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 2502
Cover sheet for Annex 12-16: Published Regulations. Actual documents not included.
DOA | ACLU-RDI 2504
Gives instructions on detainee reports. Requires that all detainees in coalition custody be tracked.
DOA | ACLU-RDI 2507
8 pages withheld/exempt. Cover sheet says "Annex 20. 8 pages withheld/EXEMPT. b(1) 1.4a & 1.4c & b(2) High."
DOA | ACLU-RDI 2508
Contents Completely Redacted.
| ACLU-RDI 2509
All content withheld. Cover sheet says "Annex 22. 2 pages withheld. b(1) 1.4a. b(2) high."
DOA | ACLU-RDI 2513
Paper refers frequently to a redacted policy name as well as to CJTF-7 policy. "CJTF-7 policy allows detainees to be held beyond 72 hours (up to 14 days) for continued interrogation. No approval required." Approves the use of 21 interrogation ...
DOA | ACLU-RDI 2516
Army memo on the procedures of handling detainees and the guards responsibility to keep the detainees safe, what to do in the event of an emergency and who to contact if necessary.
DOA | ACLU-RDI 2517
Charts relating to investigation results. Handwritten note states: "137 detainees held by [redacted] units – compiled from data provided by MSC(CF) Units operating detention facilities and verified with information from [redacted]". All ...
DOA | ACLU-RDI 2520
Contents Completely Redacted.
DOA | ACLU-RDI 2529
Cover sheet labeled: "Annex 40-43 CID Documents <*Sent on SIPR Side> (& Portions of Annex 120)" No other information included.