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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Apr. 29, 2008 | ACLU-RDI 6628
This document is a list of classified DOJ legal advice regarding the CIA's interrogation program dated April 29, 2008.
Aug. 31, 2016
Chart/List
John A. Rizzo, George J. Tenet, Scott W. Muller, John McLaughlin, John A. Rizzo, Steven G. Bradbury
EIT
Mar. 18, 2005 | CIA | ACLU-RDI 6627
This Letter Contract signifies the Government's intention to "negotiate and definitize" a formal contract with Mitchell, Jessen and Associates (MJA). The Letter Contract provides that MJA may proceed with the tasks identified in the "Statement of ...
Nov. 23, 2016
Letter
Mitchell | Jessen | & Associates
Oct. 12, 2007 | ACLU-RDI 6626
This document is a list of past DOJ advice on interrogation dated October 12, 2007.
Aug. 31, 2016
Chart/List
Alberto R. Gonzales, Jay S. Bybee, John A. Rizzo, William J. Haynes, II, Scott W. Muller, John McLaughlin, James B. Comey, Steven G. Bradbury
EIT
| ACLU-RDI 6625
This document is a list of past OLC advice on interrogation dated October 2, 2007.
Chart/List
John C. Yoo, Alberto R. Gonzales, Jay S. Bybee, John A. Rizzo, Daniel B. Levin, William J. Haynes, II, James B. Comey, Steven G. Bradbury
EIT
CIA | ACLU-RDI 6624
This letter provides Bruce Jessen, of Mitchell, Jessen and Associates LLC confirmation of Verbal Authorization to Proceed Not to Exceed for DCI's Counterterrorist Center (CTC) Elicitation and Training for a CTC Project (name of Project redacted ...
Nov. 23, 2016
Other
Contracting Officer
Bruce Jessen
Bruce Jessen
June 18, 2004 | OLC | ACLU-RDI 6623
An OLC memo from Jack Goldsmith to John Helgerson, the CIA's Inspector General, expressing disagreement with the Special Review's representation of OLC opinions on two points -- whether John Ashcroft (Attorney General) authorized "expanded use" ...
Aug. 31, 2016
Legal Memo
Jack L. Goldsmith
John L. Helgerson
Jack L. Goldsmith, John L. Helgerson, John A. Rizzo
Abu Zubaydah
EIT, Use of water, Waterboarding
Jan. 01, 2005 | ACLU-RDI 6622
Independent Contractor Contract between James Mitchell and the U.S. Government.
Nov. 23, 2016
Other
James Mitchell
Jan. 01, 2005 | ACLU-RDI 6621
Independent Contractor Contract between Bruce Jessen and the U.S. Government.
Nov. 23, 2016
Other
Bruce Jessen
Jan. 01, 2005 | ACLU-RDI 6620
Independent Contractor Contract between Bruce Jessen and the U.S. Government.
Nov. 23, 2016
Other
Bruce Jessen
Dec. 15, 2011 | ACLU-RDI 6619
Indemnification Agreement between Mitchell, Jessen and Associates, LLC ("MJA") and the U.S. Government, James Mitchell and the U.S. Government, and Bruce Jessen and the U.S. Government. This agreement supersedes the November 8, 2007 ...
Nov. 23, 2016
Other
Bruce Jessen, James Mitchell