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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RelevanceDateRelease Date
Jan. 24, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2951
Documents detainee interview at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. The detainee is a High Value detainee and most of the memo is redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Threat, Family/others
Jan. 25, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 235
Cover Page for CID Report. No additional pages attached.
Oct. 19, 2004
Notes
Antonio Taguba
Jan. 26, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1060
A 22 year-old male detainee reports while being interrogated that he was punched in the chest, choked and punched in the back. Happened six days prior to visit at the Al-Mahmudiyah Airport. No bruising evident.
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
Stomach/abdominal slap, General, Physical assault
Jan. 26, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 2422
CID information memo for file concerning an investigation in to detainee abuse. The investigation revealed Military Police (MP) and Military Intelligence personnel were notified by Detainee that a detainee within the isolation area possessed a ...
Jan. 27, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 120

Investigation into charges against 7 soldiers for abusing an unknown Iraqi detainee, shooting at seized vehicles, and/or maintaining possession of weapons seized in Baghdad. A specialist testified that an Iraqi man was handed over to U.S. ...

Nov. 08, 2004
Investigative File (CID)
Jacqueline J. Scott
Physical assault, General
Jan. 27, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 228
Statements by Military Personnel Concerning Prisoner Escape from the Baghdad Correctional Facility, Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq on January 26, 2004.
Oct. 19, 2004
Investigative File, Interview (Statement)
ISN 152462, ISN 150899, ISN 116465, ISN 115340, ISN 116400, ISN 151804, ISN 150747, ISN 150374, ISN 151718, ISN 116337, ISN 150258, ISN 115638, ISN 150825, ISN 151803, ISN 152037, ISN 151953, ISN 151867, ISN 151281, ISN 150379, ISN 116272, ISN 151933, ISN 115236, ISN 115459
Jan. 27, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1184
Commander's Report of Court Martial and Disciplinary Action taken against ten (10) soldiers accused of crimes during thier tour. The crimes listed are: 1) Looting (Art. 103 UCMJ); 2) Violation of a General Order (Art. 92 UCMJ); and 3) Accessory ...
Jan. 27, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1856
Email includes a memo from the Provost Marshall, Donald J. Ryder, that provides guidance for handling detainees at multinational maneuver battalion (MNB-N) detainee collection points.
Dec. 21, 2005
Email
Donald J. Ryder
Jan. 27, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3111
FBI Memo re: Interview/Interrogation -1/27/2004- AGC- Attorney Client Privileged Material. Entire document redacted. The following was in this description box, not clear where the information came from, because the document is completely ...
Jan. 27, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3112
FBI Memo from EAD Pistole to Counter-terrorism, attn: Gary M. Bald, M.Chris Briese, and Valerie E. Caproni re: 315E-HQ-1448534, 01/27/2004. Interrogation team, Baghdad, seeks authority to question the subject without reading the subject warnings ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
John S. Pistole, Gary M. Bald, M. Chris Briese, Valerie E. Caproni, John F. Curran