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, 2010 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 6109
The document is a letter from the Department of the Navy to the ACLU National Security Project, regarding an ACLU request for information pertaining to the interrogation of detainees. The request is partially denied and certain portions of the ...
Letter
Jameel Jaffer
Feb. 17, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 6010
The document is a memorandum from the Department of Defense Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force - Arabian Peninsula (CJSOTF-AP) for all service members in the force, regarding proper detainee treatment.
June 18, 2004 | DIA | ACLU-RDI 6008
The document is a letter from the Defense Intelligence Agency, regarding the service and honorable discharge of a Marine whose name has been redacted.
DIA | ACLU-RDI 6191
The document is a cover sheet from the Defense Intelligence Agency, but all other information has been redacted.
Nov. 15, 2002 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 6354
CITF-G/JA REPLY TO ATTENTION OF .,,b2 per CITE 1, 6 per CITE Pagel: 'b -7C per CITE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION TASK FORCE . FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA 22060-5506 ALL FBI INFORMATION COVIATIVLD HEREIN IS T_INCLASSIFIEL DATE ...
DOD | ACLU-RDI 6472
These photos most likely depict the abuse of Iraqi Major General Abed Hamed Mowhoush, who was detained, tortured, and killed by U.S. forces near Al Qaim, Iraq, in November 2003. According to an U.S. Army investigation, U.S. officials wrapped ...
Photograph
Abed Hamed Mowhoush
Physical assault
DOD | ACLU-RDI 6471
This photo of what appears to be the top of a man’s head relates to the case of an Iraqi detainee who alleged he was tortured while detained by U.S. forces at an unknown facility in Tikrit, Iraq, in April and May of 2004. According to the ...
Photograph
Physical assault
CID | ACLU-RDI 6476
CID Report of investigation regarding alleged assault on two detainees (an uncle, aged 50-52, and his nephew, aged 19) during their transport from Camp War Eagle to Camp Cuervo, Baghdad, Iraq, on May 7, 2004. The detainees were put in the back of ...
Investigative File
Department of the Army
Physical assault, General
Aug. 25, 2006 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 6477
This is a DOD OIG review of 13 senior-level investigations of detention and interrogation that were initiated as a result of allegations of detainee abuse made in 2004. The purpose of the OIG review "was to evaluate the reports to determine ...
Oversight Report
Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense
Secretary of Defense | Undersecretary of Defense for Policy | Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence | Director of Joint Staff | U.S. Joint Forces Commander | Secretary of the Army
Mar. 31, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1582
An Army questionnaire, including forty-four questions, given to a First Lieutenant regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. The handwritten responses are mostly illegible or redacted. The First Lieutenant ...