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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DOD | ACLU-RDI 1859
DOD Deleted Page Information Sheet in response to the ACLU's FOIA request. The DOD notes in the sheet that it has withheld a photo depicting a deceased individual pursuant to FOIA exemptions.
Sept. 06, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1860
Admin Law Control Sheet provides brief information concerning a detainee death at the "3 bct Detainment Facility."
DOD | ACLU-RDI 1861
A deleted-page information sheet from the DOD. Bates Numbering Error from 6396-6400.
Aug. 20, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1857
Memo details a complaint made by a Private First Class (PFC), alleging that his unit members engaged in unlawful behavior. The PFC first alleged that while on patrol his platoon sergeant, a Sergeant First Class, ordered soldiers to fire upon ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Physical assault, General, Stress positions, Other
Sept. 14, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1858
AR 15-6 memo from an Administrative Law Attorney with the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate. The attorney reviewed an investigation into the September 11 shooting death of an Iraqi detainee, Obeed Hethere Radad. The conclusion of the review is ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File (AR 15-6)
Obeed Hethere Radad
Physical assault, Other
June 19, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1854
Emails discuss female detainees in custody.
May 09, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1855
Email reports on MG Miller's visit to their facility.
Dec. 21, 2005
Email
Geoffrey D. Miller
Jan. 27, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1856
Email includes a memo from the Provost Marshall, Donald J. Ryder, that provides guidance for handling detainees at multinational maneuver battalion (MNB-N) detainee collection points.
Dec. 21, 2005
Email
Donald J. Ryder
May 04, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1852
Email provides recipients with an updated strategy on detainee operations following the Army's discovery of detainee abuse. Original email/update is from Major General Geoffrey Miller.
Dec. 21, 2005
Email
Geoffrey D. Miller, Ricardo Sanchez, Thomas F. Metz
Apr. 22, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1853
Emails discuss the processing of detainees, there are concerns raised regarding a new detainee parole concept.