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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Aug. 01, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 246
Log Book for the 72nd Military Police Company at Abu Ghraib Prison, Aug. 2003
DOA | ACLU-RDI 247
310th Military Police Battalion, Al-Hillah Prison Standard Operating Procedures.
DOA | ACLU-RDI 248
320th Military Police Batallion Change Sheet. Appears to be a blank form to record prisoner arrival and departure.
Jan. 12, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 249
800th Military Brigade Slides of Prison Locations and Lay-out
July 10, 2001 | JCOS | ACLU-RDI 250
This Dod manual that provides the basic doctrine and policy governing the unified direction of forces and discusses the functions of the Department of Defense and its major components.
Oct. 19, 2004
Chart/List, Other
Henry H. Shelton
Henry H. Shelton
Nov. 29, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 251
Reprimands for members of the 800th Military Police Battalion for violations and infractions of violations and unprofessional conduct. The reprimands include an officer having inappropriate relationships with junior female soldiers; a soldier ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Non-legal Memo, Letter
David D. McKiernan
David D. McKiernan, Janis Leigh Karpinski
Sept. 01, 2002 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 252
800th Military Police Brigade Tactical Operations Procedures.
Feb. 15, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 253

This document is the transcript of the sworn interview of Brigadier General Janis L. Karpinski conducted by Major General Antonio M. Taguba, Deputy Commanding General of the Coalition Land Forces Component Command, conducted at Camp Doha, ...

Oct. 19, 2004
Investigative File (AR 15-6), Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba
Antonio Taguba, Janis Leigh Karpinski, Michael Diamond, David D. McKiernan, Ricardo Sanchez
Feb. 09, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 254
This is the transcript of Gen. Taguba’s deposition of Gen. Pappas re: Abu Ghraib prison. It contains specific Q&A’s about responsibility for the security and different elements of prison/base operations. Abuse of detainees is brought out as well ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Ricardo Sanchez, Janis Leigh Karpinski, Keith Dayton, Geoffrey D. Miller, Walter Wojdakowski
Physical assault, Sexual, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
Feb. 10, 2004 | DOA | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 255
This is the transcript of a deposition of a colonel in the JAG Corps describing his duties as the JAG officer assigned to the 800th Military Police Brigade. He describes his chain of command, his knowledge of Abu Ghraib prison and his knowledge ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, Paul Hill, Donald Campbell, Janis Leigh Karpinski
Use of water, Other, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Nudity