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. 24, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3934
This State Department cable provides talking points for US mission & Embassy officials to inform foreign governments about the transfer of their citizens/nationals to Guantanamo after they were picked-up on the battle field of Afghanistan. It ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, Pierre-Richard Prosper
Feb. 08, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3935
This State Department cable provides talking points for US mission & Embassy officials to inform foreign governments about the transfer of their citizens/nationals to Guantanamo after they were picked-up on the battle field of Afghanistan. It ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Brent E. Blaschke , David W. Bowker, Debra L. Cagan, John B. Bellinger, III
May 04, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3936
This State Department Cable is entitled "Subject: May 3 Transfer of Detainees to Guantanamo". There is no other discernible information or context due to redaction.
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, Brent E. Blaschke , Pierre-Richard Prosper
June 12, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3937
This State Department cable provides talking points for US mission & Embassy officials to inform foreign governments about the transfer of their citizens/nationals to Guantanamo after they were picked-up on the battle field of Afghanistan. It ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, Brent E. Blaschke , JoAnn J. Dolan, Pierre-Richard Prosper
Jan. 29, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3938
This State Department Cable is entitled "Subject: International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Detainee Access." There is no other discernible information or context.
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Richard A. Boucher
Feb. 10, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3939
This State Department cable provides talking points for US mission & Embassy officials to inform foreign governments about the transfer of their citizens/nationals to Guantanamo after they were picked-up on the battle field of Afghanistan. It ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, Richard A. Boucher, Pierre-Richard Prosper, Ronald W. Miller
Mar. 20, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3940
This State Department Cable is entitled "Subject: Release of Detainees from U.S. Control". There is no other discernible information or context.
Mar. 22, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3941
This State Department cable provides talking points for US mission & Embassy officials to inform foreign governments about the transfer of their citizens/nationals to Guantanamo after they were picked-up on the battle field of Afghanistan. It ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, Richard A. Boucher, Pierre-Richard Prosper, Ronald W. Miller, JoAnn J. Dolan
Mar. 25, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3942
Re: draft cable detainees release giving editing comments.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Joshua L. Dorosin
Lisa D. Miller | Sylvia Curran | Tina Kaidanow
Joshua L. Dorosin, Lisa D. Miller , Tina S. Kaidanow, Sylvia Reed Curran
Sept. 30, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3943
Statement by Todd Huizinga First Secretary at the U.S. Mission to the EU to European Parliament re: Public Hearing on Guantanamo Bay Detainees. Summarizes U.S. policy on Guantanamo detainees - specifically, that the capture and detention of enemy ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Interview (Statement)
Todd Huizinga
Todd Huizinga