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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June 02, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6061
The document is a redacted internal FBI email regarding allegations of abuse by private contractors at the Abu Ghurayb Prison and other detention facilities in Iraq.
Email
Eleni P. Kalisch
Robert S. Mueller | John S. Pistole | Bruce J. Gebhardt
Eleni P. Kalisch, Robert S. Mueller, Bruce J. Gebhardt, John S. Pistole
| ACLU-RDI
June 03, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 9

Detainee alleged that U.S. forces captured him and took him to Dhyla Al Mokhadia Base, an Iraqi Civil Defense Corps location, where he was deprived of food and water for three days with his hands tied and eyes blindfolded.  He alleged ...

Dec. 30, 2004
Investigative File (CID)
John Peterson, Jacqueline J. Scott
Physical assault, General, Dietary manipulation, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling
June 03, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 35
Report of investigation in the death of a detainee at Abu Ghraib. The investigation concluded that the death was due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease and the manner of death was natural. The report includes a photo packet and close-up ...
Oct. 15, 2004
Investigative File (CID), Photograph
Taleb Ehad Kazen
June 03, 2004 | DON | ACLU-RDI 654
On April 16, 2004, members of Marine Corps stopped and detained three (3) men who were transferred to the Division Interrogation Facility (DIF). On April 26, 2004 the DIF released the trio to the custody of Task Force 6-26. They were then ...
June 28, 2006
Investigative File
James N. Mattis
Physical assault, General, Sexual
June 03, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 718
Memo discussing MPs relieved of duty due detainee abuse.
June 03, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 758
Interviewee made more than one trip to AG. First was a an interrogator assigned to AG to review interrogation database/report protocol. Second as a member of Tiger Team. Observed the following techniques, sleep deprivation, altering of meal ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Geoffrey D. Miller, Thomas Pappas
Stress positions, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Dietary manipulation, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation
June 03, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 856
The memo, sent via fax, is for the production of records concerning tracking detainees at Abu Ghraib. The memo states "The Change Sheets arc filled out whenever a detainee is moved from one location in the facility to another, the moves are then ...
June 03, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1453
DoD Questionnaire: Questions for soldiers concerning their observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in response to the accusations of detainee abuse ...
June 03, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1469
DoD Questionnaire: Questions for soldiers concerning their observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in response to the accusations of detainee abuse ...