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. 17, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 19

Iraqi civilian reported that an NCO from the 1/325th Infantry Battalion stole $2,650 from the trunk of his car after stopping him at a checkpoint on June 4, 2003. The soldier denied the allegation. The investigation did not develop any ...

Dec. 30, 2004
Investigative File (CID)
Jacqueline J. Scott, Thom Jones
Other
Aug. 17, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 139
This CID investigation concerns allegations of detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib in supposedly taking place in November 2003 by members of the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion following a mortar attack that killed or injured members of that ...
Aug. 17, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 458
Email asks whether the experiences of soldiers in the NATO led KFOR operation in Kosovo and their handling of detainees, and any abuse of detainees, could be applied to the handling of detainees in Iraq and in dealing with training and ...
Mar. 23, 2005
Email
Romie Leslie Brownlee, Peter Schoomaker
Aug. 17, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2026
This email forwards information concerning the UN-KFOR experience in Kosovo and the lessons learned from that military engagement as it pertains to training soldiers on handling detainee operations, and the proper way to recognize and report ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Romie Leslie Brownlee, Peter Schoomaker
Aug. 17, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2214
Email refers to two PowerPoint presentations. [Documents are not included].
Aug. 17, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2215
Email includes an information paper entitled " Detainee Operations." The information paper discusses the role of the Coalition Forces Land Component Command Commissioner with respect to detainees, detainee operations and intelligence oversight.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder, Romie Leslie Brownlee
Aug. 17, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2216
Email includes a daily update from the Office of the Provost Marshall General outlining the office's current and future activities as they relate to detainee operations.
Aug. 17, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3042
Email concerns news paper article about Guantanamo. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly is mentioned.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
George S. Layton
Valerie E. Caproni, John F. Curran, Toni M. Fogle, George S. Layton, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly
Aug. 17, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3043
Update on inquiry requiring personnel at GTMO since 9/11/01 to respond. 530 employees served at GTMO and were notified by e-mail. 478 have responded. 26 of those stated they observed what was believed to be some form of mistreatment and provided ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Thomas J. Harrington
Thomas J. Harrington, Gary M. Bald, Donald W. Thompson, Jr
Aug. 17, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 5412
Document responds to request for information regarding treatment of detainees at GTMO (Counterterrorism Division, Guantanamo, Inspection Special Inquiry, Case ID # 297-HQ-A1327669-A); the responding agent reported observing no aggressive ...