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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June 22, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4478
Email requests clearance for a Q & A on Detainee Issues. the commeents from Ms. Abercrombie is "All, the attached Q&A is 99% the same as one cleared last week. Please review and clear by 1200 tomorrow. This is for D's briefing to the SASC on ...
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Cara L. Abercrombie
Rexon Y. Ryu
Cara L. Abercrombie, Rexon Y. Ryu, Jonathan S. Carpenter, JoAnn J. Dolan, Katherine M. Gorove, Joshua L. Dorosin, Ronald W. Miller
June 22, 2004 | CIA-OGC | ACLU-RDI 4571

This letter from Scott Muller explains that Jack Goldsmith's letter to George Tenet, Director of the CIA, was forwarded to the Inspector General and that his office would decide whether the suggested changes to the Special Review would be ...

Aug. 24, 2009
Letter
Scott W. Muller
Jack L. Goldsmith
Scott W. Muller, Jack L. Goldsmith, George J. Tenet, John L. Helgerson
Abu Zubaydah
EIT
June 22, 2004 | CIA-OGC | ACLU-RDI 4575

This letter from Rizzo, Acting General Counsel, to Philbin forwards a copy of John Yoo's memo of July 13, 2002 addressing "what is necessary to establish the crime of torture." [OLC Vaughn Index #49]

Aug. 24, 2009
Legal Memo, Letter
John A. Rizzo
Patrick Philbin
John A. Rizzo, Patrick Philbin, John C. Yoo, Jennifer Koester
June 22, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 6441
This document is a FBI Situation Report for FBI Detachment in Afghanistan. It contains logistical information about FBI presence as well as detainee information, summaries of detainee interviews, and updates about FBI missions throughout ...
June 22, 2004 | CIA-OGC | ACLU-RDI 6609
This letter from Scott Muller explains that Jack Goldsmith's letter to George Tenet, Director of the CIA, was forwarded to the Inspector General and that his office would decide whether the suggested changes to the Special Review would be made. ...
Aug. 31, 2016
Letter
Scott W. Muller
Jack L. Goldsmith
Jack L. Goldsmith, Scott W. Muller, George J. Tenet, John L. Helgerson
Abu Zubaydah
EIT
June 21, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 151
Investigation into death of Ibrahim Hamadan Sudhail after he was shot during an attack upon Coalition forces in Fallujah. Mr. Sudhail was brought to the hospital for treatment of his wounds (gunshot to the abdomen) treated and transferred in to ...
Mar. 02, 2005
Investigative File (CID)
Ibrahim Hamadan Sudhail
June 21, 2004 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 556
Series of emails regarding procedures to follow regarding bodies of deceased detainee at Al-Taqaddum Air Base ("TQ"). NCIS emails instructs recipient to "try to find that body, we’ll exhume if possible." In response to resistance to exhumation ...
June 21, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 688
Memorandum for record of a May 5, 2004 interview of a soldier interviewed concerning his "failure to report abuse" and "false testimony." The soldier invoked his right to counsel, the interview ended.
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
George R. Fay
June 21, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 709
Unknown interviewee's sworn statement stating "On June 24, 2004, I identified [redacted] from a photo spread provided to me as being the unknown Captain described in my January 20, 2004 statement to CID Agent. This is the Captain that I witnessed ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, General
June 21, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 720
Memo discusses the interview of an Officer who as read his rights and invoked his Right to Remain Silent and declined to be interviewed concerning his failure to report detainee abuse, dereliction of duty and violations of the Geneva Conventions.
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo
George R. Fay