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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Mar. 09, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 303
This memo describes Captain Ray's on-site investigation of Abu Ghraib prison. The memo highlights that "Nearly every soldier had a different method in which they made [head] counts of detainees" as well as the lack of Standard Operating ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File
Ed Ray
Ed Ray, Janis Leigh Karpinski
Jan. 14, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 304
This Army document is a Serious Incident Report describing an inmate escape incident at Abu Ghraib Prison, Hard Site on January 14, 2004.
Feb. 11, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 306

Testimony of Sergeant William G. Cathcart, 372nd Military Police Company. SGT Cathcart described his deployment and stated "We didn't receive any training on the Geneva Conventions while working with the Iraqi law enforcement. To my ...

Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, William A. Cathcart
ISN 151365
Physical assault, General, Isolation
Jan. 17, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 309
This is a memo of admonishment for Gen. Karpinski's service record file. It pertains to her leadership and command of the Military Police activities and abuse at Abu Ghraib prison.
Oct. 19, 2004
Non-legal Memo, Letter
Ricardo Sanchez
Janis Leigh Karpinski
Janis Leigh Karpinski, Ricardo Sanchez
Feb. 10, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 311
Testimony of Captain Marc C. Hale, Commander, 670th Military Police Company. Cpt. Hale described how his unit got to Iraq and the challenges they faced as soldiers. He stated that they were for escorting personnel such as contractors and other ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Marc C. Hale, Janis Leigh Karpinski, Paul Hill, Ricardo Sanchez
DOA | ACLU-RDI 313

Cover Page for Annex 40. No additional information. No additional pages.

DOA | ACLU-RDI 315

Cover Page for Annex 103 and 104. No additional information. No additional pages.

Nov. 06, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4863

This memorandum addresses the detention and correction facilities, policies, and procedures carried out by the United States Military in Iraq.. Assessments for this memorandum were conducted from Oct. 13, 2003-Nov. 6, 2003. The memorandum ...

Oct. 19, 2004
Non-legal Memo, Oversight Report
Donald J. Ryder
Mark Inch, Michael Shannon, Donald J. Ryder
Sept. 27, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 31

An investigation into an allegation that, on December 31, 2003, a soldier threatened a detainee with a gun, fired the gun on the ground next to the detainee, and "butt-stroked" the detainee. The investigation "established ...

Oct. 15, 2004
Investigative File (CID)
Physical assault, General, Threat, Assault/death
Feb. 09, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 32
Report of investigation into the abuse and mock execution of Iraqi civilians by a U.S. soldier on two separate occasions. Investigation established that the soldier committed the offenses of assault, conspiracy, release of a detainee without ...
Oct. 15, 2004
Investigative File (CID), Photograph, Interview (Statement)
Threat, Assault/death