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.
Field Manual FM 34-52 sets forth the basic principles of interrogation doctrine and establishes procedures and techniques applicable to Army intelligence interrogations.
Army Regulation Army Regulation 190-8 establishing policies for the treatment and administrative procedures for Enemy Prisoners of War, Retained Personnel, Civilian Internees and Other Detainees.
Army Field Manual FM 3-19.40: Military Police Internment/Resettlement Operations. Military Handbook for Police Internment and Resettlement Operations. Field Manual depicts the doctrinal foundation, principles, and processes that Military Police ...
Report on detention operations function in Iraq. The report recommends consolidating the interrogation mission at one Joint Interrogation Debriefing Center under CJTF-7 command and states that "it is essential that the guard force be actively ...
This is a Special Incident Report by the 320th Military Police Battalion of a report of an attack on a Military policeman at Camp Ganci, Abu Ghraib prison. The report states: During prisoner feeding, [one prisoner] became disriptive requiring MP ...
This is a Special Incident Report by the 320th Military Police Battalion of the escape of six (6) male detainees from the Baghdad Correctional Facility
Documents related to an AR 15-6 investigation into an escape of detainees from Camp Bucca on Jan 12, 2004. The report recommended the following: SOG Makes decision based on visibility to implement Fog Plan; Rovers enter Compound and move ...
This is a Special Incident Report by the 320th Military Police Battalion of the escape of two (2) male detainees from Abu Ghraib, Hard Prison Unit 3A, both were housed in Cell #144.
This Army memo concerns the escape of a detainee who used a piece of cardboard from a water bottle box to push the triple strain concertina wire up and slide under the wire and escape from Abu Ghraib prison. The detainee did this while the ...
This report documents two (2) shooting of four (4) detainees during a prison riot at Abu Ghraib Prison (Baghdad Correctional Facility (BCCF)) on November 24, 2003. The Report finds deficiencies in military practices, including, inadequate ...
This is an Officers report following an AR 15-6 investigation in to the escape of detainees from Camp Bucca, Unun Qasr, Iraq on Jan 7, 2004. The report recommends: Add additional wire to front of Compound 12; Conduct Visual Checks every 1/2 hour ...
This is the report from the investigating Officer in to a riot and the shootings, non-lethal, of five (5) detainees at Camp Cropper, Iraq on June 9, 2003. On June 9, 2003 a Specialist entered the detainee portion of Camp Cropper to retrieve a ...
This Army memo is the report from the investigating Officer appointed to investigate the escape of two (2) detainees, and subsequent shooting death of one (1) of them from camp Cropper, Iraq on June 12, 2003. The scope of this investigation was ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File (AR 15-6), Medical (Death Certificate) Physical assault, General
This Department of Defense memo is the formal request for the appointment of an investigating officer to investigate the conduct of the 800th Military Police Brigade's conduct and activities at Abu Ghraib prison.
Memorandum from CENTCOM to the Commander of the Coalition Forces Land Component Command to conduct an investigation in the the 800th Military Police Brigade's detainee operations and allegations of detainee abuse from November 1, 2003 to time of ...
Memorandum appointing Major General Antonio Taguba to conduct an informal investigation into the 800th MP Brigade's detention operations and allegations of detainee abuse at Abu Gbraib prison from Nov 1, 2003 to the time of the memorandum.
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 ...
A memorandum for the record from the Chief of Military Justice certifying that a printed copy of the Taguba report, provided to the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) and to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is a true and accurate copy. ...
A memorandum for the record from a Special Assistant to the Staff Judge Advocate certifying that the Master Disk of the Taguba report, provided to headquarters of Central Command (CENTCOM), is a true and accurate copy. The memo also discusses ...
This report reflects the findings of an investigation, led by Major General Antonio Taguba, into the allegations of detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib prison. The investigation took place in February of 2004 and concluded that numerous instances of ...
This list is of nineteen (19) documents, dated from 7/1/03 - 5/24/04. Includes policies/procedures, briefing and guidance, memos, and e-mails produced. It appears that this is part of a larger document production.
These emails between DIA officials discuss SJA review of AR 15-6 investigations, letters of reprimand stemming from detainee abuse allegations and DIA's need to do a "round up" of all possible detainee abuse cases.
This DOD memo asks the recipient to review the attached draft implementing guidance developed to support approved policy on release or transfer of detainees.
This is a memo from President Bush to the Vice President and other key administration personnel stating that "none of the provisions of Geneva apply to our conflict with al Qaeda in Afghanistan or elsewhere throughout the world because, among ...
This memo summarizes a conversation with a DIA personnel who was involved in detainee interrogations in Iraq. The DIA personnel corroborated a Washington Post article describing incidents occurring at Iraqi prisons and that senior leadership knew ...
This memo summarizes a debriefing of a DIA officer who was in Iraq conducting counter-intelligence operations and detainee interrogations. The DIA officer participated in the interrogation of a suspected bomb maker. He stated that the detainee ...
This taking memo asks recipient to review the attached draft implementing guidance developed to support approved policy on release or transfer of detainees.
This email pertains to an investigation in to possible violation of law concerning the interrogation of a Bosnian national found that “at the time of the incident, there were no specific guidelines regarding interrogation techniques of detainee ...
Theses emails are between DIS Officials discussing developing interrogation policies and guidelines. One of the authors states that the interrogation mission is codified under the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Combat Command doctrine. However, ...
This is a DOD fax for a release of documents to the ACLU on April 6, 2005. The substance of the letter is that the Department of Defense is reporting on their compliance and production of document in the matter of ACLU v. Department of ...
This email states that Admiral Church has requested information on interrogator issues and the party to the email states that the DIA IG is requesting similar information. Several drafts of the information request are passed back and forth and ...
These emails discuss coordinating tasking and responses to the handling and inquiries of alleged abuse of detainees in Iraq. DOD also requested documentation in support of the Detainee Task Force (DTF), which will conduct a "comprehensive review ...
General Ennis is recommending that a soldier receive a reprimand in his file at his Local Unit File “for a period of three years or until his departure from your general court-martial jurisdiction. Whichever is sooner”. There is no indication as ...
Letter from David N. Kelley, DOJ to Lawrence Lustberg, of Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Grriffinger & Vecchione, P.C., attorneys for the ACLU re: the ACLU's FOIA Request. Partially redacted. Letter states "Dear Mr. Lustberg: Enclosed please find a ...
This email concerns an investigation in to an account of a DIA/DHS officer who while at the Bagram Collection Point participated in the abuse of an Uzbek who was turned over to Coalition forces by local villagers. The report, unsubstantiated, was ...
This DIA PowerPoint presentation details the DIA’s interaction with Iraqi prisoners and other detainees. The issue of contract interrogators; events at Camp Cropper; and Abu Ghraib are covered.
A civilian employee (CE) of the DIA reports in this memo his observation and allegation of violations of the Geneva Convention concerning detainee abuse and the illegal detainment of non-combatants. The CE alleges that he witnessed the ...
This DIA memo decribes guidelines for JITF-CT contract personnel when coming in to contact with detainees. This memo discusses prohibited and acceptable types of interaction with detainees.