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. 11, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3264
Form appears to be notice to an unidentified agent that an official administrative inquiry regarding possible misconduct or improper performance of official duties is underway.
Aug. 11, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4404
State Department cable with a letter from Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper on behalf of Sec. Powell. The letter states that the men are being held in accordance with the law of war for illegal enemy combatants, but that they are being treated ...
Dec. 23, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
George W. Bush, Colin L. Powell, Pierre-Richard Prosper
Aug. 13, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2020
This Army memo issued by the 2nd Armored Cavalry Headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq sets out minimum standards for the handling and treatment of detainees. The memo specifically states "Detainees will be treated by all forces with personal dignity and ...
Aug. 13, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2389
Deleted Page Information Sheet
Aug. 14, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1637
Medical records of a 22 year-old Iraqi male, Enemy Prisoner of War (EPW) admitted to hospital with gunshot wound to legs. The medical records do not give any indication as to how the detainee received his injuries or what detention facility he ...
Aug. 14, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2791

Memorandum with the Federal Bureau of Investigation results of Department of Defense requested name checks on Guantanamo detainees scheduled to appear before the Transfer Review Board. The contents are heavily redacted.

Aug. 15, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1132
Army Officer Basic information for 1LT
Aug. 15, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2790

Memorandum requesting Savannah ITC of the FBI to check for the real names and aliases of a list of Guantanamo detainees who are in consideration for repatriation. The Department of Defense originally requested the name check from the FBI.

Aug. 16, 2003 | CID | ACLU-RDI 128
Investigation into an incident of two soldiers assaulting an Iraqi civilian who had been taken into custody of the US Army near the Iraq Museum of Military History, Baghdad, Iraq. The investigation established probable cause to believe that the ...
Nov. 08, 2004
Investigative File (CID), Photograph
John Peterson, Jacqueline J. Scott
Physical assault, Threat, Assault/death
Aug. 16, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 437
Army request for release of prisoner arrested and shot by mistake. States individual was transferred from military hospital as a detainee instead of being released. This is related to ACLU RDI 434; 435; 436; 437; & 4865.
Feb. 28, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Physical assault, General, Other