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
June 18, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4467
Email exchanes concerning the Sec. of State's upcoming testimony.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Katherine M. Gorove
JoAnn J. Dolan | Cara L. Abercrombie | Joshua L. Dorosin | Jonathan J. Carpenter | Rexon Y. Ryu
Katherine M. Gorove, JoAnn J. Dolan, Cara L. Abercrombie, Rexon Y. Ryu, Jonathan S. Carpenter, Ronald W. Miller
Sept. 16, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3839
Emails discuss the release of approximately one hundred and sixty Abu Ghraib detainees, and the expected release of over 250 the following week.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Amanda C. Pilz
Cara L. Abercrombie | Joshua L. Dorosin | Robin Lerner | Ashley A. Larsen | Elizabeth H. Richard | Ronald W. Miller | Charles W. Dunne | Jonathan J. Carpenter | Rexon Y. Ryu
Amanda C. Pilz, Cara L. Abercrombie, Elizabeth H. Richard, Ronald W. Miller, Joshua L. Dorosin, Jonathan S. Carpenter, Rexon Y. Ryu, Monica J. Tillery, Frank E. Schmelzer , Robin Lerner, Ashley A. Larsen, Charles W. Dunne
July 22, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4009
Email from Andrew Sagor to Todd F. Buchwald, Joshua L. Dorosin, Robin H. Sakoda and Cara L. Abercrombie re: Clearance/comments needed on red response letter, with an attachment not included. Mr. Sagor's comments are "S/WC1 has been tasked to ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Andrew E. Sagor
Todd F. Buchwald | Joshua L. Dorosin | Cara L. Abercrombie | Robin H. Sakoda
Colin L. Powell, Pierre-Richard Prosper, Todd F. Buchwald, Joshua L. Dorosin, Robin H. Sakoda, Cara L. Abercrombie
June 16, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4629
Emails between DOS Officials discussing the return of control to Iraq, particularly their control over prisons.
Nov. 23, 2004
Email
Aaron W. Jost
John C. Stevens | Mikael C. McCowan | Cara L. Abercrombie
Todd F. Buchwald, Elizabeth H. Richard, Richard G. Olson, Cara L. Abercrombie, Rexon Y. Ryu, Jonathan S. Carpenter, Joshua L. Dorosin, Aaron W. Jost, John C. Stevens, Mikael C. McCowan
June 30, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4630
Emails between DOS Officials discussing the death of an Egyptian scientist, Mohamed Abdel Moneim Al-Azmeerly, who was killed while in U.S. custody at Abu Ghraib.
Nov. 23, 2004
Email
Joel M. Rubin | Cara L. Abercrombie | Carrie W. Hernandez
Cara L. Abercrombie | Carrie W. Hernandez
Joel M. Rubin, Cara L. Abercrombie, James C. Martin, Carrie W. Hernandez, James C. Martin, Alaa O. Farrag
Mohamed Abdel Moneim Al-Azmeerly
Physical assault, General