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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DOA | ACLU-RDI 209

This report reflects the findings of an investigation, led by Major General Antonio Taguba, into the allegations of detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib prison. The investigation took place in February of 2004 and concluded that numerous instances of ...

Oct. 19, 2004
Oversight Report, Investigative File (AR 15-6)
Antonio Taguba
Antonio Taguba, Ricardo Sanchez, R. Steven Whitcomb, David D. McKiernan, Kinard J. La Fate, Geoffrey D. Miller, Donald J. Ryder
ISN 151365, ISN 13077, ISN 151108, ISN 152307, ISN 150542, ISN 150422, ISN 150425, ISN 152529, ISN 7787, ISN 150427, ISN 151362, ISN 18470
Use of water, Water dousing, Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, Sexual, General, Threat, Assault/death, Use of phobias, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Other
DOA | ACLU-RDI 210
This First Annex to Major General Antonio M. Taguba's Report in to the allegations of abuses at Abu Ghraib prison focuses on the psychological factors contributing to the abuse of detainees at the prison. The assessment cites a number of ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File (AR 15-6)
Geoffrey D. Miller, Donald J. Ryder, Janis Leigh Karpinski
Physical assault, General, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
Jan. 19, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 211

This Department of Defense memo is the formal request for the appointment of an investigating officer to investigate the conduct of the 800th Military Police Brigade's conduct and activities at Abu Ghraib prison.

Oct. 19, 2004
Non-legal Memo
David D. McKiernan, Marc Warren
Jan. 24, 2004 | DOA | CENTCOM | ACLU-RDI 212
Memorandum from CENTCOM to the Commander of the Coalition Forces Land Component Command to conduct an investigation in the the 800th Military Police Brigade's detainee operations and allegations of detainee abuse from November 1, 2003 to time of ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Non-legal Memo
R. Steven Whitcomb
Jan. 23, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 213
Memorandum appointing Major General Antonio Taguba to conduct an informal investigation into the 800th MP Brigade's detention operations and allegations of detainee abuse at Abu Gbraib prison from Nov 1, 2003 to the time of the memorandum.
Oct. 19, 2004
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File
David D. McKiernan
Antonio Taguba
David D. McKiernan, Antonio Taguba
June 12, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 214
This is the report from the investigating Officer in to a riot and the shootings, non-lethal, of five (5) detainees at Camp Cropper, Iraq on June 9, 2003. On June 9, 2003 a Specialist entered the detainee portion of Camp Cropper to retrieve a ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File (AR 15-6), Interview (Statement)
Paul Hill
Paul Hill, Janis Leigh Karpinski
Physical assault, General
June 22, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 215
This Army memo is the report from the investigating Officer appointed to investigate the escape of two (2) detainees, and subsequent shooting death of one (1) of them from camp Cropper, Iraq on June 12, 2003. The scope of this investigation was ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File (AR 15-6), Medical (Death Certificate)
Physical assault, General
June 13, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 216

This Army memo concerns the escape of a detainee who used a piece of cardboard from a water bottle box to push the triple strain concertina wire up and slide under the wire and escape from Abu Ghraib prison. The detainee did this while the ...

Oct. 19, 2004
Investigative File (AR 15-6)
Janis Leigh Karpinski
ISN 8968
Physical assault, General
Feb. 14, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 217
This report documents two (2) shooting of four (4) detainees during a prison riot at Abu Ghraib Prison (Baghdad Correctional Facility (BCCF)) on November 24, 2003. The Report finds deficiencies in military practices, including, inadequate ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Investigative File (AR 15-6)
Walter Wojdakowski
Walter Wojdakowski
Physical assault, General
Jan. 14, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 218
This is an Officers report following an AR 15-6 investigation in to the escape of detainees from Camp Bucca, Unun Qasr, Iraq on Jan 7, 2004. The report recommends: Add additional wire to front of Compound 12; Conduct Visual Checks every 1/2 hour ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File (AR 15-6), Photograph, Interview (Statement)
Janis Leigh Karpinski
Janis Leigh Karpinski
ISN 115032, ISN 11422