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
Mar. 08, 2007 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 6815
This is a chart which lists 384 detainees of the US government; everything but their names, the dates of ARB completion, and their home countries are redacted.
Mar. 13, 2007 | ACLU-RDI 6711
This memo describes the CIA's rendition, detention, and interrogation program, including the legal authorities under which the program operates and the safeguards and controls that have been undertaken to prevent deviation, improvisation, abuse ...
Dec. 20, 2016
Legal Memo, Non-legal Memo
Abd Al-Rahim Al-Nashiri, Abu Zubaydah, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Riduan "Hambali" Isamuddin, Janat Gul, Sharif al-Masri, Abu Musab al-Baluchi, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani
EIT, Use of water, Waterboarding, Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, Stomach/abdominal slap, Attention grasp, Facial hold, Sleep deprivation, Dietary manipulation, Nudity
Sept. 17, 2007 | ACLU-RDI 6647
This Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract is the twelfth modification to the March 2005 contract between Mitchell, Jessen & Associates and the government. The purpose of the modification is to increase funding from $52,403,684 to ...
Aug. 14, 2007 | ACLU-RDI 6646
This Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract is the eleventh modification to the March 2005 contract between Mitchell, Jessen & Associates and the government. The purpose of the modification is to increase funding from $45,903,684 to ...
Mar. 02, 2007 | ACLU-RDI 6645
This Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract is the tenth modification to the March 2005 contract between Mitchell, Jessen & Associates and the government. The purpose of the modification is to increase the contract value and target ...
Feb. 08, 2007 | ACLU-RDI 6644
This Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract is the ninth modification to the March 2005 contract between Mitchell, Jessen & Associates and the government. The purpose of the modification is to "fully fund" the contract, thereby ...
Nov. 09, 2007 | ACLU-RDI 6634
This document is a list of DOJ advice on interrogation dated November 9, 2007.
Aug. 31, 2016
Chart/List
Scott W. Muller, John A. Rizzo, John McLaughlin, Jay S. Bybee, Daniel B. Levin, John Ashcroft, James B. Comey, Steven G. Bradbury
EIT
Dec. 12, 2007 | ACLU-RDI 6633
This document is a list of DOJ advice on interrogation dated December 12, 2007.
Aug. 31, 2016
Chart/List
John A. Rizzo, Scott W. Muller, John McLaughlin, John A. Rizzo, Daniel B. Levin, James B. Comey, Steven G. Bradbury, John B. Bellinger, III
EIT
Apr. 12, 2007 | OLC | ACLU-RDI 6629
This document is testimony given by Steven Bradbury, acting Assistant Attorney General of the OLC before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The testimony contains Mr. Bradbury's summary of the four legal standards that apply to the ...
Aug. 31, 2016
Interview (Statement)
Steven G. Bradbury
Steven G. Bradbury
EIT
Oct. 12, 2007 | ACLU-RDI 6626
This document is a list of past DOJ advice on interrogation dated October 12, 2007.
Aug. 31, 2016
Chart/List
Alberto R. Gonzales, Jay S. Bybee, John A. Rizzo, William J. Haynes, II, Scott W. Muller, John McLaughlin, James B. Comey, Steven G. Bradbury
EIT