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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Aug. 25, 2003 | DOJ | ACLU-RDI 2789

Memorandum from the FBI to Assistant Attorney General with recommendations regarding detainees scheduled appear before the Transfer Review Board. The contents are heavily redacted.

Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Jerry R. DeMaio
Jerry R. DeMaio
Aug. 24, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1782
An Iraqi national, 56-year-old male, died while in custody at FOB Ironhorse on August 13, 2003 due to cardiopulmonary arrest; no autopsy was performed; no foul play or abuse suspected. Detainee had been ill and received medical attention. The ...
Nov. 30, 2005
Investigative File
Raymond T. Odierno
Aug. 24, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1866
The investigative file details a complaint made by a Private First Class (PFC), alleging that his unit members engaged in unlawful behavior. The PFC first alleged that while on patrol his platoon sergeant, a Sergeant First Class, ordered ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Legal Memo, Non-legal Memo, Investigative File
Physical assault, General, Stress positions, Other
Aug. 24, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2503
Fragmentary Order 749 (FRAGO 749) relating to detainees, which "consolidates prior orders and guidance." Document is substantially redacted. States, "Capturing units will not detain persons unless there is a reasonable belief that the person is ...
Aug. 23, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 497
Investigation into three (3) instances of abuse: one in which a looter were stripped of his clothing and released from custody; another where an Iraqi was accidently shot; and a third in which a detainee was repeatedly hit in the head with a ...
Mar. 23, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File (AR 15-6), Interview (Statement), UCMJ (Court-Martial)
Physical assault, General, Nudity
Aug. 23, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 912
Army Memo re: CJTF Meeting with International Committee of the Red Cross August 22, 2003. Contents redacted.
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Geoffrey D. Miller, Mitchell R. LeClaire, Steven M. Lynch
Aug. 22, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2900
The document describes how the author received more training with DHS interrogators and JTF-170 BSCT (Behavioral Science Consultation Team). The email states "We will see how this shakes out, but. got a sense that they will really kick into ...
Aug. 21, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1035
Death Certificate for Iraqi male who died of Natural causes - Myocardial Infarction (MI); Arteriosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD). The decedent was a prisoner in Abu Ghraib prison in U.S. Custody. On or about 20 Aug 2003 he was noted to ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Taleb Ehad Kazen
Aug. 21, 2003 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 3702
Letter from Theo van Boven, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture to Amb. Moley concerning the detention of Riduan "Hambali" Isamuddin. Mr. van Boven expresses his opinion that Mr. Isamuddin is in "secret" U.S. detention and is being held ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Theo van Boven
Kevin Edward Moley
Kevin Edward Moley
Riduan "Hambali" Isamuddin
Aug. 21, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3709
Fax cover sheet from Beth Ryley to Linda Muncy and Tom Johnson re: Correspondence Received from UNHCHR
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Beth Ryley
Linda Muncy | Tom Johnson