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. 01, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 639
Army Action Plan: Orientation for Detainee Acute Care Unit at the Detainee Hospital at Guantanamo
Feb. 01, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 813
This statement is made by the Navy's Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC) of the Navy Military Working Dogs (MWD) used at Abu Ghraib prison. He is a Petty Officer and a senior dog handler. As it pertains to Rules of Engagement (ROE) for the ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan
Physical assault, Sexual, General, Threat, Use of phobias
Feb. 01, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2681
This detainee Screening Report is a standard form letter for processing detainees taken in to custody. The detainee associated with this Screening Report is redacted. The report details a male detainee. Words "MI HOLD" are written on top.
Feb. 01, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2682
This detainee Screening Report is a standard form letter for processing detainees taken in to custody. The detainee associated with this Screening Report is redacted. The report details a male detainee who is handicapped. Screener's name is ...
Feb. 01, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3007
FBI deleted page information sheet for pages that were duplicative of pages already processed for release.
Feb. 02, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 367
General reference manual for Army personnel in execution of their duties. Guidance on resolving ethical dilemmas, and the ethical reasoning process.
Feb. 02, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1042
25 year old Iraqi male detainee at Abu Ghraib prison collapsed without known cause or incident. The Cause of Death: Myocarditis; Manner of Death: Natural.
Feb. 03, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 487
Attachments are copies of training materials for Operation Iraqi Freedom and certification documents at the conclusion of the training.
Feb. 03, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 604
Detainees threw urine/water/toilet paper at each other. Actions taken in response were complete segregation and complete loss of comfort items.
Feb. 03, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 614
Second report of the incident that was recorded in ACLU-RDI 604. Detainees threw urine/water/toilet paper at each other. Actions taken in response were complete segregation and complete loss of comfort items.