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. 18, 2002 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 4706
This fax cover sheet is from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office - British Embassy, Washington sent by Robert Macaire to John Bellinger with the message:"I attach a copy of an internal record of the unsuccesa(ul application for judicial review of ...
June 08, 2005
Letter
Robert Macaire
John Bellinger
John B. Bellinger, III, Jonathan B. Schwartz, Pierre-Richard Prosper, Bruce Swartz
Jan. 31, 2002 | WH | NSA | ACLU-RDI 4725
Routing and tranmittal cover sheets from December 2001 though February 2002 re: Detainee Detention Flow Charts. No attachements
June 08, 2005
Letter
John B. Bellinger, III, Daniel Dell'Orto, Eliana Davidson, Bruce Swartz, Pierre-Richard Prosper, Evan T. Bloom, William Howard Taft, IV
Feb. 19, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4658
State Department memo re: Subject: PCC Meeting. Mr. Hoffman's comments are "SUBJECT: PCC Meeting Please transmit the attached memorandum to principals of the Policy Coordination Committee (PCC) on Europe and Eurasia." No additional comments.
May 18, 2005
Letter
Karl Hofmann
Gregory L. Schulte | I. Lewis Libby | V. Philip Lago | Paul W. Curry | James N. Solit
Karl W. Hofmann, Gregory L. Schulte, I. Lewis Libby, V. Philip Lago, Paul W. Curry, James N. Solit, David W. Szady, Laura L. Flippin , James A. McAtamney, William P. Marriott, Edward W. Snead, Fred Schwien, Douglas Aller, David Hegwood, Ann Agnew, Dianna Campagna, Michael F. O'Brien
June 08, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3770

Fax cover sheet from the Office of the State Department Legal Advisor William H. Taft, IV to Jim Haynes, DoD, General Counsel, Jack Goldsmith, Assistant Attorney General and John Bellinger, NSC. Attachement not included.

Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
William Howard Taft, IV
John Bellinger | William J. Haynes, II | Jack L. Goldsmith
William Howard Taft, IV, William J. Haynes, II, Jack L. Goldsmith, John B. Bellinger, III, Marianne J. Hata
June 01, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3772
Fax cover Sheet from William H. Taft, IV, DOS to John Bellinger, NSC. Attachment not included.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
William Howard Taft, IV
John Bellinger
William Howard Taft, IV, John B. Bellinger, III
May 14, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6368
This email concerns the practices and effectiveness of Tiger Teams, which appear to be FBI interrogation units. It mentions that interviews of detainees can range from 1 to 6.5 hours, and emphasizes patience and continuity in interrogation ...