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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Jan. 22, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3871
State Department talking points on answering questions concerning the transfer of six (6) Bosnian detainees from Bosnia to Guantanamo.
Jan. 31, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3872
State Department Routing and transmittal slip for Sam Witten, David Kaye, David Bowker, Peter Mason, Mike Mattler re: VOA Editorials
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
David Kaye | Samuel M. Witten | David W. Bowker | Peter Mason | Mike Mattler
Samuel M. Witten, David A. Kaye
Jan. 23, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3873
DOS Memo re: Questions Taken at January 23, 2002 Daily Press Briefing. International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) - Question: Will the International Committee of the Red Cross submit a formal report of the results of its visit to Guantanamo ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Mike McKinley, David A. Kaye
Oct. 31, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3874
State Department cable from the Paris Embassy re: French judge dismisses Guantanamo detainees’ case. On October 31, a French judge dismissed the case brought by the families of two French nationals being held at Guantanamo base. The families were ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, Bruce Swartz
Jan. 14, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3875
Cover letter from Cob Blaha to Joann Dolan re attached dipnote from Spanish Embassy.
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Cob Blaha
JoAnn J. Dolan
JoAnn J. Dolan
Sept. 26, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3876
Letter from the Bruce Donahue to John Evans, Mike Morrow, Gladys Boluda re: Attached the Procuracy General's response on GTMO detainees. We have included an informal translation. Points to Note: The letter names eight rather than seven ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Bruce Donahue
John Evans | Mike Morrow | Gladys Boluda
John D. Ashcroft
Feb. 27, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3877
Talking points on transfer of Russian detainees from Guantanamo and assurances from Russia. This memo covers potential questions and appropriate answers for dealing with the press when asked about the Russian detainees held at Guantanamo. The key ...
Mar. 04, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3878
Email from Katherine Gorove to Joann Dolan "re: families of GTMO detainees increasing pressure on GOF". This email is a forward of a previous email sent from Anne R. Sorensen to Michael A. Butler with an attachment. Ms. Gorove adds a comment to ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Katherine M. Gorove
JoAnn J. Dolan
JoAnn J. Dolan, Katherine M. Gorove
July 12, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3880
Fax cover page from Sharon Wiener Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, Paris to John Crock re: French Diplomatic Note of 6/30 concerning French detainees at Guantanamo.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Sharon A. Wiener
Jonathan M. Crock
Sharon A. Wiener
July 27, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3881
Fax cover page from Jonathan Crock to JoAnn Dolan, no subject or attachments.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Jonathan M. Crock
JoAnn J. Dolan
JoAnn J. Dolan, Jonathan M. Crock