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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RelevanceDateRelease Date
Oct. 09, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3984
Partially redacted press guidance for DOD release of draft military instruction, which lists/defines certain violations of laws of war and other offenses triable by military commission. The talking points instruct that if inquired about the ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Ronald W. Miller
Ronald W. Miller, Pierre-Richard Prosper
May 06, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4074
No relevant text.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
JoAnn J. Dolan
JoAnn J. Dolan, Ronald W. Miller, Charles L. Daris
Mar. 25, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4077
Emails discuss revisions made to talking points and an interview.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
JoAnn J. Dolan
Ronald W. Miller, JoAnn J. Dolan, James H. Thessin, Pierre-Richard Prosper, Charles L. Daris, Edward R. Cummings
Mar. 21, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4080
No relevant text.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
JoAnn J. Dolan
Ronald W. Miller, JoAnn J. Dolan, Charles L. Daris
Oct. 29, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4087
Email asking for clearance and comments from the Bureau of Counter terrorism.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
David L. Scott | JoAnn J. Dolan
Ronald W. Miller, JoAnn J. Dolan, Charles L. Daris, Eliana Davidson
Oct. 31, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4095
Email refers to four cables, one apparently discusses detainee release and transfers. [Documents are not included].
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Ronald W. Miller
JoAnn J. Dolan
Charles L. Daris, Ronald W. Miller, JoAnn J. Dolan, Odell C. Dehart
Oct. 07, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4102
Email from Ronald Miller to JoAnn Dolan with attachement entitled: Letter - Prosper to OSD. Attachement not included.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
JoAnn J. Dolan
JoAnn J. Dolan, Ronald W. Miller, Pierre-Richard Prosper
Nov. 14, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4146
Email from Ronald W. Miller to Donna Boltz, Leeann Bormand and Eliana Davidson re: Final Fact Sheet for PD Package with the comment "For everyone's review/comment. Simply took DoD cleared PAG and incorporated into fact sheet requested by NSC at ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
Eliana Davidson | Donna Boltz | Leeann Borman
Ronald W. Miller, Eliana Davidson, Joshua L. Dorosin, JoAnn J. Dolan, Jonathan Scharfan
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
Sept. 12, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4149
Emails between Ronald W. Miller and Joshua L. Dorosin re: Comments on DOD Paper. The email contains an attachment, not included. The comments on the initial email from Joshua Dorosin states "Ron/JoAnn - I'll be pulling comments together today ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
Joshua L. Dorosin
Monica J. Tillery, Ronald W. Miller, Joshua L. Dorosin, JoAnn J. Dolan, Edward R. Cummings