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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Mar. 11, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4423
Ed Cummings forwarded email regarding comments made by International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Pres. Kellenberger at UN meeting witht he working title of his discussion entitled "How Can ICRC Fulfill its Mandate in Conflicts Today". the ...
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Edward R. Cummings
David W. Bowker | David A. Kaye | Evan T. Bloom | JoAnn J. Dolan | William Howard Taft, IV
Edward R. Cummings, David W. Bowker, David A. Kaye, Evan T. Bloom, JoAnn J. Dolan, William Howard Taft, IV, Alan Kreczko, Arthur E. Dewey
Mar. 20, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4424
Email from Michael Newton to numerous State Department officials seeking approval to clear a cable for distribution concerning military commissions. Attachment not included.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Michael A. Newton
Pierre-Richard Prosper | William Howard Taft, IV | William B. Wood | Edward R. Cummings
Michael A. Newton, Pierre-Richard Prosper, William Howard Taft, IV, William B. Wood , Edward R. Cummings, David A. Kaye, Evan T. Bloom, Kara L. Bue, David W. Bowker, James A. Larocco, JoAnn J. Dolan
Mar. 20, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4425
This email is a follow-up on an earlier email seeking clearance on a cable concerning military commissions.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Evan T. Bloom
Jonathan B. Schwartz | Edward R. Cummings | David W. Bowker | David A. Kaye | JoAnn J. Dolan
Michael A. Newton, Evan T. Bloom, Jonathan B. Schwartz, Edward R. Cummings, David W. Bowker, David A. Kaye, JoAnn J. Dolan
Jan. 24, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4421
Email forwarded from Evan Bloom to David Bowker with an attachment concerning foreign access to the Guantanamo detainees.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Evan T. Bloom
David W. Bowker
Evan T. Bloom, David W. Bowker, David A. Kaye, William Howard Taft, IV, Gregory M. Suchan, Pierre-Richard Prosper
Jan. 31, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4422
Email from David Bowker to Bill Deere with an attachment entitled "H paper for Powell on Detainee…"
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
David W. Bowker
Bill H. Deere
Colin L. Powell, David W. Bowker
Jan. 18, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4420
Email with attachment of State Department talking popints to address questions concerning Al-Qaeda and Taliban detainees. Mr. Kaye writes in his comments "Folks - As many of you know, our posts abroad are geiting easing ilijibbef of questions ...
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
David A. Kaye
Kara L. Bue
David A. Kaye, Kara L. Bue, James Burger , James H. Thessin, Edward R. Cummings, Evan T. Bloom, David W. Bowker
Sept. 27, 2001 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4416
Email forwarding cable concerning a meeting with representatives of the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC).
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Edward R. Cummings
Steven A. Solomon | Michael T. Peay | David W. Bowker
Edward R. Cummings, Steven A. Solomon, Michael T. Peay, David W. Bowker, William Howard Taft, IV, David A. Kaye, Marianne J. Hata
Feb. 18, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4368
Email forwarded from Jonathan Crock to Ronald Miller containing talking points on torture (mostly dealing with Guantanamo) used for last year's Human Rights Report rollout. Mr. Crock's comments are "Do we have any new guidance on no torture at GTMO?"
Dec. 23, 2004
Email
Jonathan M. Crock
Ronald W. Miller
Jonathan M. Crock, Ronald W. Miller, Sarah F. Ozkan, JoAnn J. Dolan, Christopher N. Camponovo
Feb. 02, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4351
State Department cable concerning Secretary of State Powell's Meeting with EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana. They discussed, Balkins, the Middle East, Yassar Arafat, the Global Coalition Against ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, Richard A. Boucher, William Burns, Charles Ries, Craig A. Kelly
Aug. 05, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4332
State Department cable on addressing the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention report that was critical of the U.S. and the detention of Taliban and Al-Qaeda fighters in Guantanamo. The cable instructs the U.S. representatives that the "U.S. ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan, Katherine M. Gorove