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
Apr. 25, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1833
Emails discuss the current status of 36 detainees captured in March/April 2004 and their status. [Names redacted].
Apr. 22, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1834
Emails discuss the need to decrease the investigation period and improve the investigation process. One author states " ...our process is drawn out and inefficient."
Apr. 22, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1841
Emails discuss the need to decrease the investigation period and improve the investigation process. One author states " ...our process is drawn out and inefficient."
Apr. 23, 2004 | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 1844
Email includes the Commanding General's guidance regarding probable cause review of detainees.
Dec. 21, 2005
Email
Carter F. Ham
Apr. 25, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1846

Email includes a list of 36 detainees captured in March/April 2004 and their status. [Names redacted].

Apr. 04, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1847
Email includes an attachment, which is a power-point presentation entitled processing detainees. Includes power point presentation.
Apr. 23, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1849
Email requests information on detainees detained beyond the "14-day rule."
Apr. 22, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1853
Emails discuss the processing of detainees, there are concerns raised regarding a new detainee parole concept.
Apr. 12, 2004 | USAF | ACLU-RDI 1915
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). The detainee being interviewed states that he feels the guards at ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File
Other Humiliation, Religious
Apr. 13, 2004 | USAF | ACLU-RDI 1916
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). The detainee "was uncooperative and refused to answer question" but ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Other Humiliation, Religious