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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May 24, 2004 | DOJ | ACLU-RDI 2720
Email from Joseph Jones to Rena Cornisac, Adam Isles, Julie Samuels, Patrick Rowan, David Nahmias, Bruce Swartz, Peter B. Owen, and Terrie Johnson following an email chain. The subject line reads "Briefing Papers" and the text is entirely redacted.
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Joseph Jones
Rena Comisac | Adam Isles | Julie Samuels | David E. Nahmias | Bruce Swartz | Peter B. Owen | Patrick Rowan | Terrie Johnson | Patrick Philbin | Renee Lerner | William Hall | Crystal Roberts | Sean McLaughlin | Dave Blake | Gena Bernhardt
Joseph Jones, Rena Comisac, Adam Isles, Julie E. Samuels, Patrick Rowan, David E. Nahmias, Bruce Swartz, Peter B. Owen
June 17, 2004 | CRIM | ACLU-RDI 2722
Emails between Mark Corallo, Bryan Sierra, David Nahmias, and others with the subject line "Passaro". The text of the email chain is entirely redacted.
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Mark Corallo
David E. Nahmias | Bryan Sierra | Frank Whitney | James Candelmo | Bobby Higdon
David E. Nahmias, Bryan Sierra, Mark Corallo, Frank D. Whitney, James A. Candelmo, Robert J. Higdon Jr.
Dec. 11, 2002 | DOJ | ACLU-RDI 2725

Text entirely redacted. Subject: Fwd: Legal Issues re: Guantanamo Bay. [The recipient "Mary Bowman" is likely Marion Bowman, a deputy general counsel in the FBI.]

Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Jeffrey Harp
David E. Nahmias | Marion E. Bowman
Jeffrey Harp, David E. Nahmias, Marion E. Bowman
May 11, 2004 | CRIM | ACLU-RDI 2734
Heavily redacted email referring to talking points on Iraq.
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Rena Comisac | John Richter | Christopher A. Wray | Laura Parsky | David E. Nahmias | Bryan Sierra
Rena Comisac | John Richter | Christopher A. Wray | Laura Parsky | David E. Nahmias | Bryan Sierra
Rena Comisac, John Richter, Christopher A. Wray, Laura H. Parsky, David E. Nahmias, Bryan Sierra, Mark Corallo
May 06, 2004 | CRIM | ACLU-RDI 2735
Email forwarding Ashcroft letter to the Criminal Division for review.
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Julie Samuels | Peter B. Owen
Julie Samuels | William Moschella | Sean McLaughlin | Crystal Roberts | Dave Blake | Deborah Rhodes | John Richter | Rena Comisac | David E. Nahmias | Saundra M. Callier | Nancy Scottfinan | Jennifer Mingay
Julie E. Samuels, David E. Nahmias, Peter B. Owen, William E. Moschella, Sean McLaughlin, Crystal Roberts, John Richter, Rena Comisac, Deborah J. Rhodes
May 04, 2004 | CRIM | ACLU-RDI 2737

Heavily redacted email thread re "potential torture involving Iraqi detainees".

Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Laura Parsky | David E. Nahmias | Teresa L. McHenry
Laura Parsky | David E. Nahmias | John Richter | Monique Roth | Teresa L. McHenry
Laura H. Parsky, Teresa L. McHenry, David E. Nahmias, John Richter, Monique Roth
May 03, 2004 | DOJ | ACLU-RDI 2741
The email presents an attachment containing bullets on possible prosecution of the Iraqi prison abuses and a brief outline of MEJA [Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act].
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Jerry R. DeMaio
David E. Nahmias | Barry Sabin
Jerry R. DeMaio, Barry Sabin, David E. Nahmias
June 04, 2004 | DOJ | ACLU-RDI 2742
Document fully redacted. Email Subjects: "Final(?) Iraq papers""Revised AG talkers on interrogation for today's meeting."
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Peter B. Owen
Patrick Rowan | David E. Nahmias | Crystal Roberts | Daniel J. Bryant | Daniel B. Levin | Jack L. Goldsmith | Patrick Philbin | Sean McLaughlin | Steven G. Bradbury | William Moschella | John Richter | Bruce Swartz | Judith S. Garrett | Angela Brown | David Blake
Peter B. Owen, Patrick Rowan, David E. Nahmias, Crystal Roberts, Daniel J. Bryant, Daniel B. Levin, Jack L. Goldsmith, Patrick Philbin, Sean McLaughlin, Steven G. Bradbury, William E. Moschella, Judith S. Garrett, Thomas R. Kane, Angela Brown, John Richter, Rena Comisac, Julie E. Samuels, Bruce Swartz, David Blake, Paul P. Colborn, Rebecca Seidel, Renee Lerner, Robert B. Parmiter, Pete Jones
CRIM | ACLU-RDI 2744
Document fully redacted.
Oct. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Teresa L. McHenry
David E. Nahmias | Laura Parsky | Barry Sabin
Teresa L. McHenry, David E. Nahmias, Laura H. Parsky, Barry Sabin
July 30, 2004 | DOJ | ACLU-RDI 2746

Refers to re: OLC opinion. All other info redacted.

Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Teresa L. McHenry
David E. Nahmias | Barry Sabin | Laura Parsky
Teresa L. McHenry, David E. Nahmias, Barry Sabin, Laura H. Parsky
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