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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Emails reference an executive summary. [Summary is not attached/included].
Email refers to an attachment entitled "Detainee Abuse Tasking PMG COAs RFI." [Document was not included].
Email has five attachments, including a document entitled "Corrections vs. Detention discipline." [Documents are not included].
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 ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
Donald J. Ryder
Forced physical training
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 ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
James R. Schlesinger, Donald J. Ryder, George R. Fay, Paul J. Kern
Email from DOD to DOD regarding a point of contact.
Emails reference past and upcoming meetings concerning detainee operations.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Stanley E. Green, Paul Mikolashek
Email refers to six attachments. [Attachments not included].
Email contains notes from a June 14, 2004 meeting. [Contents redacted].
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
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 ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
Donald J. Ryder, James R. Schlesinger, Walter Wojdakowski, Thomas Pappas, Keith B. Alexander
Email refers to a "detainee doc integration." [Document not included].
Email talks about forthcoming International Committee of the Red Cross reports. Two documents are attached, but are not included/viewable.
Emails refer to a tasking summary and a situation report. The tasking summary is attached, but not viewable.
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 ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
Donald J. Ryder
Emails mention the proposed establishment of the Office of Detainee Ombudsman.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
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 discuss a report called the Weidenbush report. [Report not included].
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Lisa Weidenbush
Emails talk about forthcoming International Committee of the Red Cross reports and a related executive summary. The summary is included in the email.
In the original email, the author would like to coordinate a meeting concerning detainee operations.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
James A. Coggin, Donald J. Ryder
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 ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Antonio Taguba
Physical assault, Sexual, General, Other
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.
Email requesting approval of a June 25, 2004 daily update.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
Email includes an attachment of PowerPoint slides on "Army Detainee Operations: Recommended Alternate Course of Action" dated 08/04/04.
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 ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
George R. Fay, Edward L. Richmond, Daniel V. Wright, Chris Geren, Leo A. Brooks, Jr.

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.

Emails discusses an upcoming planning meeting.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
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.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Leo A. Brooks, Jr., Donald J. Ryder
Email refers to two PowerPoint presentations. [Documents are not included].
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.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder, Romie Leslie Brownlee
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 ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
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 refers to a document entitled " Detainee Abuse daily summary PMG 19 Aug 04 update." [Document is not included].
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
Email conversations between officials who are trying to come up with a name for the Army's detainee interrogation and operations plan. [Contents redacted].
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
Email includes an outline from the Office of the Provost Marshall General, which lists their current and future activities.
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 ...
Emails reference a document entitled "ADOP Version 1.8 22 Aug 04." [Document not included].
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.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Leo A. Brooks, Jr.
Email references a document entitled "DAIG Action Plan Update PMG (8-25-04)." [Document is not included].
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. [Some content redacted].
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder, Antonio Taguba
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 ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
Emails reference two attachments, one is an August 25, 2004 briefing to Donald J. Ryder. [Documents are not included].
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
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 ...
Emails discuss heavy crew served weapons.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
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.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Richard A. Cody, Donald Campbell