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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May 28, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 2140
Email includes a summary of the Office of Provost Marshall General's activities, which include providing the Army's Office of the Chief Legislative Liaison (OCLL) with the number of female detainees in custody at Abu Ghraib (BCCF or Baghdad ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Antonio Taguba
May 28, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2141
Email references five attachments. [The attachments are not included in the email].
May 28, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2142
Email references five attachments, including one entitled "June Congressional Hearing." [Attachments are not included].
May 28, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2143
Emails discuss upcoming hearings on detainee issues and a detainee sexual assault.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Physical assault, Sexual
May 28, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2144
Email references six attachments for a 'Detainee brief folder.' [Attachments are not included].
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
James R. Schlesinger
May 28, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2247
Email refers to nine attachments. [Documents not included].
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Carol A. Haave
May 28, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2249
Email includes PowerPoint slide of overall detainee deaths, the deaths are categorized according to whether the detainee died on or off a facility and the manner of their death.
May 28, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2457
Letter is a response to questions from Senator Leahy regarding the treatment of detainees in US custody. The letter denies the use of hoods, stripping or stress positions. States that "Lt Gen. Sanchez's 05/13/2004 memo prohibits the use of ...
June 30, 2006
Letter
Patrick Leahy, Ricardo Sanchez
Stress positions, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Environmental manipulation
May 28, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 2523
Discusses a meeting that took place regarding an AR 15-6 investigation concerning incidents of detainee abuse at Radwaniya Palace, Iraq. Topics of discussion included: "four investigation files into significant incidents" at THFs, including two ...
May 28, 2004 | CRIM | ACLU-RDI 2716
Email from Peter B. Owen requests estimated time of arrival of Iraq talking points from recipients. Reply from Patrick Rowan attaches two drafts (MEJA jurisdiction and Prison Abuse).
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Patrick Rowan
Peter B. Owen | Bruce Swartz | Adam Isles | Julie Samuels | David Nahmias | Rena Comisac | William Moschella | Crystal Roberts
Peter B. Owen, William E. Moschella