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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OJAG | ACLU-RDI 1122
Gives overview of detainee abuse cases, including courts-martial, Article 32 charges. Cases from Abu Gharib, Samarra and Bagram. Mentions charges, defendants, and JAG updates, including administrative actions.
May 16, 2005
Other
Daniel V. Wright
Daniel V. Wright
DOA | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 1123
Deleted Page Information Sheet. Withheld under FOIA Exemption 5, USC Section 552(b)(5).
Nov. 06, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1124
Reprimands a Staff Sergeant for failing to supervise interrogations. An inexperienced soldier assaulted a detainee during interrogations. Sergeant made statement in response which is next document.
May 03, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1120
Discusses criminal investigation of abuse at Abu Ghraib prison. Charges brought against soldiers involved are discussed and the memo states that action taken against entire chain of command.
May 16, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Mark Traecey Patrick Kimmitt, Daniel V. Wright
May 03, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1121
The purpose of the memo is to provide information on significant investigations into alleged abuse of detainees by U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. It discusses mistreatment of detainees in Abu Ghraib and Bagram, mentioning types of abuse, ...
Aug. 03, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1117
The purpose of the memo was to provide updated information on the courts-martial involving allegations of abuse against detainees near the Samarra Bridge in the Tigris River. Describes incidents in which one Iraqi detainee drowned, and another ...
Aug. 02, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1118
The purpose of the memo was to provide updated information on the courts-martial involving allegations of military police's abuse against detainees in Abu Gharib Prison in Iraq. It outlines courts-martial on seven military police charged with ...
May 16, 2005
Legal Memo, UCMJ (Court-Martial)
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, Sexual, Threat, Assault/death, Stress positions, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Religious, Forced physical training
July 15, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1119
The purpose of the memo was to provide information regarding alleged detainee abuse by Soldiers at the Samarra Bridge in Iraq on January 3, 2004, in which two Iraqis were stopped near a checkpoint in Samarra. After being taken into custody they ...
May 16, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Raymond T. Odierno, Michael J. Marchand
Dec. 04, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1115
Details abuse of Iraqi detainee at Gunner Collection Point. During interrogation of detainee, an Army officer threatened to shoot detainee. Held detainee's head in barrel and shot into the barrel. Discusses Article 32 investigation.
May 16, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Physical assault, General, Assault/death, Threat
Aug. 23, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1116
The purpose of the memo was to provide information on investigations into allegations of detainee abuse and/or death in Iraq and Afghanistan. It states that "at this time, there are 225 allegations of detainee abuse being investigated. 141 of ...