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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Sept. 02, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4127
Emails between David Bowker, Monica Tillery, Joshua Dorosin, JoAnn Dolan and Others re: PM/IM/S - Visit to Guantanamo Bay 2/15. Attachment not included
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
David W. Bowker
Joshua L. Dorosin | JoAnn J. Dolan | Evan T. Bloom | Edward R. Cummings | Andre M. Surena
David W. Bowker, Joshua L. Dorosin, JoAnn J. Dolan, Evan T. Bloom, Edward R. Cummings, Andre M. Surena, Eric J. Pelofsky, Ted A. Borek, Catherine W. Brown, Katherine M. Gorove, Thomas B. Heinemann, Colin L. Powell
Aug. 04, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4126
Email from David Bowker to William H. Taft IV, James H. Thessin, Edwards R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin and Todd F. Buchwald re: Draft list of priorities on International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Report. No attachment.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
David W. Bowker
William Howard Taft, IV | James H. Thessin | Edward R. Cummings | Joshua L. Dorosin | Todd F. Buchwald
David W. Bowker, William Howard Taft, IV, James H. Thessin, Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin, Todd F. Buchwald
June 10, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4123
Emails between State Department officials re: Clearance: Kelly-Hagel Letter on Detainees.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Todd F. Buchwald
Joshua L. Dorosin
Todd F. Buchwald, Joshua L. Dorosin, Ronald W. Miller, Edward R. Cummings, Pierre-Richard Prosper, Mikael C. McCowan, Jonathan S. Carpenter, Charles W. Dunne, John F. McNamara
June 10, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 4124
Comments attached
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Todd F. Buchwald
Ronald W. Miller | Mikael C. McCowan | Joshua L. Dorosin | Edward R. Cummings | Jonathan J. Carpenter | Rexon Y. Ryu | Charles W. Dunne
Todd F. Buchwald, Ronald W. Miller, Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin, Rexon Y. Ryu, Jonathan S. Carpenter, Mikael C. McCowan
May 22, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4121
Email from JoAnn Dolan to Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin and Todd F. Buchwald re: International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Sees No Humanitarian Crisis. This email forwards a cable describing International Committee for the Red ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Edward R. Cummings | Joshua L. Dorosin | Todd F. Buchwald
JoAnn J. Dolan, Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin, Todd F. Buchwald, Colin L. Powell, Kevin Edward Moley
Aug. 20, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4119
Emails between State Department officials concerning an article concerning the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) re-visiting the Guantanamo detainees. The email portion is heavily redacted.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
David W. Bowker | Edward R. Cummings | Joshua L. Dorosin | Andre M. Surena | Ronald W. Miller
JoAnn J. Dolan, David W. Bowker, Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin, Andre M. Surena, Ronald W. Miller, James H. Thessin, Brian H. Leventhal, Laurel E. Miller, Molly C. Phee
May 17, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4115
Emails between State Department Officials concerning "issues surrounding abuse of Iraqi detainees". the additional comments are "Did one of you already "rope in" Ed Cummings, as discussed? Thanks, Judy"
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Russell K. LaMotte
Joshua L. Dorosin | Judith L. Osborn
Russell K. LaMotte, Judith L. Osborn, Joshua L. Dorosin, Todd F. Buchwald, Samuel M. Witten, Marianne J. Hata , Edward R. Cummings, Catherine W. Brown, Barton C. Legum, Curtis A. Bradley, Susan Biniaz
May 18, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4116
Emails between State Department Officials concerning "issues surrounding abuse of Iraqi detainees". the additional comments are "Did one of you already "rope in" Ed Cummings, as discussed? Thanks, Judy"
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Judith L. Osborn
Russell K. LaMotte | Joshua L. Dorosin
Judith L. Osborn, Joshua L. Dorosin, Russell K. LaMotte, Todd F. Buchwald, Edward R. Cummings, Ronald J. Bettauer, D. Stephen Mathias, Samuel M. Witten, Susan Biniaz, Catherine W. Brown, Curtis A. Bradley, Barton C. Legum
Dec. 15, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4112
Email from JoAnn Dolan to Waldo W. Brooks, Todd Buchwald and Others re: MEK Legal Considerations for DC with the comment "Some thoughts/comments".
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Waldo W. Brooks | Todd F. Buchwald | Joshua L. Dorosin | Edward R. Cummings
JoAnn J. Dolan, Waldo W. Brooks , Todd F. Buchwald, Joshua L. Dorosin, Edward R. Cummings
Mar. 03, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4113
Email from Todd F. Buchwald to Joshua L. Dorosin, Waldo W. Brooks and Edward R. Cummings re: Detainees with attachment. the comments from Mr. Buchwald are "These are the notes I drafted on the DOD paper in case we need to discuss this at John's ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Todd F. Buchwald
Joshua L. Dorosin | Waldo W. Brooks | Edward R. Cummings
Todd F. Buchwald, Joshua L. Dorosin, Waldo W. Brooks , Edward R. Cummings