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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Jan. 22, 2004 | CRIM | ACLU-RDI 2760

Refers to "Update." All other info redacted.

Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Barry Sabin
David Nahmias | Christopher A. Wray
Barry Sabin, David E. Nahmias, Christopher A. Wray
Jan. 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2805

A memo providing the Assistant Attorney General with recommendations regarding detainees to appear ...

Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Jerry R. DeMaio
Jerry R. DeMaio
Jan. 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3486
Email describes Abu Ghraib Prison and the challenges in running it. Ed Lueckenhoff states that he met with AUSAs Dana Biehl and Bruce Pagel who toured the prison. Pagel advised Lueckenhoff that he was aware of the allegations of abuse at the ...
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
Edward H. Lueckenhoff
Gary M. Bald | M. Chris Briese | Frankie Battle | Thomas J. Harrington
Edward H. Lueckenhoff, Gary M. Bald, Frankie Battle, M. Chris Briese, Ricardo Sanchez, Dana Biehl, Bruce A. Pagel, Robert S. Mueller, Valerie E. Caproni
Jan. 22, 2004 | WH | ACLU-RDI 4671
Cover page for document to be delivered to administration personnel concerning the January 22, 2004 PCC meeting on detainees.
June 08, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Bruce Swartz, Pierre-Richard Prosper, JoAnn J. Dolan, William Howard Taft, IV, Eliana Davidson, John B. Wiegmann
Jan. 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6312
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the legitimacy of allegations of detainee abuse at Abu Ghurayb Prison and the FBI's potential involvement in the Criminal Investigative Division (CID) investigation of these allegations.
June 15, 2011
Email
Gary M. Bald, Frankie Battle, M. Chris Briese, Thomas J. Harrington, Dana Biehl, Bruce A. Pagel, Ricardo Sanchez
Jan. 23, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 213
Memorandum appointing Major General Antonio Taguba to conduct an informal investigation into the 800th MP Brigade's detention operations and allegations of detainee abuse at Abu Gbraib prison from Nov 1, 2003 to the time of the memorandum.
Oct. 19, 2004
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File
David D. McKiernan
Antonio Taguba
David D. McKiernan, Antonio Taguba
Jan. 23, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 624
Army Action Plan: Standard Operating Procedures for Emergency Response Team at the Guantanamo Detainee Hospital.
Jan. 23, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 2426
This is a chronological report of a CID agent’s investigation in to abuse at Abu Ghraib following a mortar attack and shooting at the facility. The agent interviewed six (6) soldiers including a Captain and Master Sergeant concerning the ...
Jan. 24, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 34
Documents related to an investigation into the death of a detainee in custody at Abu Ghraib prison. The detainee had been on a hunger strike for eight days prior to his death. The report concluded that the death was due to natural causes.
Oct. 15, 2004
Investigative File (CID)
Dahm Spah
Jan. 24, 2004 | DOA | CENTCOM | ACLU-RDI 212
Memorandum from CENTCOM to the Commander of the Coalition Forces Land Component Command to conduct an investigation in the the 800th Military Police Brigade's detainee operations and allegations of detainee abuse from November 1, 2003 to time of ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Non-legal Memo
R. Steven Whitcomb