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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Apr. 08, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2909
FBI emails regarding interviewing strategies and insights on interrogation issues at Guantanamo. The email states "We met several interrogators...who we had dinner with. We discussed areas of mutual interests it pertains to interviewing ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Arthur M. Cummings, II
Apr. 08, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2470
This memo serves as an update on events and happenings at Guantanamo Detention facility. It is noted that Senator Cornyn (R-TX) visited Guantanamo on Monday to view US detainee detention facilities and conditions. Also it reports that there are ...
June 30, 2006
Non-legal Memo
John Cornyn
Apr. 07, 2003 | ACLU-RDI 2405

This fax contains a response letter to The Human Rights watch Ex. Dir. Kenneth Roth addressing his points made in an earlier letter to Sec. Def. Rumsfeld about releasing Taliban armed forces from Guantanamo since the war in Afghanistan is ...

June 15, 2006
Letter
William J. Haynes, II
William Howard Taft, IV | Scott W. Muller | John C. Yoo | John Bellinger
William J. Haynes, II, John C. Yoo, Scott W. Muller, William Howard Taft, IV, John B. Bellinger, III
Apr. 29, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2397
A detainee at Guantanamo attempted suicide in his cell by hanging himself. He was rescued and lives saving measures were effective, however, the detainee suffered irreversible damage. This memo is a detail of the detainee’s condition and a ...
Apr. 16, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2339
The index lists this document as: SECDEF Memorandum dtd 16 Apr 03 New Policy.
Apr. 24, 2003 | CID | ACLU-RDI 2263
Record of UCMJ Article 15 proceedings relating to CID report 0035-03-CID259-6114. Allegation of misconduct was against a soldier for shooting and killing a detainee during a disturbance in the prison at Camp Bucca, Iraq. The report found that ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Investigative File (AR 15-6)
Geoffrey D. Miller
Ahmes Al-Haddii Yasiree
Physical assault, General
Apr. 13, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2264
Memo discusses the events surrounding the shooting deaths of two Enemy Prisoners of War (EPWs) at Camp Bucca, Iraq on April 13, 2003. A Specialist and a Staff Sergeant with the 800th Military Police Brigade encountered numerous EPWs throwing ...
Apr. 18, 2003 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 1889
Memo summarizes the interview of a Camp Delta detainee. The interviewer was a Special Agent with the NCIS, also an Arabic linguist was present. The detainee answered questions regarding his treatment in the camp, his past activities and his trip ...
Apr. 22, 2003 | NCIS | USAF | ACLU-RDI 1890
This investigative report was generated by the Air Force Office of Special Investigation as a Report of Investigative Activity following a joint NCIS/FBI interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo, Cuba. There is a general complaint of ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File
Physical assault, Sexual, General
Apr. 30, 2003 | NCIS | USAF | ACLU-RDI 1891
This investigative report was generated by the Criminal Investigative Task Force (CITF) Report of Investigative Activity and the Navy Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). The detainee maintains his innocents and requested to take a ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Threat, Assault/death