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. 10, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4177
Emails discuss correspondence on a Guantanamo matter.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Katherine M. Gorove
James H. Thessin | David A. Kaye | Joshua L. Dorosin | JoAnn J. Dolan | Samuel M. Witten
Katherine M. Gorove, James H. Thessin, David A. Kaye, Joshua L. Dorosin, JoAnn J. Dolan, Samuel M. Witten, Roger F. Noriega, Harry R. Melone, Mary P. Stickles, Andre M. Surena, Catherine Mary Malin
Mar. 10, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4701
State Department email forwarded by JoAnn Dolan from Robert Harris concerning Human Rights Watch report critical of U.S. Action in Afghanistan. Mr. Harris' email has the comment "Human Rights Watch in the past few days issued a highly critical ...
May 04, 2005
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Eliana Davidson | Laura Parsky | David Nahmias | Patrick Philbin | Chuck Allen | Karen Hecker
JoAnn J. Dolan, Robert K. Harris, Michael G. Kozak, Mark P. Lagon, Thomas A. Johnson, Joshua L. Dorosin, Lynn M. Sicade, Charles A. Allen, Eliana Davidson, Karen L. Hecker, John B. Wiegmann, Laura H. Parsky, James A. McAtamney, David E. Nahmias, Patrick Philbin, Ronald W. Miller, Jennifer Koester, John B. Bellinger, III, Jack L. Goldsmith, William Howard Taft, IV, Steven A. Solomon, Michael T. Peay
Mar. 11, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1391
Questionnaire asked the official a series of questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. Official responded that there was "[n]o tng [training] on treatment of detainees (big gray area)." Also, stated ...
Mar. 11, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1597
An Army questionnaire, given to a Captain regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. The handwritten responses are mostly illegible or redacted.
Mar. 11, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1991
Document by Army Inspector General assessing the training of army reserve units on Law of Land Warfare, Detainee Treatment Requirements, Ethics and Leadership. The report states that the "way ahead" for the Army Reserve is to nurture and preserve ...
Mar. 11, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3848
Email from Todd F. Buchwald, the opening of the email is completely redacted, but included is a press release entitled "Statement of Senator Edward M. Kennedy on pending nomination of William Haynes." In the press release, Senator Kennedy ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Todd F. Buchwald
JoAnn J. Dolan | Joshua L. Dorosin | Waldo W. Brooks | Theresa K. Mitchell
Todd F. Buchwald, Monica J. Tillery, JoAnn J. Dolan, Joshua L. Dorosin, Waldo W. Brooks , Edward M. Kennedy, Frank E. Schmelzer , William J. Haynes, II
Mar. 11, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5625
This is the Autopsy Report Autopsy Report of Mohamad Abul Abbas, a detainee in US custody. It is reported that Mr. Abbas suffered from several medical illness' that contributed to his death. The Report states that Mr. Abbas was seen at the camp ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Mohamad Abul Abbas
Mar. 12, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1065
25 year-old male detainee was in a fist-fight, no abrasions anywhere, no lacerations, bruising. The detainee later claimed to have been assaulted by a Military Police Officer, but that allegation was proven to be unfounded. The incident is from ...
Mar. 12, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2613
AR 15-6 investigation regarding allegations of abuse by two detainees. Memos appointing the AR 15-6 investigating officer request that the officer find out whether detainees were taken from the facility, and if so, by whom. First detainee, who ...
Mar. 12, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4266
Email from Ronald Miller to Jeremy Caddel re Afghan detainees. "S siad to make it happen as DoD has planned."
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
Jeremy D. Caddel
Ronald W. Miller