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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June 04, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 855
Letter to MG Fay confirming the removal of an Army Reserve Captain from the witness list to give testimony on June 5, 2005. The Attorney for the witness requests that someone from MG Fay's office call them "to further discuss this matter."
Mar. 03, 2005
Letter
George R. Fay
George R. Fay
June 04, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 868
Sworn statement of a Sergeant who arrived to Abu Ghraib prison at the end of July 2003 to December 16, 2003 with the advanced party as an interrogator. The Sgt recalled the use of unmuzzled dogs, along with loud music. He recalled interrogating ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Thomas Pappas, Ricardo Sanchez
Use of phobias, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
June 04, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1707
DoD Questionnaire: Questions for Officer concerning their observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in response to the accusations of detainee abuse ...
June 04, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1738
Reports the findings of an inspection of the 1st Cavalry Division Brigade and Interrogation Facilities. Report found that facilities did not violate shutdown criteria. Common deficiencies included failing to conduct medical screenings prior to ...
Oct. 31, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Peter W. Chiarelli
June 04, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2146
Email references and includes six attachments, including a proposed press release from the Commanding General, Donald J. Ryder. Attachments generally discuss detainee operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Michael D. Maples, Donald J. Ryder, James R. Schlesinger
June 04, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2147
Email refers to an attached DOD Crosswalk document. [Attachment not included].
June 04, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2148
Email refers to an attachment, Schlesinger Panel document. [Document is not included].
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
James R. Schlesinger
June 04, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2150
Executive summary of the American Correctional Association's (ACA) visit to Guantanamo Bay.
June 04, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2456
Letter from one DOD official to another DOD official concerning the discovery of a PowerPoint presentation containing 49 slides of pictures of abuse by US troops in Iraq in the very early phase of the war. Slides include pics of Iraqi men ...
June 30, 2006
Letter
Trent Lott
June 04, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2519
Memo from Headquarters, Combined/Joint Special Operations Task Force – Arabian Peninsula (CJSOTF-AP), Office of the Commander. Addressed to Brigadier General [redacted]. Contents are almost entirely redacted, but include the headings "Detention ...