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. 15, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4147
Email from Ronald W. Miller to Joshua L. Dorosin re: Clearance. The comment from Mr. Miller is "Josh, in Joann's absence, can you look at these cables - each have been cleared except for L (to include OSD). Thanks." with three (3) attachments. ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
Joshua L. Dorosin
Ronald W. Miller, Joshua L. Dorosin
Nov. 12, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4323
State Department cable providing an update on world events. The main point covered concerns an arms smuggling investigation in Bulgaria concerning prohibited weapons being shipped to Iraq and how this might impact Bulgaria's application to NATO. ...
Nov. 08, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4354
State Department cable concerning European Asst. Sec. Elizabeth Jones meeting with Danish EU Presidency representatives concerning "Political Hot Spots" such as: Iraq; Afghanistan; and Central Asia. The Koreas were discussed as was southern ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Cable
Elizabeth Jones
Bill Taylor
Elizabeth Jones
Nov. 08, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4355
State Department cable concerning a meeting with the French Foreign Minister Hubert Colin de Verdiere. Mr. de Verdiere expressed concerns over a United Nations Security Council resolution on Iraq; the treatment of several French citizens in the ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Nov. 22, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2833
An FBI memo from Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) personnel at Guantanamo to Commanding General Geoffrey Miller. Contents of the memo are completely redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Geoffrey D. Miller
Geoffrey D. Miller
Nov. 27, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2835
Legal analysis of interrogation techniques sent from FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) to FBI legal counsel.
Dec. 15, 2004
Legal Memo
Marion E. Bowman
Marion E. Bowman
Nov. 22, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2837
Memo from FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) and Criminal Investigation Task Force (CITF) at Guantanamo to Commanding General of Joint Task Force 170, Geoffrey Miller.
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Geoffrey D. Miller
Geoffrey D. Miller
Nov. 13, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2917
Email between FBI Officials re: FBI Draft Electronic Communications from Guantanamo.
Nov. 13, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2918
Memorandum requesting observations/ recommendations of the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC) concerning the day-to-day operation of the Guantanamo Project. The memorandum was approved by Stephen Wiley and Frankie Battle. ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Frankie Battle, Stephen R. Wiley
Nov. 15, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2931
Mention of discussion between Special Agent in Command (SAC) and HQ regarding some unspecified issue needing follow-up. The email states "Talked with the SAC and HQ re: the issue raised in your conference call...earlier today. I think we have ...