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. 30, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2898
These are emails between FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit and FBI officials stateside. The email is an update on the BAU’s progress and activities while at working with other agencies at Guantanamo The author mentions that they are continuing to ...
Aug. 29, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 401
Army Field Manual No. 4-0: FM 4-0 (FM 100-10) Combat Service Support
Aug. 29, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1307
This document is part of the transcript of the Article 32 proceeding against Sergeant Scott A. McKenzie. The transcript starts in the middle of counsel's questing of a witness, and concludes with the proceedings being recessed.
July 01, 2005
UCMJ (Article 32)
Scott A. McKenzie
Aug. 29, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1645
Medical report on 28 year-old Iraqi male detainee shot in right side chest; paralyzed; on ventilator. The medical records do not state how the detainee received his injuries and does not give any personal information on the detainee.
Aug. 28, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 987
This Charge Sheet describes charges brought against Soldiers who staged a mock execution on an Iraqi boy (13-17 years old) by driving him to a field and firing live rounds near his head. They claim it was done to scare him off from looting. The ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Legal Memo, UCMJ (Court-Martial)
Physical assault, General, Threat, Assault/death
Aug. 27, 2003 | CID | ACLU-RDI 562
These emails are from an Army CID officer concerned about where to conduct an autopsy in the event a detainee dies in custody. The question was over transporting the body to the United States and what ramifications that might have. The email ...
Aug. 27, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1306
This is the transcript of the Article 32 Proceeding investigating the charges of detainee abuse committed by Sergeant Scott A. McKenzie and three other soldiers of detainees as they arrived at Camp Bucca on May 12, 2003. The charges include ...
July 01, 2005
UCMJ (Article 32)
Physical assault, Sexual
Aug. 27, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1321
This Article 32 proceeding concerns a hearing where defense request for witnesses, discovery, and general procedures for the Article 32 hearing were covered. The hearing was to present the charges to the accused; to determine thoroughly, and ...
July 01, 2005
UCMJ (Article 32)
Janis Leigh Karpinski, Timothy F. Canjar
Aug. 26, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 244

Article 32 Findings on Abuse of Detainees at Camp Bucca, IO Report. Documents related to investigations of abuse of Iraqi detainees by four (4) military personnel. The Investigating officer's report finds by a preponderance of the evidence ...

Oct. 19, 2004
UCMJ (Article 32)
Janis Leigh Karpinski, Shawna L. Edmondson, Scott A. McKenzie, Timothy F. Canjar, Lisa M. Girman
Other
Aug. 25, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 974
Army AR 15-6 Investigation in to the shooting of an un-armed Iraqi civilian at the Baqubah Airfield in Iraq. The Inquiry found that the soldier involved acted through "simple negligence" when handling a loaded pistol that accidently discharged ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File (AR 15-6), Interview (Statement)
Raymond T. Odierno
Physical assault, Other