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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Apr. 28, 2003 | CIA-OGC | ACLU-RDI 4563

A letter from Scott Muller, general counsel of the CIA, to John Yoo, OLC, enclosing a list of legal principles applicable to the CIA's detention and interrogation of detainees, including the use of the "enhanced interrogation ...

Aug. 24, 2009
Legal Memo, Letter
Scott W. Muller
John C. Yoo
John C. Yoo, Scott W. Muller
EIT, Use of water, Waterboarding, Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, Stomach/abdominal slap, Attention grasp, Facial hold, Walling, Stress positions, Cramped confinement, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Dietary manipulation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound
Apr. 29, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 629
Army Action Plan: Standard Operating Procedures for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome at the detainee Hospital at Guantanamo Bay
Apr. 29, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2397
A detainee at Guantanamo attempted suicide in his cell by hanging himself. He was rescued and lives saving measures were effective, however, the detainee suffered irreversible damage. This memo is a detail of the detainee’s condition and a ...
Apr. 30, 2003 | NCIS | USAF | ACLU-RDI 1891
This investigative report was generated by the Criminal Investigative Task Force (CITF) Report of Investigative Activity and the Navy Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). The detainee maintains his innocents and requested to take a ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Threat, Assault/death
Apr. 30, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4393
DOS Cable re: International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Delivers a Verbal Request to Visit Guantanamo Detainees. The cable is completly redacted.
Dec. 23, 2004
Cable
Pierre-Richard Prosper, Steven A. Solomon
May 01, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 399
Army Field Manual No. 7-100: Opposing Force Doctrinal Framework and Strategy.
May 01, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1262
Medical records and progress notes of an unidentified patient. Medical conditions include, femoral fracture and tibia fracture; multiple shrapnel wounds to the right leg.The medical records do not give any indication as to how the detainee ...
May 01, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1273
Medical record of a 21-Year-Old Iraqi Male, Detainee, Baghdad, Iraq re: Gunshot Wounds to Pelvis. Medical conditions included, failed/damaged right kidney; large pelvic hemotoma; laceration of neck.
May 01, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2908
FBI electronic communication from Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG) providing management protocol for personnel temporarily assigned to Guantanamo. Contents almost completely redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Frankie Battle
May 01, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3454
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee was asked about his health indicated that he was feeling well, but had some general complaints regarding his treatment at Camp Delta. His complaints ranged from general ...