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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Apr. 05, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4298
Email from Henry Tucker to Jeremy Caddel re: Cable to be cleared. Mr. Tucker's comments are "Jeremy, In case I can't get the cable cleared in time to send to you by 00B: I met with Mol Special Advisor today and relayed the information provided in ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Henry Tucker
Jeremy D. Caddel
Jeremy D. Caddel
Apr. 05, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 5997
The document is an internal FBI memorandum sent from the Counterterrorism Division to all divisions, regarding the establishment of the Terrorism Incident Response Protocol (TIRP) - a tool to improve the efficiency of responses to acts of ...
Non-legal Memo
Counterterrorism Division
Frankie Battle, Bruce J. Gebhardt, John S. Pistole, Gary M. Bald, Thomas J. Harrington, Arthur M. Cummings, II, Thomas G. Donlon, M. Chris Briese, Robert A. Blecksmith
Apr. 06, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1040
This 75 year old male, an Iraqi National, was a detainee at the Central Baghdad Detainee Facility (Abu Ghraib). On May 11, 2004 he reportedly abruptly collapsed and became unconscious. Resuscitation was initiated and continued during transport to ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Hussein Abdullah Awad Al-Juwadi
Apr. 06, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1367
Questionnaire asked the official forty two questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. Major described an incident in which a detainee was shot and killed behind the wire by a Guard. The Major ...
Apr. 06, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1369
Questionnaire asked the officer thirty one questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. Officer responded that training, prior to deployment, was "next to none." [Contents redacted].
Apr. 06, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1370
Questionnaire asked the First Lieutenant forty-six questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. [Contents redacted].
Apr. 06, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1383
Questionnaire asked the Major forty-six questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. [Handwriting illegible] [contents redacted]. Described preparation for detainee operations and treatment. Stated that ...
July 15, 2005
Interview (Questionnaire)
Isolation, Dietary manipulation
Apr. 06, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1692
DoD Questionnaire: Questions for soldiers 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 ...
Apr. 06, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2497
Memo from BG Formica to LTG Ricardo S. Sanchez, requesting an extension until the end of June 2004 for BG Formica's "informal investigation into abuse." Attached letter provides LTG Sanchez's approval for the extension. Also includes a subsequent ...
June 30, 2006
Non-legal Memo
Richard P. Formica
Ricardo Sanchez
Ricardo Sanchez, Richard P. Formica, Thomas F. Metz
Apr. 06, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2656
This Report of Decision by the Article 78 Board is a determination that the detainee is a security threat and orders continued interment. ISN Number: 30242. NDRS: 160813. The Board was convened by Convening Order No. 3, effective 15 August 2003, ...