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 21, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 787
This statement by an Army Captain with the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion was at several operating bases in Iraq and specifically at Camp Victory Bushmaster, Dogwood and Abu Ghraib Prison on or about July 23, 2003. The Capt. stated that ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Thomas Pappas, Ricardo Sanchez
Use of water, Physical assault, Stress positions, Sleep deprivation, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other
May 21, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1431
Interview of a LT. Col. who is a medical doctor on the handling of wounded/medical needs detainees. The doctor also related his personal experience at Abu Ghraib when the riot broke out and his experience with the 530th Military Police Battalion. ...
May 21, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 1943
A detainee at Guantanamo made an allegation of abuse during his detainment in a U.S. Controlled detention facility in Afghanistan and a US Navy Vessel. This memo is a referral of that allegation.
May 21, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2123
Email includes charts, which summarize detainee deaths that have occurred in Iraq and Afghanistan. The charts list the case number, manner of death, and whether an investigation is pending. One chart lists eight homicides in Iraq.
Feb. 15, 2006
Chart/List, Email
Donald J. Ryder
Donald J. Ryder
May 21, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2124
Email includes a document discussing the Office of the Provost Marshall General's (OPMG) operations. Activities of the office include 33 CID investigations with 37 dead victims.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
May 21, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2125
Email includes charts, which summarize detainee deaths that have occurred in Iraq and Afghanistan. The charts list the case number, manner of death, and whether an investigation is pending. One chart lists six unnatural/homicides in Iraq.
Feb. 15, 2006
Chart/List, Email
Donald J. Ryder | James J. Lovelace
Donald J. Ryder, James J. Lovelace
May 21, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 2126
Email includes a document entitled "Allegations of Mistreatment of Iraqi Prisoners." The document contains questions and answers from a May 7, 2004 senate hearing, it states that 122 people are under investigation in 56 detainee death and abuse ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Email, Interview (Questionnaire)
Carl Levin, Antonio Taguba, Donald J. Ryder
May 21, 2004 | CRIM | ACLU-RDI 2721
Email from Joseph Jones to Adam Isles, Bruce Swartz, John Richter, and Rena Comisac following an email chain with the subject line "Iraq Corrections Assessment Personnel". The text is entirely redacted.
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Joseph Jones
Bruce Swartz | Adam Isles | John Richter | Rena Comisac
Joseph Jones, Adam Isles, John Richter, Rena Comisac
May 21, 2004 | CRIM | ACLU-RDI 2726
Text entirely redacted. Email Subject: ICITAP - Iraq.
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Christopher A. Wray
Rena Comisac | Bruce Swartz | Adam Isles | Richard M. Rogers
Christopher A. Wray, Rena Comisac, Bruce Swartz, Adam Isles, Richard M. Rogers, John Richter, David E. Nahmias, Patrick Rowan, Laura H. Parsky
May 21, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2825
An email from an FBI official to Valerie Caproni, General Counsel, FBI - Contents completely redacted.

Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni