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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Feb. 08, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3796
DOS Daily Press Briefing Index. Lists topics to be discussed: Terrorism - Detainees at Guantanamo/Geneva Convention/International Committee for the Red Cross/Australian Situation Terrorist List; Mexico - General's release from prison; Venezuela - ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Other
Richard A. Boucher
Richard A. Boucher, Beth Jones
Feb. 11, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3793
State Department memo from Daveid Bowker to Beverly Holman to "Prepare ALDAC cable to NSC under cover of a Harty-Biegun memo."
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Beverly S. Holman
David W. Bowker
David W. Bowker, Beverly S. Holman
Feb. 08, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3794
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Humane Treatment of al Qaeda and Taliban Detainees
Jan. 29, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3788
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Detainees in Cuba.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Evan T. Bloom, David A. Kaye, Samuel M. Witten
Jan. 29, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3789
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Al Qaida Terrorists Killed.
Jan. 30, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3790
State Department talking points on addressing questions about the legal status and treatment of detainees is addressed. The cable states that foreign governments should be told: The legal status of the detainees is currently being reviewed; all ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, David A. Kaye
Jan. 23, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3786
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Detainees in Cuba.
Jan. 29, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3787
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Summary Combatants Get Humane Treatment.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Evan T. Bloom, David A. Kaye, Samuel M. Witten
Dec. 28, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3783
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. 30, 2004
Letter, Judicial
Margaret P. Grafeld
Margaret P. Grafeld
Apr. 29, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3780
This State Department cable provides talking points concerning informing foreign governments about the transfer of their citizens/nationals to Guantanamo after they were picked-up on the battle field of Afghanistan, and policy guidance for ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell