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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Nov. 25, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4851
This memo discusses an official's appointment to Investigating Officer for the purpose of conducting a formal investigation.
Nov. 19, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2317
This is the verbatim record of the trial of USMC Lance Corporal Walter H. Laak who was tried for abusing detainees. He pleaded to all charges. His punishment was confinement for 120 days; Reduction to pay grade E-1; and discharge from the Marine ...
June 15, 2006
UCMJ (Court-Martial), Judicial (Transcript)
Walter H. Laak
Physical assault
Nov. 14, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2057
This document is an Army Memo to establish procedures and Rules of Engagement (ROE) for the Sergeant of the Guard (SOG) and Guard Force assigned to the 2nd Brigade Holding Area (BHA). It states that the BHA NCOIC will: Maintain schedule for ...
Nov. 06, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2081
Powerpoint presentation given by MG Donald J. Ryder, Provost Marshal General. Includes observations and recommendations on how to treat detainees in Abu Ghraib.
Nov. 03, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2070

A soldier was found guilty of using excessive force during interrogation by ...

Feb. 15, 2006
Investigative File
Physical assault, General
Nov. 12, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1780
Form for AR 15-6 proceedings form referencing an investigation at FOB Raider, Tikrit, Iraq on September 12, 2003.
Nov. 13, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1744
This document contains the medical records from numerous detainees during the summer and Fall of 2003. The records are not separated to distinguish from one patient to another. However, the records cover the medical treatment of numerous Iraqi ...
Nov. 03, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1671
Death Certificate: 25-Year-Old Iraqi Male, Detainee, Baghdad, Iraq (Homicide)
Oct. 15, 2005
Medical (Death Certificate)
General, Physical assault
Nov. 01, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1673
Medical records of a 25 year-old Iraqi male, Enemy Prisoner of War (EPW) admitted to hospital with gunshot wound to the head with associated injuries. The medical records do not give any indication as to how the detainee received his injuries or ...
Nov. 01, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1674
Medical records of an Iraqi male detainee at Abu Ghraib prison, Iraq. The detainee suffered a fractured skull in an Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) blast. The medical records do not give any personal information on the detainee.