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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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
July 15, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2676
Email. Contents redacted.
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
Jan. 09, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2678
Cable issued to ensure that all civilian internees and enemy prisoners of War (POWs) are properly processed and treated humanely. The cable states that some capturing units may not be able to detain those captured and that some ...
Apr. 01, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2679
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 the report details a female detainee and briefly lists questions asked of ...
Apr. 01, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2680
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 the report details a female detaineeand lists questions asked of the ...
Feb. 01, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2681
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. The report details a male detainee. Words "MI HOLD" are written on top.
Feb. 01, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2682
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. The report details a male detainee who is handicapped. Screener's name is ...
Dec. 16, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2683
List of soldiers assigned to duty of Detainee Guard times with emails attached discussing the shift assignements.
DOD | ACLU-RDI 2684
Deleted Page Information Sheet