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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May 27, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 2444
This letter is from James Gondles of the American Corrections Association giving a synopsis of his organizations assessment of the facilities at Guantanamo Bay. The letter states that Guantanamo "appeared to provide a safe, secure and humane ...
June 30, 2006
Letter
James A. Gondles
Thomas W. O'Connell
Thomas W. O'Connell
Mar. 26, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2445
Email from Anne C. Brunson to JoAnn Dolan concering DOD talking points on Enemy Prisoners of War.
June 30, 2006
Email
Anne C. Brunson
JoAnn J. Dolan
Mar. 24, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2446
This DOD memo is a list of talking points to address questions concerning the role of international law and the Geneva Convention relating to POWs.
May 20, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2442
DOD Presentation re: Deaths of Detainees Under U.S. Military Control PowerPoint Presentation.
DOD | ACLU-RDI 2443
Memo requests assistance in gathering information concerning investigations into abuse of detainees under US military control. The memo seeks to have various organs of the DOD that come in to contact with such information to cooperate in the ...
June 30, 2006
Non-legal Memo
Carol A. Haave
Carol A. Haave
Dec. 16, 2002 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2440
Paper outlines answers to possible questions regarding the two recent deaths at Bagram detention facility. The deaths occurred on 12/03/2002 and 12/10/2002. Both bodies underwent autopsy performed by an international medical team.
DOD | ACLU-RDI 2441
DOD cable is part of an email attachment with talking points to address questions concerning Detainee operations. Dupe to RDI 2440.
June 01, 2002 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2437
Powerpoint presentation gives details of the Geneva Conventions, and the 5 S's (Search, Silence, Segregate, Safeguard and Speed to the rear).
Nov. 11, 2003 | ACLU-RDI 2438
Memo states that during a recent "welfare visit" a British citizen at Guantanamo informed UK officials that he was "hooded and physically abused" prior to transfer to Guantanamo. In response, the memo states that Paul Butler, the Deputy ...
June 30, 2006
Non-legal Memo
Timothy J. Keating
Timothy J. Keating
Physical assault, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling
Dec. 20, 2002 | ACLU-RDI 2439
Email with attached talking points for the US Mission in Geneva to address the deaths of detainees at Bagram.
June 30, 2006
Email
Monica J. Tillery
Joshua L. Dorosin