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. 06, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1370
Questionnaire asked the First Lieutenant forty-six questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. [Contents redacted].
Apr. 06, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1383
Questionnaire asked the Major forty-six questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. [Handwriting illegible] [contents redacted]. Described preparation for detainee operations and treatment. Stated that ...
July 15, 2005
Interview (Questionnaire)
Isolation, Dietary manipulation
Apr. 06, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1692
DoD Questionnaire: Questions for soldiers concerning their observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in response to the accusations of detainee abuse ...
Apr. 06, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2497
Memo from BG Formica to LTG Ricardo S. Sanchez, requesting an extension until the end of June 2004 for BG Formica's "informal investigation into abuse." Attached letter provides LTG Sanchez's approval for the extension. Also includes a subsequent ...
June 30, 2006
Non-legal Memo
Richard P. Formica
Ricardo Sanchez
Ricardo Sanchez, Richard P. Formica, Thomas F. Metz
Apr. 06, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2656
This Report of Decision by the Article 78 Board is a determination that the detainee is a security threat and orders continued interment. ISN Number: 30242. NDRS: 160813. The Board was convened by Convening Order No. 3, effective 15 August 2003, ...
Apr. 06, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2811
Heavily redacted document regarding detainee prosecutions and transfers. The memo notes that, “the FBI recommends DOJ disagree with the DOD recommendation regarding the following detainee,” with the remaining information redacted.
Apr. 06, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4476
Emails between State Department officials with attachement entitled "DC BM 040604 - MEK Corruption…" no attachment included.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Waldo W. Brooks
Aaron W. Jost | Scott W. Busby | Michael Miller
Waldo W. Brooks , Aaron W. Jost, Joshua L. Dorosin, Jonathan S. Carpenter
Apr. 05, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 322
Regulations establishing the policy, procedures, and responsibilities associated with the U.S. Army Corrections System (ACS). ACS is for "military offenders," including those transferred from other (non-army) services and provides "uniform system ...
Dec. 31, 2004
Other
Joel B. Hudson
Apr. 05, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 755
Interviewee was the Platoon Sergeant for the 4th Platoon of the 372nd Military Police Company, he/she arrived on October 1, 2003. Recalled hearing about a soldier take a female detainee into the wood shack, but did not recall the specifics of ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Thomas Pappas
Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation
Apr. 05, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1032
Death Certificate for a 27 year old male Iraqi detainee. Cause of Death: Cardiac Arrest. Place of Death: 67th Combat Support Hospital; CID#: 0216-04-CID389-80649
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Death Certificate)
Other