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
DOA | ACLU-RDI 2498
Three maps of Iraq showing OPCON (Operational Control), TACON (Tactical Control), Direct Support, and General Support. Titles and all details are blacked out. First map is dated pre-January 2004.
| ACLU-RDI 2499
8-page document entirely withheld. Cover sheet says: "Annex 9. Withheld/EXEMPT. b(1) 1.4a AND b(2) high (8 pages)"
June 01, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2500
Fragmentary Order (FRAGO) dated June 2004. Substance redacted. Lists changes to "Situation," "Execution," "Coordinating Instructions," and "Command and Signal."
Nov. 06, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2501
Email between Joint Task Force 7 with attached spreadsheet. The email states "[This reflects the information we gathered from all subordinate elements on whether or not they maintained a temporary detention facility or an interrogation facility ...
DOA | ACLU-RDI 2502
Cover sheet for Annex 12-16: Published Regulations. Actual documents not included.
Aug. 24, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2503
Fragmentary Order 749 (FRAGO 749) relating to detainees, which "consolidates prior orders and guidance." Document is substantially redacted. States, "Capturing units will not detain persons unless there is a reasonable belief that the person is ...
DOA | ACLU-RDI 2504
Gives instructions on detainee reports. Requires that all detainees in coalition custody be tracked.
May 04, 2006 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2505
Fragmentary Order (FRAGO) regarding detainee operations, approved for release by Colonel Pricone. Gives brief instructions on detention procedures, including stating that "capturing units will not detain persons for greater than 72 hours unless ...
June 30, 2006
Non-legal Memo
Robert Pricone
Robert Pricone
Feb. 04, 2006 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2506
Fragmentary Order (FRAGO) regarding detainees at a Temporary Holding Facility (THF) capable of holding up to 15 detainees at Radwaniya Palace Complex. Contains instructions for setting up THF and processing detainees. "The [redacted] THF will ...
DOA | ACLU-RDI 2507
8 pages withheld/exempt. Cover sheet says "Annex 20. 8 pages withheld/EXEMPT. b(1) 1.4a & 1.4c & b(2) High."