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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Feb. 26, 2004 | DOJ | ACLU-RDI 5076
This Powerpoint presentation describes U.S. strategies for "assist[ing] Iraqis in beginning investigations and prosecutions of selected major crimes by Saddam Hussein and key members of his regime" and "aid[ing] in establishing Iraqi Special ...
Mar. 15, 2013
Other
Robert G. Ulrich
Feb. 11, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4852
530th Military Police Battalion-Camp Ashraf Mission Brief/PowerPoint presentation on the rights of enemy prisoners of war (EPWs). The presentation includes Geneva Convention articles and principles, which discuss the proper treatment of EPWs.
Jan. 05, 2007
Other
Antonio Taguba
Antonio Taguba
Feb. 13, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4033
DOS Press Release re: Guantanamo Detainees and Other War Crimes Issues. Remarks by Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper's to the Foreign Press Center.
Dec. 30, 2004
Other
Pierre-Richard Prosper
Pierre-Richard Prosper
Feb. 13, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3596
State Department Q & A session with the foreign press re: foreign nationals held at Guantanamo. This is a transcript of the press conference and covers the detention of the Guantanamo detainees, including their demographic information and the ...
Nov. 23, 2004
Other
Pierre-Richard Prosper
Pierre-Richard Prosper
Feb. 01, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3007
FBI deleted page information sheet for pages that were duplicative of pages already processed for release.
Feb. 27, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2082
Powerpoint presentation providing "a proposed way-ahead to develop policies that govern how the Army/units/Soldiers handle detainees from point of capture to conviction or release, to include a review of common task training and specialized MP ...
Feb. 02, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 367
General reference manual for Army personnel in execution of their duties. Guidance on resolving ethical dilemmas, and the ethical reasoning process.
Feb. 11, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 314
Cover Page for Annex 97. No additional information. No additional pages.
Feb. 01, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 238
FRAGO 176 deployment orders for 1st Armored Division; 89th Military Police Brigade; 16th Military Police Brigade and the 89th Military Police Brigade February 13, 2004.