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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DOA | ACLU-RDI 210
This First Annex to Major General Antonio M. Taguba's Report in to the allegations of abuses at Abu Ghraib prison focuses on the psychological factors contributing to the abuse of detainees at the prison. The assessment cites a number of ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File (AR 15-6)
Geoffrey D. Miller, Donald J. Ryder, Janis Leigh Karpinski
Physical assault, General, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
DOA | ACLU-RDI 227

Report on the Escape of Prisoners on Jan 26, 2004 from Camp Bucca conducted by the 310th Military Police Battalion.

Oct. 19, 2004
Other
Antonio Taguba
DOA | ACLU-RDI 239
Investigation Team Witness Interview List. Names on this list are redacted.
DOA | ACLU-RDI 247
310th Military Police Battalion, Al-Hillah Prison Standard Operating Procedures.
DOA | ACLU-RDI 248
320th Military Police Batallion Change Sheet. Appears to be a blank form to record prisoner arrival and departure.
DOA | ACLU-RDI 299
Rules of Engagement for Operations in Iraq for the 800th Military Police Brigade
DOA | ACLU-RDI 301
Mobilization Orders for the 800th Military Police Brigade
Oct. 19, 2004
Chart/List, Other
Chris Geren
DOA | ACLU-RDI 312
Cover Page for General Ryder's Report Annex 19. No content. No additional pages.
Oct. 19, 2004
Other
Donald J. Ryder
DOA | ACLU-RDI 313

Cover Page for Annex 40. No additional information. No additional pages.

DOA | ACLU-RDI 315

Cover Page for Annex 103 and 104. No additional information. No additional pages.