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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Jan. 20, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 2425
This is a sworn Statement by an Army Sergeant assigned to the the Internal Reaction Force at Camp Ganci, Camp Vigilance, and Abu Ghraib Prison Detention Facility. This sworn statement concerns an incident on August 23, 2003, when, after a mortar ...
June 15, 2006
Investigative File (CID), Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, Assault/death, Use of phobias, Threat
Jan. 23, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 2426
This is a chronological report of a CID agent’s investigation in to abuse at Abu Ghraib following a mortar attack and shooting at the facility. The agent interviewed six (6) soldiers including a Captain and Master Sergeant concerning the ...
Jan. 22, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 2427
This is a sworn statement made by a soldier who was present during an alleged incident of abuse at Abu Ghraib prison following a mortar attack and shooting by a prisoner who had a gun smuggled in to him. The soldier states that there was an Iraqi ...
Jan. 22, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 2428
This CID Report is a follow-up on earlier reports that are related. There was a reported abuse of a detainee at Abu Ghraib prison, but it was, by the description of the Military Intelligence (MI) personnel involved, a rouse in order to isolate a ...
Dec. 30, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2429

Combatant Status Review Tribunal Decision Report Enclosure 1 on the status of a detainee as an Enemy Combatant. The report states that the detainee is properly classified as an enemy combatant because he is affiliated with the Taliban and Al ...

Dec. 02, 2004 | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 2430
This memo is in conjunction with the Combatant Status Review Tribunal Decision Report Enclosure 1 on the status of a detainee as an Enemy Combatant. The report states that: i) The tribunal was properly convened and constituted; ii) the detainee ...
June 15, 2006
Non-legal Memo
James R. Crisfeld, Jr.
June 14, 2005 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2431
This memo is to address the sensitivity Muslims have when non-Muslims handle the Koran. It directs hospital personnel not to handle the Koran and to have the Chaplain or Muslim interpreter handle it if necessary. It also instructs personnel not ...
Feb. 15, 2005 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2432
This memo is to clarify the mission, duties and limitations of the Behavioral Science Consultation Team (BSCT) while at Guantanamo hospital and how they may interphase with the Joint Medical Group (JMG). The memo states i) JMG staff members do ...
June 01, 2005 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2433
Army memo on how staff at Guantanamo hospital are to secure detainee medical and dental records. It states: i) At no time will active Detainee medical/dental records leave the custody of Detention Medical staff; ii) All dental records will be ...
Mar. 01, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2408
DOD PowerPoint presentation on the detainee population, detention procedures, prosecutions, and transition issues in Iraq. The presentation provides the nationalities and numbers of detainees held, as well as other information about the ...
June 15, 2006
Other
L. Paul Bremer