The Torture Archive

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The Torture Archive, an online repository of more than 16,000 documents, chronicles United States government policy on the detention and interrogation of individuals in the “global war on terror” since September 11, 2001. The Torture Archive features documents from a wide range of sources, including records disclosed through the American Civil Liberties Union’s successful lawsuits against the Department of Defense and other federal agencies; documents from the Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRT) and Administrative Review Boards (ARB); FOIA requests by the Center for Constitutional Rights and the National Security Archive; and court documents from Writs of Habeas Corpus Petitions filed by Guantanamo detainees in U.S. district courts.

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Archive FOIA Cable Shows Guantanamo Prosecutors Misleading Defense

Washington, D.C., November 11, 2019 – A military judge presiding over the Guantanamo trial of alleged USS Cole bomber Abd al Rahim al-Nashiri cited a cable released to the...

Nov 11, 2019

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