraq and Saudi Araiba. International media attention focused on human rights issues, specifically Abu Graib and the killing of civilians in U.S. air strikes and ...
Dec. 20, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
George W. Bush, Colin L. Powell
Jan. 18, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4257
State Department cable detailing a Jan. 18 meeting between Amb. Propser and others with coordination Amg. Khaled Maghamis, Deputy Attorney General Sultan Bou Jarwa and Kuwait University Law Professor Dr. Mohammed Buzubar, all three who are ...
Dec. 20, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, Pierre-Richard Prosper
May 04, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4258
State Department cable concerning the reaction by Turkish officials and the Turkish press and NGOs to the allegations of abuse at Abu Ghraib Prison. The Turkish officials were not publically critical, but the press was running articles and ...
Dec. 20, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell
May 21, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4259
State Department cable concerning Sec. of State Powell's meeting with the Pakistani Foreign Minister Kasuri to discuss India, Afghanistan, Iraq and the United Nations Security Council. The cable is mostly redacted, but includes a discussion on ...
Dec. 20, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell
June 09, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4260
State Department cable concerning the efforts to repatriate Iranian Mujaheddin E-Khalk members back to Iran. The Mujaheddin E-Khalk members infiltrated Iraq and threatened the peace and stability of the country, but approx. 3,800 of Mujaheddin ...
Dec. 20, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell
Dec. 18, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 5004

Letter from Margaret P. Grafeld, DOS to Amrit Singh, ACLU re: the ACLU's FOIA Request. Letter states that the document production requested is being complied with in some parts and denied or withheld in part.

Dec. 18, 2004
Letter, Judicial
Margaret P. Grafeld
Margaret P. Grafeld
Dec. 21, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4261
Letter from Margaret P. Grafeld, DOS to Amrit Singh, ACLU re: the ACLU's FOIA Request. The letter states that the document production requested is being complied with in some parts and denied or withheld in part.
Dec. 17, 2004
Letter, Judicial
Margaret P. Grafeld
Margaret P. Grafeld
Jan. 15, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4262
State Department email from Diane McBride to Denise Wright concerning an upcomming meeting with International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) President Kellenberger. The email mentions two attachments, not included.
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Diane McBride
Denise I. Wright
Diane McBride
Jan. 16, 2005 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4263
DOS Cover Sheet re: Routing and Transmittal Slip
Feb. 24, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4264
Email from Ronald Miller to Jeremy Caddel and ohers re: Revised BM for S - GTMO Detainees." No attachments included.
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
JoAnn J. Dolan | Robert Goldberg | Allen S. Greenberg | Jeremy D. Caddel
Ronald W. Miller, JoAnn J. Dolan, Allen S. Greenberg