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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June 13, 2005 | DOA | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 1747
This is the Court Martial record (Volume 3 of 7) of Private First Class Edward L. Richmond, Jr., who was charged with murder for shooting and killing an Iraqi civilian-farmer on or about February 28, 2004 at or near Taal Al Jal, Iraq. Included in ...
Nov. 30, 2005
UCMJ (Court-Martial)
Edward L. Richmond, John R. Batiste
Muhamad Husain Kadir
Other
June 13, 2005 | DOA | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 1748
This is the Court Martial record (Volume 4 of 7), the record of trial, of Private First Class Edward L. Richmond, Jr., who was charged with murder for shooting and killing an Iraqi civilian-farmer on or about February 28, 2004 at or near Taal Al ...
Nov. 30, 2005
UCMJ (Court-Martial)
Edward L. Richmond
Muhamad Husain Kadir
Other
June 13, 2005 | DOA | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 1749
This is the Court Martial record (Volume 5 of 7), record of trial, of Private First Class Edward L. Richmond, Jr., who was charged with murder for shooting and killing an Iraqi civilian-farmer on or about February 28, 2004 at or near Taal Al Jal, ...
Nov. 30, 2005
UCMJ (Court-Martial)
Edward L. Richmond
Muhamad Husain Kadir
Other
June 13, 2005 | DOA | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 1750
This Court Martial record (Volume 6 of 7) discusses the court martial proceedings of Private First Class Edward L. Richmond, Jr., he was charged with murder for shooting and killing an Iraqi civilian-farmer on or about February 28, 2004 at or ...
Nov. 30, 2005
UCMJ (Court-Martial)
John R. Batiste, Edward L. Richmond
Muhamad Husain Kadir
Other
June 13, 2005 | DOA | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 1751
This Court Martial record (Volume 7 of 7) discusses the court martial proceedings of Private First Class Edward L. Richmond, Jr., he was charged with murder for shooting and killing an Iraqi civilian-farmer on or about February 28, 2004 at or ...
Nov. 30, 2005
UCMJ (Court-Martial)
John R. Batiste, Edward L. Richmond
Muhamad Husain Kadir
Other
June 14, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 2297
A detainee claims that after he was apprehended, but before being detained at Abu Ghraib prison, he was brought to an unknown facility (presumably the Baghdad International Airport), interrogated and beaten. The report confirmed the detainee was ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Investigative File (CID), Photograph
Physical assault, General
June 14, 2005 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2431
This memo is to address the sensitivity Muslims have when non-Muslims handle the Koran. It directs hospital personnel not to handle the Koran and to have the Chaplain or Muslim interpreter handle it if necessary. It also instructs personnel not ...
June 15, 2005 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 643
Army Action Plan: Standard Operating Procedures for Detention Medical Interaction with Intelligence Gathering Operations
June 16, 2005 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 642
Army Action Plan: Standard Operating Procedures for Medical Documentation and Reporting Procedures for Suspected Detainee Abuse
June 16, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 2289

Female detainee alleged she was abused while in US custody. The investigation stated that there was insufficient evidence to prove the offenses of aggravated assault and cruelty and maltreatment. Detainee alleges she was forced to stand ...

Feb. 15, 2006
Investigative File (CID)
Use of water, Water dousing, Physical assault, Walling, General, Sleep deprivation, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual