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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RelevanceDateRelease Date
Aug. 11, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2490
List of annexes to report by BG Formica.
June 30, 2006
Chart/List
Richard P. Formica
Aug. 05, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2493
Memo from Major General Fay to Lieutenant General Sanchez stating that during the course of interviews on Abu Ghraib, five (5) detainees "reported possible abuse they believe occurred at other locations." Three (3) witnesses also "stated that ...
June 30, 2006
Non-legal Memo
George Fay
Ricardo Sanchez
George R. Fay, Ricardo Sanchez
Physical assault, Sexual, General
Aug. 05, 2004 | DOA | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 2649
This letter from the Staff Judge Advocate located at Command Joint Task Force Seven concerns a detainee being interned for "Participating in attacks on the coalition forces" is a form letter. The detainee's name is redacted. He is being interned ...
Aug. 02, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2677
Statement of Commander of unit that did not have a detention facility but that conducted tactical battlefield interrogations immediately after detaining individuals. States that guidance about detainee treatment was clear. Mentions Gen. ...
June 30, 2006
Interview (Statement)
Ricardo Sanchez
Aug. 25, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2000
Army Public Affairs memo on how to address the public release of the Jones-Fay report on the abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The memo states that all questions or "queries specific to the findings of the report, and requests to interview the ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Non-legal Memo
Ricardo Sanchez, George R. Fay, Paul J. Kern, Anthony R. Jones
Aug. 26, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2023
This email has an attachment entitled " Detainee Ops 24 Aug. doc." (attachment not included) and the comment "Sir, MG Burns asked for an electronic copy of this response to send forward ... have attached." this is by a Lieutenant Colonel, G3 ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Julian H. Burns
Aug. 24, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2024
US Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) paper on how training has changed since release of Abu Ghraib pictures. Training guidance was changed to incorporate specific training of Geneva Conventions, Law of War, and reporting violations on Law of War.
Aug. 17, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2026
This email forwards information concerning the UN-KFOR experience in Kosovo and the lessons learned from that military engagement as it pertains to training soldiers on handling detainee operations, and the proper way to recognize and report ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Romie Leslie Brownlee, Peter Schoomaker
Aug. 25, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2030
This email forwards a news article from the Slate news service on the investigation of detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib prison. There is no context to the email.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Ricardo Sanchez
Aug. 23, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2031
These emails between Army Officers concerns the breaking news that Staff Sgt. Ivan "Chip" Frederick had pleaded guilty to some of the charges in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse matter. The emails are between the Deputy Chief of Public Affairs HQ USA ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Ivan L. Frederick, II