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. 24, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4693
Ms. Sanford attacheda document with notes on the Guantanamo detainee issue from the American Bar Association meeting of February 24, 2004 with the following comment: "Marc Bonora (an attorney at Kirkland Ellis and classmate of mine) and I ...
May 04, 2005
Email
Christina A. Sanford
Edward R. Cummings | Todd F. Buchwald | JoAnn J. Dolan
Edward R. Cummings, Todd F. Buchwald, JoAnn J. Dolan, Christina A. Sanford
Feb. 24, 2004 | EOP | ACLU-RDI 4697
White House memo from Alberto R. Gonzalez, Counsel to the President, concerning detention Issues in the War on Terrorism.
May 04, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Alberto Gonzalez
George W. Bush
George W. Bush, Alberto R. Gonzales, Donald H. Rumsfeld
Yaser Esam Hamdi, Jose Padilla
Mar. 10, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4701
State Department email forwarded by JoAnn Dolan from Robert Harris concerning Human Rights Watch report critical of U.S. Action in Afghanistan. Mr. Harris' email has the comment "Human Rights Watch in the past few days issued a highly critical ...
May 04, 2005
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Eliana Davidson | Laura Parsky | David Nahmias | Patrick Philbin | Chuck Allen | Karen Hecker
JoAnn J. Dolan, Robert K. Harris, Michael G. Kozak, Mark P. Lagon, Thomas A. Johnson, Joshua L. Dorosin, Lynn M. Sicade, Charles A. Allen, Eliana Davidson, Karen L. Hecker, John B. Wiegmann, Laura H. Parsky, James A. McAtamney, David E. Nahmias, Patrick Philbin, Ronald W. Miller, Jennifer Koester, John B. Bellinger, III, Jack L. Goldsmith, William Howard Taft, IV, Steven A. Solomon, Michael T. Peay
July 26, 2003 | DOA | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 968
AR 15-6 report on the proceeding against a soldier (name redacted) who was accused of contributing to the death of an Iraqi detainee. The matter was transferred to Ft. Hood from Iraq.
Apr. 18, 2005
Investigative File
Raymond T. Odierno
Other
July 06, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 970
Army AR 15-6 investigation in to missing property belonging to Iraqis working as translators. The facts are that several translators working at the Division of Civil Military Operations Center were detained in a raid. They were held for seven (7) ...
Sept. 06, 2003 | DOA | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 971
Army inquiry in to the death of a 44 year old Iraqi who was detained on August 7, 2003. On August 15, 2003 the detainee was treated for dehydration and nausea. He was pale and weak and unable to keep food down. The detainee's brother said he ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Investigative File
Other
Feb. 26, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 973
Army AR 15-6 investigation in to the death of a detainee at Camp Patriot; FOB Ironhorse. A detainee was brought to FOB Ironhorse for detention on February 5, 2004. He was complaining about being sick and an Army medic examined him on February 7, ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Investigative File
Raymond T. Odierno
Other
Aug. 25, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 974
Army AR 15-6 Investigation in to the shooting of an un-armed Iraqi civilian at the Baqubah Airfield in Iraq. The Inquiry found that the soldier involved acted through "simple negligence" when handling a loaded pistol that accidently discharged ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File (AR 15-6), Interview (Statement)
Raymond T. Odierno
Physical assault, Other
Oct. 08, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 975
Army AR 15-6 Investigation in to the abuse of a detainee during interrogation. The investigation found that the soldiers from the 104th Intelligence Battalion “used an MP baton to hit a detainee’s feet and buttocks during the course of an ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File (AR 15-6), Interview (Statement)
Raymond T. Odierno
SERE, Physical assault
Sept. 05, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 976
Army AR 15-6 investigation into "soldier misconduct" involving soldiers placing a detainee between the hood and brush guard of a Humvee and driving him around. Allegations also included: Maltreatment of detainees; theft of private property; and ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File (AR 15-6), Interview (Statement)
Raymond T. Odierno
Physical assault