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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May 27, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2644
Recommendation from an official of the Detention Review Authority regarding the status of a detainee. Classifies detainee as a "security detainee" and orders that the detainee be interned, based on information that detainee may have "participated ...
June 23, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2675
This letter is a response to General Formica per his request for certain documents related to the training of non-commissioned officers in handling enemy combatants and interrogation of Enemy Prisoners of War (EPWs). The response informs General ...
June 30, 2006
Letter
Richard P. Formica
Richard P. Formica
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Jan. 01, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 2011
This document is a completed Claim form by family of an Iraqi citizen who died in U.S. custody. The gentleman was arrested on April 25, 2003. On November 11, 2004, the family visited him at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) and his health was ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Legal Memo, Letter
Physical assault
May 17, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 941
General Helmly addresses the detainee abuse scandal involving Reserve soldiers. He commends the Reserve soldiers for their service while reminding them of their moral and ethical responsibilities as soldiers and their obligation to uphold the ...
Apr. 06, 2005
Letter
James R. Helmly
James R. Helmly
June 04, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 855
Letter to MG Fay confirming the removal of an Army Reserve Captain from the witness list to give testimony on June 5, 2005. The Attorney for the witness requests that someone from MG Fay's office call them "to further discuss this matter."
Mar. 03, 2005
Letter
George R. Fay
George R. Fay
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