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. 06, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2417
Coalition Provisional Authority memo prescribes standards to be applied in the Iraqi prison system under authority of the Ministry of Justice. States "Basic Principles and Control" for detention. Includes 32 sections with headings such as ...
Aug. 06, 2003 | DOD-OGC | ACLU-RDI 2469
This memo focuses on a discussion and reporting in the UK that the British officials do not want their citizens returned to the UK for trial on terrorism charges and are willing to allow them to be tried at Guantanamo. the memo points out what ...
Aug. 06, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2901
This series of emails discusses the addition of ATF agents in the interrogation of Guantanamo detainees. it also lays out the new interrogation plan of assigning specific detainees to agents for a continuous interrogation relationship.
Aug. 06, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2902
This email refers to Guantanamo. The only unredacted text in the document is: "This is totally unacceptable, if in fact it is occurring. Please advise."
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Stephen R. Wiley
Stephen R. Wiley
Aug. 06, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3360
The email states "Steve: What is the status of determining the facts about DHS personnel identifying themselves as FBI Agents? This is totally unacceptable, if in fact it is occurring. Please advise. srw"
May 18, 2005
Email
Stephen R. Wiley
Stephen R. Wiley
Manipulation of interrogator’s identity
Aug. 05, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1248
DOD lists of detainees who are cleared for release from Abu Ghraib, Al Salhiya, Camp Bucca and Tasferrat [detainee names/numbers redacted].
Aug. 05, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4332
State Department cable on addressing the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention report that was critical of the U.S. and the detention of Taliban and Al-Qaeda fighters in Guantanamo. The cable instructs the U.S. representatives that the "U.S. ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan, Katherine M. Gorove
Aug. 05, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4403
State Department cable with talking points on responding to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention opinion concerning the detention of four (4) specific persons held at Guantanamo. The U.S. respectfully disagreed with the characterization of ...
Dec. 23, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell
Khaled Ben Mustafa, Nizar Sassi, Mourad Benchellali, Ahmad Abd al Rahman Ahmad
Aug. 04, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1783
Form for AR 15-6 proceedings. Appointed by MG Raymond Odierno. A detainee died while in custody at the DCCP. The deceased was seen by a cardiologist at the 28th CSH and diagnosed with coronary artery disease, angina and type II diabetes. He died ...
Nov. 30, 2005
Investigative File
Raymond T. Odierno
Aug. 03, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1135
Army document entitled "Report of Proceedings by Investigating Officer/Board of Officers". Document is Blank or redacted except for recommendations, "At PLT level, the company will conduct the following training: EPW 5S, implied responsibilities ...