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.
Email includes an attached executive summary that compares disciplinary methods advised under the Geneva Convention versus disciplinary methods advised and employed by the US Military. Under the Geneva Convention, enemy prisoners of war ...
Email provides an update from a previous meeting, the author mentions that Private First Class England will go before the Courts Marshal on June 22 and that some changes have been implemented at the Bagram facility. Also, the author mentions that ...
This document is an exchange of emails between Army Officials concerning an upcoming interview with the Schlesinger Panel. The document is mostly redacted but states in the top email "Interview Prep Page Ryder.doc: Sir, here are all of the panel ...
Email mentions that U.S. Army Military Police School will be the joint lead for detainee operations. Email also discusses plans to synchronize policies and doctrines concerning field operations.
[Mentions an individual named Ed Lowe, do not ...
Emails include a proposal to establish an Office of Detainee Ombudsman in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. The Detainee Ombudsman shall be a general or flag officer who will report directly to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense. ...
Emails include a tasking summary and a CID detainee abuse summary/chart. The summary provides that the CID is investigating: 80 violations (in facilities), 38 detainee deaths, 38 assaults, 3 sexual assaults, and a theft; 43 violations (outside of ...
A deleted-page information sheet from the DOD in response to the ACLU's FOIA request. The DOD notes that pages, 16253-16255, were withheld for further review.
This information paper describes the incidents which resulted in the death of Iraqi Major General and detainee, Abed Hamed Mowhoush. Major General Mowhoush was detained and transported to a temporary detention facility, between November 10-24, ...
Email includes an executive summary that discusses the DOA's investigations into detainee abuse, including the different types of support they have received thus far.
Emails discussing Department of Administrative Services weekly meetings with the Office of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General and the Criminal Investigation Command.
Email references seven attachments, one of the seven is an included situation report, which discusses an action plan to revise detention operations policies.
Emails include an executive summary that answers the question, how many criminal investigations were begun as a result of MG Fay's investigation? It reports that the CID initiated 186 criminal investigations as of August 6, 2004, while 24 ...
Email includes a PowerPoint presentation entitled "Detainee Operations Summary," which outlines different events surrounding detainee abuse cases, including Private First Class England's pre-trial investigation.
Email refers to Army Regulation 190-8 (AR 190-8), which is a DOD directive that establishes policies for the treatment of Enemy Prisoners of War, Retained Personnel, Civilian Internees and Other Detainees.
Email discusses "[r]apid [a]ction [r]evision" to Army Regulation 190-8 (AR 190-8), which is a DOD directive that establishes policies for the treatment of Enemy Prisoners of War, Retained Personnel, Civilian Internees and Other Detainees.
Email includes an information paper entitled " Detainee Operations." The information paper discusses the role of the Coalition Forces Land Component Command Commissioner with respect to detainees, detainee operations and intelligence oversight.
Email includes a daily update from the Office of the Provost Marshall General outlining the office's current and future activities as they relate to detainee operations.
Email includes a press release entitled "Abu Ghraib fight leaves 2 detainees dead, 5 wounded." It provides that a fight broke out among detainees at the Abu Ghraib detention facility on August 18, 2004 at about 5:45 AM, it was reported that ...
Email refers to Army Regulation 190-8 (AR 190-8), which is a DOD directive that establishes policies for the treatment of Enemy Prisoners of War, Retained Personnel, Civilian Internees and Other Detainees.
Email conversations between officials who are trying to come up with a name for the Army's detainee interrogation and operations plan.
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Emails include a PowerPoint slide entitled "CID Detainee Summary Briefing for the Director of the Army Staff," The summary discusses detainee abuse and deaths, highlighted among the deaths are the deaths of Abed Hamed Mowhoush, Zaydun Ma'mun ...
Email includes a PowerPoint presentation entitled "Initial Planning Construct." The slides include graphs and plans to improve the Army's detainee interrogation strategies, overall detainee operations and synchronize Army efforts internally.
Emails discuss an upcoming briefing on detainee operations. The briefing considers concerns that the Commanding General has concerning the number of crew served weapons, a concern also discussed in the Taguba report.
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Email includes a PowerPoint presentation entitled "Draft Army Detainee Operations and Detainee-Interrogation Operations Integration Plan." The slides include graphs and plans to improve the Army's detainee interrogation strategies, overall ...
Emails include a PowerPoint slide entitled "CID Detainee Summary Briefing for the Director of the Army Staff," The summary discusses detainee abuses and deaths, highlighted among the deaths are the deaths of Abed Hamed Mowhoush, Zaydun Ma'mun ...
Email refers to six attachments, one document is included, it is a Department of Administrative Services/Vice Chief of Staff, US Army briefing outline. The outline discusses the briefing schedule.