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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May 12, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 485
Email asks for recommendations on pre-deployment training. Attachment is a Training Support Package List that outlines training curriculum.
Mar. 23, 2005
Email
Jerry R. Curry, Mark A. Barrett
May 15, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 486
Email concerns the training of Military Police on detainee treatment and handling. It includes a discussion of the inclusion of Geneva Convention and focuses the requirement for humane treatment of all prisoners at all times as specified under ...
Mar. 23, 2005
Email
Julian H. Burns, James L. Terry, Antonio Taguba, Thomas G. Miller, Dan M. Colglazier, Raymond D. Barrett, Jr, James A. Marks, David D. McKiernan
Feb. 03, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 487
Attachments are copies of training materials for Operation Iraqi Freedom and certification documents at the conclusion of the training.
Dec. 18, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 488
Memo outlines standard operating procedure for detention facilities, including treatment of detainees with dignity, proper filing of paperwork, staffing, use of minimum force necessary, feeding schedules, uniforms, medical treatment, special ...
Dec. 18, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 489
Outlines standard operating procedure for detention facilities including treatment of detainees with dignity, use of minimum force necessary, prisoner searches, detainee transfer, staffing, patrol, shift changes, cleanliness of facility, meal ...
May 12, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 490
Requests guidance for specific pre deployment training required for units going over to perform detainee mission. Comments on training for all soldiers before deployment. Attachment is a training support package task list outlining training topics.
Mar. 23, 2005
Email
Jerry R. Curry, Raymond D. Barrett, Jr
Aug. 24, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 491
Email concerning Detainee Operations at Abu Ghraib prison before and after May 2004. This email contains information, chronology and talking points in response to a 60 Minutes report on detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib prison.
Mar. 23, 2005
Email
David D. McKiernan
Aug. 24, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 492
Emails concern a report conducted by Fmr. Def. Sec. James Schesinger on the training necessary for Military Police units when handling detainees.
Sept. 12, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 493
Memo concerns the appointment of an investigating Officer for an informal inquiry of Task Force Iron Gunner Detainee Operations. Iron Gunner looked at procedures for identifying Iraqi national's for detention; Tactics, techniques, and procedures ...
Mar. 23, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Raymond Odierno
Raymond T. Odierno
Jan. 15, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 494
Commander's report of a 15-6 Investigation and Courts-Martial, dated December 2003. This document pertains to allegations that U.S. soldiers broke the jaw of an Iraqi high school boy. There is evidence that suggests the 311th MI personnel and/or ...
Mar. 23, 2005
Photograph, Interview (Statement), UCMJ (Court-Martial)
David Petraeus
Use of water, Water dousing, Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, Walling, General, Threat, Assault/death, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Hooding/Goggling, Forced physical training