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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Sept. 29, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6357
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding an NCIS request to interview a Special Agent who was involved in the capture of a detainee who later died in custody. The email includes information on the procedure by which these investigations ...
June 15, 2011
Email
J. Stephen Tidwell
J. Stephen Tidwell, Valerie E. Caproni, John S. Pistole, Gary M. Bald, Thomas J. Harrington, Arthur M. Cummings, II, Warren T. Bamford
Sept. 30, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 504
This Army email is to update units who will handle detainees on their roles and responsibilities. It is required for all such deploying units. Discussion of guidance and schedules for pre-deployment training.
Mar. 23, 2005
Email
Geoffrey D. Miller
Sept. 30, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1210
Informs recipients of a Detainee Operations Assessment/Assistance team that is being formed and will visit detainee related operations in both Afghanistan and Iraq.
Sept. 30, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1305
This document is the Charge Sheet against Sergeant Scott A. McKenzie for his Court Martial on abusing Iraqi detainees. It includes the charges; Articles of the UCMJ he is accused of violating; details of the charges; Sgt. McKenzie's plea to each ...
July 01, 2005
Legal Memo, UCMJ (Court-Martial)
David D. McKiernan
Scott A. McKenzie
Face slap or insult slap, Walling, General, Assault/death, Stress positions, Use of phobias, Other Humiliation, Physical assault, Threat
Sept. 30, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2058
This document is a series of emails between Army Officers concerning manditory training for Detainee Operations with attachments (not included) and includes the latest guidance from in theater to include the MG Miller.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Geoffrey D. Miller
Sept. 30, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2690
Sworn statement of medical personnel mentions being told of detainee's death from hypothermia. The detainee was brought in to the detention facility and was later transferred to a medical facility where he died. The allegations are that the ...
June 30, 2006
Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, Sexual
Sept. 30, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3727
Letter from U.S. Amb. Moley to U.N. Representative Fernanco Mendez, Chairperson of the Committee Agaist Torture re: Second Periodic Report on the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Kevin Edward Moley
Fernanco Menedez
Kevin Edward Moley
Sept. 30, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4627
This is a State Department talking points memo on how to address the issues of detainees and detainee abuse. It references speeches and interviews that President Bush and other administration officials have given to describe and give context as ...
Nov. 23, 2004
Non-legal Memo
George W. Bush, Scott McClellan, Mark Traecey Patrick Kimmitt, L. Paul Bremer, Colin L. Powell, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Condoleeza Rice
Sept. 30, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1023

Record data of all detainees who were treated in U.S. Army medical treatment facilities in Afghanistan and Iraq between December, 2001 and September, 2004.

Sept. 30, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6338
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding a Memo of Understanding between the FBI and the Criminal Investigation Task Force (CITF).