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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Aug. 02, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2257
Email includes an executive summary entitled "Adverse Action taken against MP leaders identified in MG Taguba's Report of Investigation." The summary discusses Major General Antonio Taguba's report, which recommended a series of disciplinary and ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Antonio Taguba, Ricardo Sanchez, Janis Leigh Karpinski, David D. McKiernan
Sept. 12, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2258
The memo summarizes legal actions/reprimands taken against Army personnel involved in detainee abuse. Included in the memo is a list of about twenty soldiers from different locations, including Commanding General Janis L. Karpinski who was ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Non-legal Memo, Email
Janis Leigh Karpinski
May 19, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2313
Discusses existence of new photos of abuse of detainees. A CD of photographs was provided by CIA to Department of Defense who forwarded it to the Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID). Some of the photographs were the Abu Ghraib ones shown ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Non-legal Memo
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Janis Leigh Karpinski
Sexual, General, Sexual, Physical assault, Other Humiliation
May 20, 2004 | DOA | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 1756

This Court Martial record (volume 5 of 8) discusses the court martial proceedings of Staff Sergeant Ivan L. Frederick, II, who was charged for offenses he committed while assigned to the Abu Ghraib Detention Facility on or about November 08, ...

Nov. 30, 2005
UCMJ (Court-Martial)
Ivan L. Frederick, II, Romie Leslie Brownlee, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Ricardo Sanchez, Antonio Taguba, George R. Fay, Megan M. Ambuhl, Charles A. Graner, Jr., Jeremy C. Sivits, Javal Sean Davis, Sabrina D. Harman, Armin J. Cruz, Lynndie Rana England, Paul J. Kern, Anthony R. Jones, Geoffrey D. Miller, Walter Wojdakowski, Barbara G. Fast, Janis Leigh Karpinski, Steven L. Jordan, Jason L. Jones, Togo D. West, Jr., Richard A. Coleman, J.L. Johnson, J.S. Mobley, Barbara G. Fast, Thomas Pappas
Use of water, Water dousing, Physical assault, Threat, Use of electricity, Stress positions, Cramped confinement, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Dietary manipulation, Environmental manipulation, Temperature, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Religious, Forced grooming, Other
May 20, 2004 | DOA | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 1757
This Court Martial record (volume 6 of 8) discusses the court martial proceedings of Staff Sergeant Ivan L. Frederick, II, who was charged for offenses he committed while assigned to the Abu Ghraib Detention Facility on or about November 08, ...
Nov. 30, 2005
UCMJ (Court-Martial)
Megan M. Ambuhl, Javal Sean Davis, Charles A. Graner, Jr., Sabrina D. Harman, Jeremy C. Sivits, Armin J. Cruz, Lynndie Rana England, Ivan L. Frederick, II, Antonio Taguba, Captain Kobs, Janis Leigh Karpinski
Physical assault, General, Threat, Use of electricity, Stress positions, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Religious, Other
May 20, 2004 | DOA | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 1759
This Court Martial record (volume 8 of 8) discusses the court martial proceedings of Staff Sergeant Ivan L. Frederick, II, who was charged for offenses he committed while assigned to the Abu Ghraib Detention Facility on or about November 08, ...
Nov. 30, 2005
UCMJ (Court-Martial), Judicial (Opinion)
Janis Leigh Karpinski, Ivan L. Frederick, II, Ricardo Sanchez, Geoffrey D. Miller, George R. Fay, Armin J. Cruz, Roman Krol, Judge Merck, Judge Johnson, Judge Moore, Thomas F. Metz, Mark Traecey Patrick Kimmitt
May 05, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1194
Instructions about message and direction of media queries concerning Abu Ghraib abuse. the emails states "[It is] strongly recommend that any responses to queries regarding MP training of any sort should be answered strictly generically and ...
May 16, 2005
Email
Janis Leigh Karpinski, James R. Helmly, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Mark Traecey Patrick Kimmitt
May 05, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1199
Army email on Abu Ghraib prison abuse media queries and where and to whom such inquiries should be directed
May 16, 2005
Email
Janis Leigh Karpinski, James R. Helmly, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Mark Traecey Patrick Kimmitt
May 04, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1203
Transcript of a media conversation where Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Public Affairs Lawrence Di Rita provides background to the Abu Ghraib investigation.
May 16, 2005
Email
Lawrence Di Rita, David D. McKiernan, Ricardo Sanchez, John P. Abizaid, Antonio Taguba, James R. Helmly, Richard B. Myers, Janis Leigh Karpinski, George R. Fay
Sept. 09, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 937
General Kern testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the detainee abuse that occurred at Abu Ghraib prison. Gen. Kern stated "We set our course to find truth, not to “whitewash” or to convict those who are not incriminated". And ...
Apr. 06, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Paul J. Kern
Paul J. Kern, Carl Levin, Anthony R. Jones, George R. Fay, Antonio Taguba, Donald J. Ryder, Walter Wojdakowski, Geoffrey D. Miller, Janis Leigh Karpinski