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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Dec. 09, 2003 | DIA | ACLU-RDI 195
Theses emails are between DIS Officials discussing developing interrogation policies and guidelines. One of the authors states that the interrogation mission is codified under the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Combat Command doctrine. However, ...
Apr. 06, 2005 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 191

This is a DOD fax for a release of documents to the ACLU on April 6, 2005. The substance of the letter is that the Department of Defense is reporting on their compliance and production of document in the matter of ACLU v. Department of ...

July 16, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 192
This email states that Admiral Church has requested information on interrogator issues and the party to the email states that the DIA IG is requesting similar information. Several drafts of the information request are passed back and forth and ...
Apr. 06, 2005
Email
Albert T. Church
July 01, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 193
These emails discuss coordinating tasking and responses to the handling and inquiries of alleged abuse of detainees in Iraq. DOD also requested documentation in support of the Detainee Task Force (DTF), which will conduct a "comprehensive review ...
July 09, 2004 | DIA | ACLU-RDI 189
General Ennis is recommending that a soldier receive a reprimand in his file at his Local Unit File “for a period of three years or until his departure from your general court-martial jurisdiction. Whichever is sooner”. There is no indication as ...
Nov. 08, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Michael E. Ennis
Michael E. Ennis
Apr. 06, 2005 | DOJ | ACLU-RDI 190
Letter from David N. Kelley, DOJ to Lawrence Lustberg, of Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Grriffinger & Vecchione, P.C., attorneys for the ACLU re: the ACLU's FOIA Request. Partially redacted. Letter states "Dear Mr. Lustberg: Enclosed please find a ...
Apr. 06, 2005
Letter, Judicial
David N. Kelley | Sean H. Lane | Stewart F. Aly
David N. Kelley, Sean H. Lane, Peter M. Skinner, Stewart F. Aly
May 10, 2004 | DIA | ACLU-RDI 186
This email concerns an investigation in to an account of a DIA/DHS officer who while at the Bagram Collection Point participated in the abuse of an Uzbek who was turned over to Coalition forces by local villagers. The report, unsubstantiated, was ...
Nov. 08, 2004
Email
Physical assault
Nov. 08, 2004 | DIA | ACLU-RDI 187
This DIA PowerPoint presentation details the DIA’s interaction with Iraqi prisoners and other detainees. The issue of contract interrogators; events at Camp Cropper; and Abu Ghraib are covered.
June 10, 2004 | DIA | ACLU-RDI 188
A civilian employee (CE) of the DIA reports in this memo his observation and allegation of violations of the Geneva Convention concerning detainee abuse and the illegal detainment of non-combatants. The CE alleges that he witnessed the ...
Nov. 08, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, Threat, Family/others
Aug. 06, 2004 | DIA | ACLU-RDI 184
This DIA memo decribes guidelines for JITF-CT contract personnel when coming in to contact with detainees. This memo discusses prohibited and acceptable types of interaction with detainees.