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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May 04, 2004 | CIA | ACLU-RDI 5032
CIA maps of Iraq printed from the Internet.
May 17, 2005 | CIA | ACLU-RDI 5031
CIA printout of 10 U.S.C 918, Art. 118, describing the military definition of, and punishments for, murder.
May 17, 2005 | CIA | ACLU-RDI 5030
CIA printout of 10 U.S.C 892, Art. 92, describing punitive military justice for armed forces personnel accused of failing to obey orders or regulations.
Mar. 01, 2005 | CIA-OIG | ACLU-RDI 5029

CIA email describing an unidentified official's visit to the Office of the Inspector General to review a draft Report of Investigation. 

Nov. 08, 2005 | CIA | ACLU-RDI 5028

A cable sent from Jose Rodriguez, the CIA's Deputy Director for Operations, to a CIA "black site" authorizing the destruction of 92 videotapes of interrogations that took place in 2002.

Apr. 15, 2010
Cable
Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.
Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.
June 07, 2011 | ACLU-RDI 5027

An autopsy report for Haji Naseem (aka Inayatullah), who died in Guantanamo Bay on May 18, 2011. This Army autopsy report concluded that his death was a suicide.

Feb. 28, 2013
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Haji Naseem
Feb. 23, 2011 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 5026

 An autopsy report for Awal Gul, who died in Guantanamo Bay on February 1, 2011. This Army autopsy report concluded that his death was natural and caused by atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Feb. 28, 2013
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Awal Gul
Jan. 05, 2010 | OPR | ACLU-RDI 5025

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Feb. 19, 2010
Oversight Report
David Margolis
Mar. 04, 2009 | OPR | ACLU-RDI 5024

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This is the second draft of the OPR's report. You can view the final report by selecting the appropriate related link to the right.
 

Dec. 22, 2008 | OPR | ACLU-RDI 5023

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This is the first draft of the OPR's report. You can view the final report by selecting the appropriate related link to the right.