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
July 21, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1141
Army Memo concerning charges against a Captain who's soldiers were accused of several incidents of striking, kicking and threatening detainees with a loaded weapon at Ramadi Palace, Iraq – July 11-12, 2003. They also staged mock executions as ...
July 21, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1142
Administrative reprimand in accordance with investigation which found a Captain guilty of "unprofessional behavior" towards detainees and his "attempts to coerce and intimidate members of [his] unit in order to sidetrack the investigation into ...
July 13, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1143
Sworn statements of soldiers concerning the detainee abuse at Ramadi Palace, Iraq – July 11-12, 2003. The soldier giving the statement heard the a Captain threaten to kill several detainees. This document is part of an investigation in to an ...
July 15, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1144
Sworn statement for investigation an incident where an Army Captain abused a detainee. The Soldier witnessed the Captain interrogating a detainee and makes the detainee dig a grave with the understanding that it will be for the detainee. Later, ...
July 14, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1145
Sworn statement of a soldier who witnessed a Captain hit detainees on two occasions... This document relates to an AR 15-6 investigations in to alleged detainee abuse at Ramadi Palace, Iraq – July 11-12, 2003. This document is part of an ...
July 13, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1146
Sworn statement for investigation an incident where an Army Captain abused a detainee. The Soldier witnessed the Captain yelling at the detainees in a threatening manner, but did not witness the Captain striking the detainees. This document ...
July 15, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1147
Sworn statement of a Soldier who witnessed a Captain taking a detainee in to the desert and making a detainee dig his own grave. He also states that a Staff Sargent fired a live round at or near the detainees. This document relates to an AR 15-6 ...
May 16, 2005
Investigative File (AR 15-6), Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, General, Threat, Assault/death, Mock Burial
July 12, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1148
Sworn statement of a soldier who witnessed an incident where an Army Captain abused a detainee. The Soldier states he saw the Captain kicking the detainees and stepping on them with the “a lot of pressure”. This document relates to an AR 15-6 ...
May 16, 2005
Investigative File (AR 15-6), Interview (Statement)
Physical assault
July 13, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1149
Sworn statement of a soldier who witnessed an incident where an Army Captain abused a detainee. The Soldier states he saw the Captain kicking a detainee and stepping on him with his boot while yelling at the detainee. This document relates to an ...
May 16, 2005
Investigative File (AR 15-6), Interview (Statement)
Physical assault
July 13, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1150
Sworn statement of a soldier who witnessed an incident where an Army Captain abused a detainee. The Soldier states he saw the Captain kicking a detainee and threatening the detainee with a gun while yelling at him. This document relates to an AR ...
May 16, 2005
Investigative File (AR 15-6), Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, Threat, Assault/death