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 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. ...
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
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 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 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
Emails reference an attached document entitled June 16 daily update. [Document is not included].
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].
Original email refers to a document entitled "Traditional responsibilities of Military Police in detainee operations... ." The document is described as a background paper to be released to CNN, it lists the doctrinal responsibilities of the ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
Email refers to an attached document described as a 190-8 Interim Guidance. [Document not included].
Email discusses six hot button issues [redacted] found in a Captain's report that is written in response to Major General Antonio Taguba's report. Also, the Captain's report comments on omissions made by MG Taguba in his report, omissions the ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
Antonio Taguba, Donald J. Ryder, Walter Wojdakowski, Janis Leigh Karpinski
Other
Email refers to an attached executive summary, which discusses disciplinary procedures employed during Operation Iraqi Freedom versus those used in U.S. correction facilities. [Contents redacted].
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
Donald J. Ryder
Emails reference two attachments, one entitled "Detainee Investigations Summary 20 Jun 04.ppt" [Documents/attachments not included].
This document is an exchange of emails concerning a Joint Publication on Detainee Operations.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
Donald J. Ryder
Email refers to an attached document, which will be used in briefing Major General Donald J. Ryder on issues the Office of the Provost Marshall General and the Army have. [Contents of attachment redacted].
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
This email exchange is a follow-up and continuation of an email series concerning a Joint Publication on Detainee Operations and includes a daily briefing for June 10, 2004.
Email contains notes from a June 14, 2004 meeting. [Contents redacted].
Email refers to five attachments. [Documents/attachments not included].
This email exchange is a follow-up and continuation of an email series concerning a Joint Publication on Detainee Operations and includes a daily briefing for June 14, 2004. Attachments not provided.
Email refers to preparatory interview questions for DOD Officials, Colonel Thomas Pappas, Brigadier General James Coggin, Deputy Commanding General Walter Wojdakowski, Lieutenant General Kieth B. Alexander and Commanding General Donald J. Ryder, ...
Email discusses plans to develop a joint publication on detainee operations, developed by the Army, Office of the Provost Marshall General and other agencies. The joint proposal will be a revision of the document developed by the Air Land Sea ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
Emails discuss a June 14, 2004 congressional hearing (secret security level).
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
Email notifying recipients of an upcoming meeting.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
James A. Coggin
Email includes an executive summary that discusses the role of female military policeman (MPs) in detainment facilities. Among their roles, female MPs search male inmates and serve as security in male inmate housing areas.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder, James R. Schlesinger
Emails reference an executive summary and a June 10, 2004 daily update. [Documents are not included.
Email refers to four attachments. [Documents/attachments are not included].
Emails discuss the National Defense Authorization Act of 2005.
Emails provide an update on preparation for the Schlesinger Panel and ongoing detainee operations.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
James R. Schlesinger, Thomas J. Romig, Michael J. Marchand
Emails discuss investigations surrounding the death of a detainee(s) in Bagram. Also, the original email seeks clarification on a paragraph that defines corporal punishment and sensory deprivation. [Contents redacted].
Email includes an executive summary that discusses the need for the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict (ASD SO/LIC) to assume responsibility over development of major DOD policies and plans related to ...
Emails discuss leadership training.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder, James R. Schlesinger
Daily update on Office of the Provost Marshall General's operations/activities.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder, James R. Schlesinger
Email includes the daily update for the Office of the Provost Marshall General discussing their operations and Military Police guidelines.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Stephen A. Cambone, Donald J. Ryder
Email includes a report on the American Correctional Association's (ACA) visit to Guantanamo.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
Emails refer to graphs depicting information on detainees at various camps, including Camp Bucca and Abu Ghraib. [Graphs are not included].
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
Executive summary of the American Correctional Association's (ACA) visit to Guantanamo Bay.
Emails discuss the existence of new photos depicting detainee abuse. [Photos not included].
Email refers to an attached DOD Crosswalk document. [Attachment not included].
Email refers to an attachment, Schlesinger Panel document. [Document is not included].
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
James R. Schlesinger
Deleted Page Information Sheet
The original email's author needs a copy of MG Miller's report sent to him/her. [No attachments included].
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Antonio Taguba, Geoffrey D. Miller