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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DOA | ACLU-RDI 1108
Lists investigations in spreadsheet format. Cases listed by case ID, investigation by, date of incident, date reported, etc.
Aug. 05, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1109
Army memo discussing an August 5, 2004 court martial of alleged murder of Iraqi detainee. The panel found the soldier not guilty of murder, but guilty of the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced him to a dishonorable ...
May 16, 2005
Legal Memo, UCMJ (Court-Martial)
Daniel V. Wright
DOA | ACLU-RDI 1110
FOIA Referral Page. Redacted Pages of Executive Summary Related to the Death of MG Mowhoush. No additional pages. No content.
DOA | ACLU-RDI 1111
Army Memo re: Fort Carson Detainee Death Case. Describes media coverage and interaction with media regarding Iraqi detainee death by soldiers from Fort Carson.
May 16, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Joel Hefly
Dec. 04, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1112
Describes two incidents of detainee abuse. One was assault and threat to kill a detainee. Second was assault by four soldiers from 320 battalion.
May 16, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Michael J. Marchand
Nov. 17, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1113
Summarizes allegations against an Army officer accused of assault and threatening to kill Iraqi detainee. Describes investigation and military justice process.
May 16, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Ricardo Sanchez, Raymond T. Odierno
Sept. 15, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1114
Discusses the Article 32 investigation into four military policemen charged with abuse. Abuse counts involve seven (7) EPWs. Abuse includes kicking, striking, dragging, punching and twisting detainees arm. All names redacted. Details the ...
May 16, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Daniel V. Wright
Dec. 04, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1115
Details abuse of Iraqi detainee at Gunner Collection Point. During interrogation of detainee, an Army officer threatened to shoot detainee. Held detainee's head in barrel and shot into the barrel. Discusses Article 32 investigation.
May 16, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Physical assault, General, Assault/death, Threat
Aug. 23, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1116
The purpose of the memo was to provide information on investigations into allegations of detainee abuse and/or death in Iraq and Afghanistan. It states that "at this time, there are 225 allegations of detainee abuse being investigated. 141 of ...
Aug. 03, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1117
The purpose of the memo was to provide updated information on the courts-martial involving allegations of abuse against detainees near the Samarra Bridge in the Tigris River. Describes incidents in which one Iraqi detainee drowned, and another ...