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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Feb. 28, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1971
Army Questionnaire: Questions for the Interrogators of Forward Operating Base Salerno concerning their observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in ...
Feb. 28, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1974
Army Questionnaire: Questions for the soldiers of Firebase Deh Rahwood 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 ...
Feb. 28, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2955
reports results of interview conducted of detainee at Bagram Control Point, Bagram, Afghanistan.ÿ Detainee stated that he did not have knowledge of Usama Bin Laden, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed or Al Qaeda because no one is allowed to speak inside ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
Feb. 27, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1962
Army Questionnaire: Questions for the Commander of Forward Operating Base Salerno concerning his observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in ...
Feb. 27, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1967
Army Questionnaire: Questions for the Detention Facility NCOIC and S2 of Forward Operating Base Salerno concerning their observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire ...
Feb. 27, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2082
Powerpoint presentation providing "a proposed way-ahead to develop policies that govern how the Army/units/Soldiers handle detainees from point of capture to conviction or release, to include a review of common task training and specialized MP ...
Feb. 27, 2004 | CRIM | ACLU-RDI 2758
Memorandum referring to "operation." Contents Completely Redacted.
Oct. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Barry Sabin
Barry Sabin
Feb. 27, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3877
Talking points on transfer of Russian detainees from Guantanamo and assurances from Russia. This memo covers potential questions and appropriate answers for dealing with the press when asked about the Russian detainees held at Guantanamo. The key ...
Feb. 27, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4098
Press release contains talking points on the transfer of seven Russian nationals from Guantanamo bay detention to the Russian government.
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Theodore Sellin
Feb. 27, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4173
Emails refer to a document apparently described as or entitled Jul 1 info paper. [Document is not included].
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Todd F. Buchwald
Joshua L. Dorosin | James H. Thessin | William R. Gade | Hal H. Dronberger
William R. Gade, Joshua L. Dorosin, Todd F. Buchwald, James H. Thessin, Harry R. Melone, Hal H. Dronberger