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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Nov. 23, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4825
This memo discusses an official's appointment to Investigating Officer for the purpose of conducting a formal investigation, pursuant to Army Regulation 15-6, into the circumstances surrounding the capture and detention of three Iraqis (a man and ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Non-legal Memo
Physical assault, General, Other
Dec. 04, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4826
This is an Army memo discussing a phone conversation an investigating officer had with a reporter with Reuters concerning footage the reporter recorded while accompanying the Alpha Company, 588th Battalion on a November 22, 2003 raid.
Dec. 04, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4827
This Army memo identifies the interpreter and interrogator an investigating officer used for an Army Regulation 15-6 (Procedures for Investigating Officers and Boards of Officers investigation) investigations.
Nov. 25, 2003 | CID | ACLU-RDI 4831
This document is part of a larger document. The contents of this document are: “Recommendations: (Appointment Letter Dated 25 November 2003) as of 4 DEC 03 - No further investigation. Detainee received injury when his head hit a board on the ...
Nov. 25, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4832
This memo discusses an official's appointment to Investigating Officer for the purpose of conducting a formal investigation, pursuant to Army Regulation 15-6, into the circumstances surrounding the release of a civilian detainee from the Warhorse ...
Dec. 02, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4833
Memo from an Investigating Officer requesting an extension of an Army Regulation (AR) 15-6 investigation.
Nov. 22, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4836
This Army operations report details a house raid in the Tahrir district of Baghdad. The report states "Conducted raid on home. Received small arms fire from roof as we were conducting the front door entry. Also received fire inside the building. ...
Nov. 25, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4851
This memo discusses an official's appointment to Investigating Officer for the purpose of conducting a formal investigation.
Nov. 15, 2002 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2434
This memo is designed to inform and instruct members of the 1st Force Service Support Group on the collection and handling of Enemy Prisoners of War, Civilian Internees and other Detainees. The memo includes the Geneva Convention and supporting ...
Apr. 01, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2435
This memo is designed to inform and instruct members of the 1st Force Service Support Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force on the collection and handling of Enemy Prisoners of War, Civilian Internees and other Detainees. The memo includes the ...