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. 12, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 5147
This memorandum of understanding is between the Joint Interrogation and Detention Center (JIDC) and all external agencies who want to house detainees in cell block 1A and 1B at Abu Ghraib. The stated goal of the agreement is to eliminate the ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Non-legal Memo
Isolation
Jan. 12, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 6463
This document is a memo which mentions the Financial Privacy Act and the Buckley Amendment, healthcare fraud. It also mentions an upcoming meeting "to discuss whether WFO SAs may live in undercover properties."
Oct. 30, 2009
Non-legal Memo
Unlisted
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni
Jan. 13, 2004 | USAF | ACLU-RDI 1913
This investigative report was generated by the Criminal Investigative Task Force (CITF) and the interview was conducted by the Air Force Office of Special Investigation (AFOSI). The detainee stated that he was in Afghanistan to study the Koran. ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File
Physical assault, General
Jan. 13, 2004 | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 2319

Sargent Taylor was accused of dereliction of duty by not preventing Iraqi detainees from being abused by soldiers under his command. Specifically, detainees were locked in abandoned tanks; sprayed with fire extinguishers; and had shots fired ...

June 15, 2006
UCMJ (Court-Martial)
Alan R. Taylor
Physical assault, Threat, Assault/death
Jan. 13, 2004 | CRIM | ACLU-RDI 2750
DOJ Routing and Transmittal Slip re: Counterterrorism Section - Criminal Division
Oct. 15, 2004
Letter
John Malcolm | Barry Sabin | Ronnie Edelman | David E. Nahmias | Teresa L. McHenry
David E. Nahmias, Teresa L. McHenry, Barry Sabin, Ronnie Edelman, John G. Malcolm, David E. Nahmias, Teresa L. McHenry
Jan. 13, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4141
Emails between JoAnn Dolan, Joshua L. Dorosin, Todd F. Buchwald and Others re Urgent Clearance: Checklist for ICRC Kellenberger Meeting with S. Attachments not included, minor comments concerning the attachements.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Joshua L. Dorosin
Monica J. Tillery, JoAnn J. Dolan, Joshua L. Dorosin, Todd F. Buchwald, Carol T. Santos, Ronald W. Miller, Karen L. Hecker, James A. McAtamney, James Burger , Charles A. Allen, John B. Wiegmann, Thomas A. Johnson, Nina E Schou, Neil S. Kromash
Jan. 13, 2004 | CIA | ACLU-RDI 6531
This heavily redacted memorandum contains comments from Medical Services on the Counterterrorism Detention and Investigation Program. The memorandum mentions OMS concerns about a conflict of interest in which the only individuals approved to ...
June 10, 2016
Non-legal Memo
John L. Helgerson
Jan. 13, 2004 | CIA | ACLU-RDI 6731
This memo is a response from a redacted doctor to a request from the CIA Inspector General for comments on the "Draft Special Review--Counterterrorism Detention and Interrogation Program" report (2003-7123-IG). Everything but the envelope ...
Dec. 20, 2016
Non-legal Memo
John L. Helgerson
John L. Helgerson
Jan. 14, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 218
This is an Officers report following an AR 15-6 investigation in to the escape of detainees from Camp Bucca, Unun Qasr, Iraq on Jan 7, 2004. The report recommends: Add additional wire to front of Compound 12; Conduct Visual Checks every 1/2 hour ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File (AR 15-6), Photograph, Interview (Statement)
Janis Leigh Karpinski
Janis Leigh Karpinski
ISN 115032, ISN 11422
Jan. 14, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 304
This Army document is a Serious Incident Report describing an inmate escape incident at Abu Ghraib Prison, Hard Site on January 14, 2004.