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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Dec. 11, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2327
DOD memo regarding a detainee's allegations of torture at Guantanamo between August and October 2003. The detainee turned himself over to Mauritanian authorities in November 2001 and was given to the United States in July 2002. The detainee ...
June 15, 2006
Non-legal Memo
Physical assault
Dec. 29, 2004 | DOA | SOUTHCOM | ACLU-RDI 2324
Memorandum appointing Brigadier General John T. Furlow as the investigating officer for an AR 15-6 investigation into allegations made by the FBI regarding detainee abuse at Guantanamo. Allegations include the use of dogs, impersonation of FBI ...
June 15, 2006
Non-legal Memo
Bantz J. Craddock
John T. Furlow
Bantz J. Craddock, John T. Furlow
Stress positions, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Temperature, Manipulation of interrogator’s identity
Feb. 28, 2005 | DOA | SOUTHCOM | ACLU-RDI 2325
Memorandum appointing Lieutenant General Randall M. Schmidt as the senior investigating officer for the AR 15-6 investigation into allegations of detainee abuse at Guantanamo. His involvement is needed for interviews of officers senior in rank to ...
June 15, 2006
Non-legal Memo
Bantz J. Craddock
Randall Mark Schmidt
Randall Mark Schmidt, Bantz J. Craddock, John T. Furlow
May 14, 2004 | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 2321
Private First Class Trefny was accused of conspiracy to assault; disobedience of a superior commissioned officer; dereliction of duty; cruelty and maltreatment of a detainee; making false statements; and aggravated assault. Specifically, he ...
June 15, 2006
Photograph, UCMJ (Court-Martial)
Jeremiah J. Trefny
Physical assault, Threat, Assault/death
June 09, 2005 | DOA | SOUTHCOM | ACLU-RDI 2322
List of enclosures to Schmidt-Furlow Report on AR 15-6 investigation into allegations of abuse at Guantanamo.
June 15, 2006
Chart/List
John T. Furlow | Randall Mark Schmidt
July 09, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2323
Deleted Page Information Sheet
Aug. 19, 2004 | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 2320

Sargent Travis was accused of cruelty; maltreatment; attempted assault by battery; conspiracy to maltreat; and dereliction of duty. Specifically, he conspired, witnessed and encouraged electrocution of a detainee by PFC Andrew J Sting, then ...

June 15, 2006
Photograph, UCMJ (Court-Martial)
Matthew K. Travis
Physical assault, Threat, Assault/death, Use of electricity
Aug. 04, 2004 | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 2318
Court Martial of LCPL Ryan S. Roberts. LCPL Roberts was charged with dereliction of duty; maltreatment of a prisoner; and holding a pistol to the head of a detainee while being photographed. He pleaded guilty to all charges and received a ...
June 15, 2006
UCMJ (Court-Martial)
Ryan S. Roberts
Use of water, Physical assault
Jan. 13, 2004 | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 2319

Sargent Taylor was accused of dereliction of duty by not preventing Iraqi detainees from being abused by soldiers under his command. Specifically, detainees were locked in abandoned tanks; sprayed with fire extinguishers; and had shots fired ...

June 15, 2006
UCMJ (Court-Martial)
Alan R. Taylor
Physical assault, Threat, Assault/death
June 26, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2316
Report by Brigadier General Charles H. Jacoby into detainee operations in Afghanistan. The purpose of the report is to ensure that forces assigned to the theater of operations understand the concept of humane treatment and are providing humane ...
June 15, 2006
Oversight Report
Charles H. Jacoby