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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July 28, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 1547

Army memo to Navy NCIS requesting assistance in investigating CID Report #0841-04-CID259-80230. Details the basics of the above stated investigation into the alleged abuse of two prisoners. Includes the memos for transmittal of information, ...

Mar. 08, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 1548
CID Report Agent's Investigative Report details of investigation starting in 03/08/2004 when a detainee allegedly had been abused. Records the abuse described above and the successive interviews to determine the validity of the alleged abuse. ...
Aug. 09, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 1549
CID Agent's Investigative Worksheet. Mostly redacted. This document is related to ACLU RDI 1538.
Dec. 06, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 1545
Agent's Investigation Report details the interviews that took place during the investigation. This document is related to ACLU RDI 1538.
July 10, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 1546
CID Report describes the charges of aggravated assault, cruelty and maltreatment, and conspiracy being investigated. This document is related to ACLU RDI 1538.
Sept. 20, 2005
Investigative File (CID)
Physical assault, Walling, General, Stress positions
Nov. 24, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 1543
CID Report outlines the timeline for the incident of alleged abuse of a detainee when he was taken in to custody on February 8, 2004. The detainee was on a list of individuals to be captured and was captured. He alleged that he was assaulted ...
Aug. 09, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 1544
CID report combining statements from the soldiers under investigation for abusing a detainee.
July 20, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 1541

CID Agent's Investigative Report on CID# 0841-04-CID259-80230-5C2/5y2E/5X1. Mostly redacted.

Nov. 23, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 1542
Sworn Statements of two (2) US soldiers who were involved in the detention of a detainee who claims to have been abused while in custody. The soldiers give an account of the detainee being treated consistently with the Rules of Engagement and ...
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