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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DOS | ACLU-RDI 3957
This State Department memo addresses the question of applying Article 5 of the Geneva Convention to the Guantanamo detainees. The memo states POW status does not apply to the Taliban or to Al Qaeda because they are: 1) not subject to military ...
DOS | ACLU-RDI 3958
This State Department memo addresses the question of applying Military Commissions to the Guantanamo detainees. The memo states 1) Military commissions are well-established in U.S. law and practice, as well as international law and practice; 2) ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo
George W. Bush
Mar. 31, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3959
This State Department memo addresses the issue of transferring and repatriating the Guantanamo detainees against the requirements of the Geneva Convention. The memo highlights the Geneva Convention provision which states, in part, "POWs shall be ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo
David W. Bowker
David W. Bowker, William Howard Taft, IV, James H. Thessin, Edward R. Cummings, Brent E. Blaschke
Apr. 28, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3960
Email from Jonathan Crock to JoAnn Dolan re "Saudi cable" sent to DOD. Doc not listed in DOS log.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Jonathan M. Crock
JoAnn J. Dolan
JoAnn J. Dolan, William Howard Taft, IV, Ronald W. Miller, Pierre-Richard Prosper, Eliana Davidson, Charles A. Allen, Jonathan M. Crock
July 14, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3962
Email from Mark W. Libby to Jonathan Crock re: Briefing Request. Remarks: Per Whitaker/Prosper conversation, please prepare a briefing memo for the Secretary's participation in this PC. Please deliver final, fully cleared memo to S/ES-S no later ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Mark W. Libby
Jonathan M. Crock
Jonathan M. Crock, Pierre-Richard Prosper
July 21, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3963
DOS Memo re: Talking Points on Australian National Detained at Guantanamo. The memo states that "Australian legal experts will visit the White House to discuss the issue of Australian nationals detained at Guantanamo Bay." and "The Legal Adviser ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Colin L. Powell, Brent E. Blaschke , William Howard Taft, IV
July 21, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3964
Emails between Jonathan B. Schwartz and Diane McBride, Beverly S. Holman and Others re: UK Attorney General Goldsmith. Attachment not included.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Jonathan B. Schwartz
Beverly S. Holman | Diane McBride
JoAnn J. Dolan, Beverly S. Holman, Diane McBride, Jonathan B. Schwartz
Nov. 26, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3965
Email from Waldo W. Brooks to JoAnn Dolan re: U.S. and Australia Announce Agreements on Guantanamo Detainees
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Waldo W. Brooks
JoAnn J. Dolan
Waldo W. Brooks , JoAnn J. Dolan
David Hicks
Nov. 26, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3966
Email from Clifton Johnson forwarding an article in the Independent (UK) with the headline "Guantanamo treatment is 'monstrous', says law lord", Dated November 26, 2003. The forwarding comments are: "Folks, The story below was in today's ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Clifton M. Johnson
Pierre-Richard Prosper | JoAnn J. Dolan | Jonathan M. Crock | Todd F. Buchwald | David A. Kaye
Clifton M. Johnson, Pierre-Richard Prosper, JoAnn J. Dolan, Jonathan M. Crock, Todd F. Buchwald
May 07, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3967
Email from Steve Solomon to JoAnn Dolan forwarding an email from Joseph Casey to Lynn Cassel with the subject "Wall Street Journal to Publish International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) February Report." The comments from Steve Solomon to ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Steve A. Solomon
JoAnn J. Dolan
Steven A. Solomon, JoAnn J. Dolan, Edward R. Cummings, Joseph P. Cassidy, Lynn L. Cassel, Kevin Edward Moley, Piper Anne Wind Campbell, Magda S. Siekert, Michael T. Peay