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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Apr. 27, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2647
This is a tag that is tied to and accompanies the detainee as he is moved through the detainee internment process. The detainee associated with this tag is redacted but the tag states that he is "very combative" and "will try to fell at the first ...
Apr. 27, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2650
This Detainee Tracking form is for a redacted detainee listed as a "Security Internee" and the action being taken is “Refer to Article 78 Panel”. The detainee was captured in a raid on a village. He admits to being part of a Fedayeen cell.
Apr. 27, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2652
This is a tag that is tied to and accompanies the detainee as he is moved through the detainee internment process. The detainee associated with this tag is redacted but the tag states that he is "the younger brother of [redacted]."
Apr. 27, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2653
This detainee Screening Report is a standard form letter for processing detainees taken in to custody. The detainee associated with this Screening Report is redacted, but his alias is "Al Dour"; Capture tag number 065-016; and his date of birth ...
Apr. 27, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2663
Pictures of a raid on the Al Thayiar Fedayeen Cell Raid on 04/27/2004 showing a General's Uniform, Saddam Sash, AK Rounds, Binoculars etc.
Apr. 27, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2664
Pictures of a raid on April 27, 2004 showing a 120mm ILLUM Mortar Round, Bandoliers etc.
Apr. 27, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2688
This detainee Screening Report is a standard form letter for processing detainees taken in to custody. The detainee associated with this Screening Report is redacted.
Apr. 28, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2689
This detainee Screening Report is a standard form letter for processing detainees taken in to custody. The detainee associated with this Screening Report is redacted. Report details a male detainee, a Republican Guard in Tharthar. Classed as ...
Apr. 28, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2748
Contents Completely Redacted
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
David E. Nahmias
James A. McAtamney | Laura Parsky | Jerry Massie | Paul Hahn | Chris Dudley | Art Roderick | Teresa L. McHenry
James A. McAtamney, David E. Nahmias, Laura H. Parsky, Patricia Massie, Teresa L. McHenry
Apr. 28, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4365
Summary of meeting between Sec. Powell and Danish Foreign Minister. The men discussed the Gaza Strip situation, the Sudan crises and Cyprus.
Dec. 17, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell