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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Mar. 10, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4701
State Department email forwarded by JoAnn Dolan from Robert Harris concerning Human Rights Watch report critical of U.S. Action in Afghanistan. Mr. Harris' email has the comment "Human Rights Watch in the past few days issued a highly critical ...
May 04, 2005
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Eliana Davidson | Laura Parsky | David Nahmias | Patrick Philbin | Chuck Allen | Karen Hecker
JoAnn J. Dolan, Robert K. Harris, Michael G. Kozak, Mark P. Lagon, Thomas A. Johnson, Joshua L. Dorosin, Lynn M. Sicade, Charles A. Allen, Eliana Davidson, Karen L. Hecker, John B. Wiegmann, Laura H. Parsky, James A. McAtamney, David E. Nahmias, Patrick Philbin, Ronald W. Miller, Jennifer Koester, John B. Bellinger, III, Jack L. Goldsmith, William Howard Taft, IV, Steven A. Solomon, Michael T. Peay
Mar. 05, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3648
Email refers to the ICRC's February 2004 report on detentions in Iraq. [Content redacted; report not included].
Nov. 23, 2004
Email
Carol T. Santos
Laura Parsky
Carol T. Santos, Laura H. Parsky, Piper Anne Wind Campbell, Lawrence E. Bartlett, Scott W. Busby, Richard L. Greene, P. Michael McKinley, Edward R. Cummings, Joseph P. Cassidy, Margaret J. Pollack, L. Paul Bremer, John Allen Buche
Aug. 26, 2004 | DOJ | ACLU-RDI 2724
Text entirely redacted. Email Subject: MEJA referral re Abu Ghraib
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Laura Parsky | Bruce Swartz
Laura H. Parsky, Bruce Swartz, Teresa L. McHenry
May 14, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 2728
An email that includes the Final Outline on Iraqi Detainees (DSS outline), of which there have been 67 drafts.
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Patrick Rowan | Laura Parsky | David Nahmias | Teresa L. McHenry | Jennifer Levy
Patrick Rowan, Laura H. Parsky, David E. Nahmias, Teresa L. McHenry, Jennifer Levy
May 13, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 2730
Text fully redacted. Email Subject: DSS Proposed Outline- Iraqi Detainees
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
David Nahmias | Patrick Rowan | Laura Parsky | John Richter | Jennifer Levy | Teresa L. McHenry
David E. Nahmias, Patrick Rowan, Laura H. Parsky, John Richter, Jennifer Levy, Teresa L. McHenry
May 13, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 2731
This email includes an attachment of proposed issues to be addressed at the 5/14/2004 meeting with the Department of Defense (DOD).
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Patrick Rowan | David Nahmias | Jennifer Levy | Laura Parsky | Teresa L. McHenry
Patrick Rowan, David E. Nahmias, Jennifer Levy, Laura H. Parsky, Teresa L. McHenry
May 11, 2004 | CRIM | ACLU-RDI 2734
Heavily redacted email referring to talking points on Iraq.
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Rena Comisac | John Richter | Christopher A. Wray | Laura Parsky | David E. Nahmias | Bryan Sierra
Rena Comisac | John Richter | Christopher A. Wray | Laura Parsky | David E. Nahmias | Bryan Sierra
Rena Comisac, John Richter, Christopher A. Wray, Laura H. Parsky, David E. Nahmias, Bryan Sierra, Mark Corallo
May 04, 2004 | CRIM | ACLU-RDI 2737

Heavily redacted email thread re "potential torture involving Iraqi detainees".

Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Laura Parsky | David E. Nahmias | Teresa L. McHenry
Laura Parsky | David E. Nahmias | John Richter | Monique Roth | Teresa L. McHenry
Laura H. Parsky, Teresa L. McHenry, David E. Nahmias, John Richter, Monique Roth
Aug. 02, 2004 | CRIM | ACLU-RDI 2743
Emails and fax cover sheets regarding a draft OLC memo. Documents fully redacted.
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
David E. Nahmias
Teresa L. McHenry | Barry Sabin | Patrick Rowan | Bruce Swartz | Laura Parsky | John Richter | Christopher A. Wray | Ronnie Edelman
David E. Nahmias, Teresa L. McHenry, Barry Sabin, Patrick Rowan, Bruce Swartz, Laura H. Parsky, John Richter, Christopher A. Wray, Ronnie Edelman
CRIM | ACLU-RDI 2744
Document fully redacted.
Oct. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Teresa L. McHenry
David E. Nahmias | Laura Parsky | Barry Sabin
Teresa L. McHenry, David E. Nahmias, Laura H. Parsky, Barry Sabin
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