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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Nov. 06, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2081
Powerpoint presentation given by MG Donald J. Ryder, Provost Marshal General. Includes observations and recommendations on how to treat detainees in Abu Ghraib.
Feb. 27, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2082
Powerpoint presentation providing "a proposed way-ahead to develop policies that govern how the Army/units/Soldiers handle detainees from point of capture to conviction or release, to include a review of common task training and specialized MP ...
May 08, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2083
Army Memo: Summary of Items Exempt from madatory Disclosure
May 11, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2084
Emails discuss an attached PowerPoint (ppt.) on enemy POW detention and interrogation, the ppt. was forwarded to different recipients. [PowerPoint slides not attached].
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder, Stephen J. Curry
May 11, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2085
Emails discuss request for information (RFI) Summaries. In the attached document it reads that the first task is to identify the parties with knowledge of the blunt force trauma and injuries sustained by the Iraqi Major General detainee. The ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Physical assault, General
May 11, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2086
The email includes a PowerPoint slide entitled "CID Detainee Summary." The chart states there are 83 detainee abuse investigations, 28 of the abuse cases involve detainee death investigations.
May 12, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2087
Emails reference an attached document entitled "Detainee Abuse Big Font 12 May." The emails are redacted and very little information is provided.
DOD | ACLU-RDI 2088
A deleted-page information sheet from the DOD in response to the ACLU's FOIA request. The DOD notes in the sheet that pages, 15853-15869, were referred to CID on March 1, 2006 for further review.
May 25, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2089
The original email includes an attachment entitled "5-25 daily update." The document is attached in the email, the subject of the document is OPMG Operations.
May 12, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2090
Emails discuss an attached request for information document. [Document is not attached].