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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Sept. 16, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1809
This Army memo from Major General Robert Wilson, Commander of the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate Office at Ft. Carson, CO. is to transfer two (2) Court-Martial Cases to Ft. Hood TX for disposition. The document is heavily redacted as to the ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson
Sept. 16, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3839
Emails discuss the release of approximately one hundred and sixty Abu Ghraib detainees, and the expected release of over 250 the following week.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Amanda C. Pilz
Cara L. Abercrombie | Joshua L. Dorosin | Robin Lerner | Ashley A. Larsen | Elizabeth H. Richard | Ronald W. Miller | Charles W. Dunne | Jonathan J. Carpenter | Rexon Y. Ryu
Amanda C. Pilz, Cara L. Abercrombie, Elizabeth H. Richard, Ronald W. Miller, Joshua L. Dorosin, Jonathan S. Carpenter, Rexon Y. Ryu, Monica J. Tillery, Frank E. Schmelzer , Robin Lerner, Ashley A. Larsen, Charles W. Dunne
Sept. 16, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6227
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding requests made by the NCIS for documents related to two specific detainees as well as information related to allegations of abuse.
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Sept. 16, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 6416
This document consists of FBI penalty guidelines, which are used to assess the proper penalty for various types of FBI misconduct. It features the an explanation and purpose of penalties, and then provides detailed instructions on different ...
Sept. 16, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 6417
This document consists of FBI penalty guidelines, which are used to assess the proper penalty for various types of FBI misconduct. It features the an explanation and purpose of penalties, and then provides detailed instructions on different ...
Sept. 15, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 482
Request guidance on units involved in detainee operations in Afghanistan
Mar. 23, 2005
Email
Julian Burns
Julian H. Burns
Sept. 15, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2046
These emails are a follow-up to a task request to provide information on military detainee units deployed to Afghanistan in 2002.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Geoffrey D. Miller
Sept. 15, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 2279
When Soldiers were attacked with small arms and an RPG several Iraqi nationals were taken in to custody; tried; and convicted of the offence. This CID report is the record of that judicial proceeding. One Iraqi was found guilty of attempted ...
Sept. 15, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4893
FBI memo from interviewing FBI agents who toured through Camp Delta, Camp X-Ray and the Naval Brig at Guantanamo. The agents stated that they witnessed several acts of abuse and the memo provides their accounts in detail. Memo notes the ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Non-legal Memo
Stephen R. Wiley
Physical assault, General, Use of phobias, Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Other Humiliation, Religious
Sept. 15, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4897
FBI memo detailing FBI agents experience and observations while touring Camp Delta, Guantanamo. This memo is related to ACLU RDI 4893, 4895 and 4896.
Jan. 02, 2007
Non-legal Memo
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Stephen R. Wiley
Physical assault, General, Use of phobias, Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Other Humiliation, Religious