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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RelevanceDateRelease Date
Dec. 16, 2002 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2418
DoD memo on recent deaths of detainees at Bagram detention facility. This is a Q&A to be followed when investigating the circumstances of the deaths.
Dec. 17, 2002 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2421
DoD memo providing guidance on answering inquiries concerning detainee deaths at the Bagram Detention Facility. This document is related to RDI 2418.
June 12, 2002 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2037
This memo is to memorialize the training received by fifteen (15) Military Police soldiers from: 272nd MP Co. (6); 363rd MP Co. (2); and the 307th MP Co. (7) in the Use of Force and the use of a firearm, including deadly force.
Sept. 09, 2002 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 3490
Emails between Military Personnel re: Ft. Bragg Interrogation Training
Jan. 05, 2002 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1793
Army memo with a chronology of detainee/guard interactions and issues that were experienced. Does not appear to be official, but contains details of everyday goings on at the detention camp during January 5, 2002 through February 13, 2002.
Feb. 18, 2002 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1794
This document is the sworn statement of an army interpreter who visited a detainee in early February 2002 and the detainee stated he was regularly beaten by Military Police while housed at the Kandahar Detention Facility. The interpreter states ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File, Interview (Transcript)
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, General
Feb. 11, 2002 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1795
On 02/11/02 declarant noticed abuse. During a medical exam, instead of a medical personnel, one of the MPs conducted an anal probe on detainee. "He was a large man. Without warning the EPW [Enemy Prisoner of War], and in a cruel way he pushed ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File, Interview (Transcript)
Physical assault, Sexual
Feb. 18, 2002 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1796
A soldier relates how a detainee said he was hit on the head with large object, which could be the butt of a rifle, but he did not see because he had a hood on. Detainee had a bump on his head.
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File, Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, General
Feb. 18, 2002 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1797
When interrogator left the interrogation room for a few minutes, Special Forces members had entered the room and were blowing smoke on detainee when interrogator returned to the room. Detainee states that others touched his hands with an ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File, Interview (Transcript)
Physical assault, General, Use of electricity
Feb. 18, 2002 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1798
A soldier in the in-take processinf was told by a detainee that the detainee received rough treatment, being hit and placed in an uncomfortable position while being transported on the plane.
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File, Interview (Transcript)
Physical assault