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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May 10, 2004 | DIA | ACLU-RDI 186
This email concerns an investigation in to an account of a DIA/DHS officer who while at the Bagram Collection Point participated in the abuse of an Uzbek who was turned over to Coalition forces by local villagers. The report, unsubstantiated, was ...
Nov. 08, 2004
Email
Physical assault
Nov. 08, 2004 | DIA | ACLU-RDI 187
This DIA PowerPoint presentation details the DIA’s interaction with Iraqi prisoners and other detainees. The issue of contract interrogators; events at Camp Cropper; and Abu Ghraib are covered.
June 10, 2004 | DIA | ACLU-RDI 188
A civilian employee (CE) of the DIA reports in this memo his observation and allegation of violations of the Geneva Convention concerning detainee abuse and the illegal detainment of non-combatants. The CE alleges that he witnessed the ...
Nov. 08, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, Threat, Family/others
July 09, 2004 | DIA | ACLU-RDI 189
General Ennis is recommending that a soldier receive a reprimand in his file at his Local Unit File “for a period of three years or until his departure from your general court-martial jurisdiction. Whichever is sooner”. There is no indication as ...
Nov. 08, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Michael E. Ennis
Michael E. Ennis
June 25, 2004 | DIA | ACLU-RDI 185
This cable/memo concerns a report of TF 62-2 officers who were seen abusing a detainee then confiscated evidence of the abuse, threatened the DIA Directorate for Human Intelligence Officers from reporting the incident and obstructing the ...
Nov. 04, 2004
Non-legal Memo, Cable
Physical assault
DOA | ACLU-RDI 206

A list of the 106 annexes to the Taguba Report.

Oct. 19, 2004
Chart/List
Antonio Taguba, Janis Leigh Karpinski, Thomas Pappas
June 04, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 207

A memorandum for the record from the Chief of Military Justice certifying that a printed copy of the Taguba report, provided to the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) and to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is a true and accurate copy. ...

Oct. 19, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Richard B. Myers, Thomas Pappas, Antonio Taguba, Donald J. Ryder
June 04, 2004 | DOA | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 208

A memorandum for the record from a Special Assistant to the Staff Judge Advocate certifying that the Master Disk of the Taguba report, provided to headquarters of Central Command (CENTCOM), is a true and accurate copy. The memo also discusses ...

Oct. 19, 2004
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File (AR 15-6)
Antonio Taguba, Janis Leigh Karpinski, Michael R. Osterhout
DOA | ACLU-RDI 209

This report reflects the findings of an investigation, led by Major General Antonio Taguba, into the allegations of detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib prison. The investigation took place in February of 2004 and concluded that numerous instances of ...

Oct. 19, 2004
Oversight Report, Investigative File (AR 15-6)
Antonio Taguba
Antonio Taguba, Ricardo Sanchez, R. Steven Whitcomb, David D. McKiernan, Kinard J. La Fate, Geoffrey D. Miller, Donald J. Ryder
ISN 151365, ISN 13077, ISN 151108, ISN 152307, ISN 150542, ISN 150422, ISN 150425, ISN 152529, ISN 7787, ISN 150427, ISN 151362, ISN 18470
Use of water, Water dousing, Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, Sexual, General, Threat, Assault/death, Use of phobias, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Other
DOA | ACLU-RDI 210
This First Annex to Major General Antonio M. Taguba's Report in to the allegations of abuses at Abu Ghraib prison focuses on the psychological factors contributing to the abuse of detainees at the prison. The assessment cites a number of ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File (AR 15-6)
Geoffrey D. Miller, Donald J. Ryder, Janis Leigh Karpinski
Physical assault, General, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual