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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June 14, 2004 | CRIM | ACLU-RDI 2713
Refers to CRM comments/DoD Letter on Detainee Amendments to DoD Auth Bill (S 2004). States, "We have no comments" regarding the CRM review of the DoD draft letter.
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Michelle Morales
Julie Samuels | Patrick Rowan | David Nahmias | Eli Rosenbaum | Deborah Rhodes | Adrien Silas
Michelle Morales, Adrien Silas
June 03, 2004 | DOJ | ACLU-RDI 2714
Refers to Remaining CRM papers. The rest is completely redacted.
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Peter B. Owen
Rena Comisac | John Richter | Bruce Swartz | Patrick Rowan | Julie Samuels | Crystal Roberts
Peter B. Owen, Rena Comisac, Bruce Swartz, Julie E. Samuels, Patrick Rowan, Crystal Roberts, John Richter
May 28, 2004 | CRIM | ACLU-RDI 2716
Email from Peter B. Owen requests estimated time of arrival of Iraq talking points from recipients. Reply from Patrick Rowan attaches two drafts (MEJA jurisdiction and Prison Abuse).
Oct. 15, 2004
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Patrick Rowan
Peter B. Owen | Bruce Swartz | Adam Isles | Julie Samuels | David Nahmias | Rena Comisac | William Moschella | Crystal Roberts
Peter B. Owen, William E. Moschella
July 07, 2004 | DOJ | ACLU-RDI 2718

Refers to FBI Caproni draft testimony for a 07-14-04 hearing re the Critical Need for Interrogation in the Global War on Terrorism. No attachments provided. Text entirely redacted.

Oct. 15, 2004
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Deborah J. Clifton
Jack L. Goldsmith | Betty Lofton | Patricia Massie | Julie Samuels | James A. McAtamney | Ethan Kanter | Patrick Philbin | Rachel Brand | Matt Dummermuth | Robert J. Faurot | Winnie Brinkley | Daniel B. Levin | Steven G. Bradbury
Valerie E. Caproni, Renee Lerner, Dyone Mitchell, Lawan Robinson, George Smith
July 07, 2004 | CRIM | ACLU-RDI 2719
Email from Jordan Leiter to Julie Samuels referencing an attachment bearing the name "CRIM DIV comment on draft DOJ statement on Interrogation in War Against Terrorism".
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Jordan Leiter
Julie Samuels
Jordan Leiter, Julie E. Samuels
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
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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
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