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. 13, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 2072
Samarra Bridge incident. The soldier was found guilty of abusing two (2) detainees by pushing them in to the Samarra River on January 3, 2004. One (1) detainee died from drowning.
Mar. 03, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 2080
Investigation found evidence to prove that an Army Captain committed offense of Maltreatment and Cruelty when he directed a civilian to instruct Iraqi looters to disrobe and had the words for "sinful thief" written on the bodies. Photos withheld ...
Mar. 20, 2004 | DOA | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 2296

Court Martial proceeding was brought against Sgt. Javal S. Davis, a key figure in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal. This document contains the charges; investigative report; defense motions; transcripts and other material associated with ...

Feb. 15, 2006
UCMJ (Court-Martial, Article 32), Judicial (Transcript)
Javal Sean Davis
Mar. 18, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1824
Instructions for a course entitled "HUMINT Intelligence Collector." Discusses intelligence oversight and procedures. Examples of special activities would include the movie Clear and Present Danger - inserting drug interdiction troops into ...
Mar. 05, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1832
Emails discuss the flawed judicial system currently in place. Among the problems is the length detainment of prisoners, who have committed petty crimes. The author explains that the "individual will sit in jail for 6 months for a small theft ...
Mar. 20, 2004 | CID | USAF | ACLU-RDI 1914
This investigative report was generated by the Criminal Investigative Task Force (CITF) and the interview was conducted by the Air Force Office of Special Investigation (AFOSI) and the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC). ...
Mar. 23, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1950
Punch list for collection of documents relating to detainee operations at 501st Military Police Division Interrogation Facility.
Mar. 24, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1951
DoD Questionnaire: Questions for Officers concerning their observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in response to the accusations of detainee abuse ...
Mar. 01, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1963
Army Questionnaire: Questions for the Commander of Forward Operating Base Chapman concerning his observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in ...
Mar. 28, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1969
The purpose of this memo is to provide the results of the Commanding General concerning the inspection of detainee operations during Operation Enduring Freedom; to determine if detainee facilities in Afghanistan are sufficiently organized and ...