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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June 28, 2004 | CID | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 176
Email with an executive summary of investigations into a recordable compact disc containing images of suspected detainee abuse in in Afghanistan between January 11 and January 19, 2004. The images on the CD depicted U.S. soldiers holding weapons ...
Apr. 05, 2005
Investigative File (CID), Email
Physical assault, Threat, Assault/death, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling
Sept. 14, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 936
General Sanchez states in this memo that the interpreters are civilians who are subject to the Geneva Conventions; the interrogation techniques are only for “security internees”; safeguards must be adhered to during interrogations; segregation of ...
Mar. 25, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Ricardo Sanchez
Ricardo Sanchez
DOA | ACLU-RDI 447
Army Medical Health Record Form: Chronological Record of Medical Care. Blank.
DOA | ACLU-RDI 448
Army Medical Health Record Form: History and Physical Exam Form. Blank.
DOA | ACLU-RDI 449
Army Medical Health Record Form: Routine Exam Form. Blank.
| ACLU-RDI 450
Army Medical Health Record Form: Transfer Form. Blank.
June 01, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 451
Army Standard Operating Procedures for Detainees at Camp Duke, Iraq. Lists standard operating procedure, including: treatment of the detainees and guard procedures, camp rules, procedures for filing a complaint, health and welfare, incoming, ...
Aug. 30, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 452
Army Order CORR-101: Guidance on Minimum Standards for Detainees in Brigade Holding Areas.
Mar. 20, 1998 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 453
Forces Command Regulation (FORSCOM Reg.) 350-5: Joint Training Exercises. The purpose of this regulation is to prescribe policy, procedures, and responsibilities relative to planning for, participation in, and support of joint training exercises ...
June 23, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 454
Email from Army Officer to Army Officer re: Detainee Operations Training. To ensure that all units with duty at detention centers are trained in accordance with CFLCC [Combined Force Land Component Command] intent expressed in your white paper. ...