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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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
Mar. 11, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4120
Emails between State Department officials concerning a meeting between William Howard Taft, IV and Lorne Craner. The email is mostly redacted.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Todd F. Buchwald
Joshua L. Dorosin
William Howard Taft, IV, Todd F. Buchwald, Joshua L. Dorosin, Samuel M. Witten, Andre M. Surena, Linda Jacobson, Marianne J. Hata , Katherine M. Gorove, Nina E Schou, JoAnn J. Dolan
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
Nov. 03, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4122
Emails between State Department officials concerning a Guantanamo issue paper. Attachment not included.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Waldo W. Brooks
JoAnn J. Dolan | Joshua L. Dorosin | David J. Whiddon | Robert S. Beecroft | Yael Lempert | Hillary Mann | John Goldener | Frank J. Ruggiero
Waldo W. Brooks , David J. IMOddon
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
Aug. 02, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4125
Email from David Bowker to Joshua Dorosin and Todd Buchwald re: ICRC Report on detainees. Attachment not included.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
David W. Bowker
Joshua L. Dorosin | Todd F. Buchwald
David W. Bowker, Joshua L. Dorosin, Todd F. Buchwald, Monica J. Tillery
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
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
Sept. 02, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4128
Email from David Bowker to Joshua Dorosin re: Litigation Involving Detainees
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
David W. Bowker
Joshua L. Dorosin
Monica J. Tillery, David W. Bowker, Joshua L. Dorosin, Beverly S. Holman