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 29, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2645
Letter addressed to a detainee, giving the basis for his detention (participation in attacks on Coalition Forces) and informing him of his rights (right to appeal under Art. 78 of Geneva Convention).
May 27, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2646
This Detainee Tracking form is for a redacted detainee listed as a "Security Internee" and "Interned". The detainee was captured in a raid on a village. He admits to being part of a Fedayeen cell, but claims he was only there to gather intel for ...
Apr. 27, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2647
This is a tag that is tied to and accompanies the detainee as he is moved through the detainee internment process. The detainee associated with this tag is redacted but the tag states that he is "very combative" and "will try to fell at the first ...
May 04, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2648
This is a worksheet for the in-take and processing of detainees captured in the field. The detainee associated with his worksheet is redacted, but states he was captured and confessed to participating in "6 separate occasions" of "IED attacks on ...
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 ...
Apr. 27, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2650
This Detainee Tracking form is for a redacted detainee listed as a "Security Internee" and the action being taken is “Refer to Article 78 Panel”. The detainee was captured in a raid on a village. He admits to being part of a Fedayeen cell.
Mar. 27, 2004 | DOA | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 2651
This letter from the Staff Judge Advocate located at Command Joint Task Force Seven concerns a detainee being interned for "IED making" is a form letter. The detainee's name is redacted. He is being referred to the Article 78 Panel under the ...
Apr. 27, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2652
This is a tag that is tied to and accompanies the detainee as he is moved through the detainee internment process. The detainee associated with this tag is redacted but the tag states that he is "the younger brother of [redacted]."
Apr. 27, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2653
This detainee Screening Report is a standard form letter for processing detainees taken in to custody. The detainee associated with this Screening Report is redacted, but his alias is "Al Dour"; Capture tag number 065-016; and his date of birth ...
May 15, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2654
This Report of Decision by the Article 78 Board is a determination that the detainee is a security threat and orders continued interment. ISN number 25143. NDRS: 156216. The Board was Convened by Convening Order No. 3, effective 15 August 2003, ...