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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DOD | ACLU-RDI 1529
DoD Statement of Non-Aggression that released detainees must sign saying they will take no action against the Coalition Forces or Iraqi citizens in the future and that they will assist the Coalition forces in restoring safety and stability to ...
Mar. 31, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1530
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 ...
| ACLU-RDI 1531
May 26, 2004 | Judicial | ACLU-RDI 3551

Email from Jason Callen, law clerk to Judge Frank Easterbrook, Seventh Circuit, to Jack Goldsmith and forwarded or blind-copied to Lawan Robinson, Confidential Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, Office of Legal ...

Sept. 19, 2005
Email
Jason Callen
Jack L. Goldsmith
John C. Yoo, Jack L. Goldsmith, Lawan Robinson, Jason W. Callen
DOA | ACLU-RDI 1535
Deleted Page Information Sheet - Bates pages 14707 - 14752 withheld pending review. IDA: Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army
DOD | ACLU-RDI 1536
DOD Deleted Page Information Sheet
Feb. 02, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 1537

An investigation of detainee abuse that occurred while the detainee was being transported from Al Baghdadi to the Baghdad International Airport and then on to Abu Ghraib prison. The investigation established insufficient evidence to show ...

Sept. 20, 2005
Investigative File (CID)
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, Stomach/abdominal slap, Stress positions
Jan. 08, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 1538

A detainee claims to have been assaulted while in custody at Camp Al Baghdadi. The detainee had his injuries substantiated and the conclusion of the report was that the detainee was abused. The report found that the detainee was handcuffed and ...

Sept. 20, 2005
Investigative File (CID)
General, Stress positions, Dietary manipulation, Physical assault
Mar. 09, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 1539
This document is a translated statement made by a detainee taken in to custody. Detainee describes abuse he received when taken in to custody at the Iraq/Saudi Arabia boarder. He said he was forced to exercise. He also stated to have been put in ...
Sept. 20, 2005
Investigative File (CID), Interview (Statement)
General, Stress positions, Forced physical training, Physical assault
Nov. 14, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 1540

This document is a sworn statement by a physician who examined a detainee who claimed to have been abused. The doctor concluded that the detainees injuries were consistent with his complaint of being abused.