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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May 12, 2004 | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 1768
This report by the Staff Judge Advocates Office centers on allegations of detainee abuse of Iraqis in the custody of the 4th Infantry Division; Taskforce Ironhorse; FOB Packhorse detention facility. The report synopsizes twelve (12) cases of ...
Nov. 30, 2005
Investigative File
Edward L. Richmond
Hassan Ekab Ahmed, Muhamad Husain Kadir, Zaydun Ma'mun Fadhil
Physical assault, Stomach/abdominal slap, General, Assault/death, Other, Threat
May 12, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1918
A DOD Contract Linguist stated that he was involved in at least two questionable interrogation techniques while on duty in Iraq. An unidentified interrogator choked a detainee with a rope noose, lifting the detainee up slowly until the detainee ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Physical assault, General, Threat, Assault/death
May 12, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2044
These emails have a document attached entitled "POW Abuse Statement C2.doc" with the comment "Colonels: Please review and comment on proposed RTQ and Q and A. First Cut." Attachment not included.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Julian H. Burns
Julian H. Burns
May 12, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2049
These emails between Army Officers is to publish guidance for specific pre-deployment training required for units going overseas to perform detainee mission and who may encounter detainees or Prisoners of War (POWs)
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Stephen J. Curry
May 12, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2052
These emails are to ensure that all soldiers going overseas and have a likelihood of encountering or being part of detainee operations be properly trained in the handling of detainees according to the Laws of War and the handling and treatment of ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Stephen J. Curry, Raymond D. Barrett, Jr
May 12, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2087
Emails reference an attached document entitled "Detainee Abuse Big Font 12 May." The emails are redacted and very little information is provided.
May 12, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2090
Emails discuss an attached request for information document. [Document is not attached].
May 12, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2815

Memorandum from the FBI that provides the Assistant Attorney General with recommendations regarding detainees to appear before the Transfer Review Board ON March 30, 2004. The FBI's repatriation evaluations are included. Contents of the ...

Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Patrick Rowan
Patrick Rowan
May 12, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2848
Emails concerning the FBI Behavioral Analysis Units (BAU) assessment of the interrogation techniques used on detainees at Guantanamo Bay. The email seeks to discuss the interrogation techniques "in detail." Reference is made to Stephen A. ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Thomas J. Harrington | Frankie Battle
Valerie E. Caproni, Frankie Battle, Thomas J. Harrington, Stephen A. Cambone
Nudity
May 12, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3075
This email contains a request for a list of personnel who were deployed to Guantanamo, Afghanistan and Iraq, particularly "that prison" in Iraq in late 2003. A list is provided, but is heavily redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Thomas J. Harrington
Gary M. Bald | Valerie E. Caproni
Thomas J. Harrington, Gary M. Bald, Valerie E. Caproni, John S. Pistole, Arthur M. Cummings, II, M. Chris Briese, Frankie Battle