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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Emails discuss a CID investigation into allegations that a detainee was kicked during questioning. Investigation found there was no probable cause to believe the alleged incident occurred.
Dec. 21, 2005
Email
Keith M. McCullen
Physical assault
Emails discuss Harrington's allegations of detainee abuse.
Dec. 21, 2005
Email
Thomas J. Harrington
Emails discuss the need to decrease the investigation period and improve the investigation process. One author states " ...our process is drawn out and inefficient."
Original email describes a visit from [redacted], a committee member of an Islamic human rights organization. The email also references a conversation between the author and [redacted] discussing alleged abuse cases that took place at Abu Ghraib.
The original email includes an attachment, with a different CID number in the title of the document. The reply email references allegations of detainee abuse inside the Stryker.
Emails discuss the need to decrease the investigation period and improve the investigation process. One author states " ...our process is drawn out and inefficient."
Emails discuss a detainee's allegation that he was butt stroked in the face by a Soldier after being captured, while blindfolded and flexcuffed.
Dec. 21, 2005
Email
Physical assault, General, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling
Email from DOD to DOD reminding officials to refrain from abusing and mistreating detainees.
Emails discuss the flawed judicial system currently in place. Among the problems is the length detainment of prisoners, who have committed petty crimes. The author explains that the "individual will sit in jail for 6 months for a small theft ...
Emails discuss the current status of 36 detainees captured in March/April 2004 and their status. [Names redacted].