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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July 23, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 948
Army Memo from Provost Marshall, Task Force Ironhorse re: Standard Operationg Procedure for Death of a Detainee. The purpose of this memorandum is to outline the actions needed in order to properly dispose of and record the death of a Detainee in ...
July 23, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4331
State Department cable describing the historic session of the newly formed Governing Council Participating in discussions with the United Nations on implementing UN Security Council resolutions post-war. UN Special representative Sergio Vieira De ...
July 22, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2819

This memo provides the Assistant Attorney General with recommendations regarding detainees to appear before the Transfer Review Board.   Its contents are mostly redacted.

Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Jerry R. DeMaio
Jerry R. DeMaio
July 22, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3614
No relevant text.
Nov. 23, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell, Frank E. Schmelzer
July 22, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4450
State Department Cable re: July 18 Transfer of Detainees to Guantanamo – No other content or context
Jan. 12, 2005
Cable
Richard A. Boucher
July 22, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4460
This State Department cable provides talking points concerning informing foreign governments about the transfer of their citizens/nationals to Guantanamo after they were picked-up on the battle field of Afghanistan, and policy guidance for ...
July 21, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1141
Army Memo concerning charges against a Captain who's soldiers were accused of several incidents of striking, kicking and threatening detainees with a loaded weapon at Ramadi Palace, Iraq – July 11-12, 2003. They also staged mock executions as ...
July 21, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1142
Administrative reprimand in accordance with investigation which found a Captain guilty of "unprofessional behavior" towards detainees and his "attempts to coerce and intimidate members of [his] unit in order to sidetrack the investigation into ...
July 21, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3760
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Summary of Conclusions for Principals Committee Meeting on Detainees - 7/15/03
July 21, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3963
DOS Memo re: Talking Points on Australian National Detained at Guantanamo. The memo states that "Australian legal experts will visit the White House to discuss the issue of Australian nationals detained at Guantanamo Bay." and "The Legal Adviser ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Colin L. Powell, Brent E. Blaschke , William Howard Taft, IV