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 12, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2087
Emails reference an attached document entitled "Detainee Abuse Big Font 12 May." The emails are redacted and very little information is provided.
DOD | ACLU-RDI 2088
A deleted-page information sheet from the DOD in response to the ACLU's FOIA request. The DOD notes in the sheet that pages, 15853-15869, were referred to CID on March 1, 2006 for further review.
May 25, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2089
The original email includes an attachment entitled "5-25 daily update." The document is attached in the email, the subject of the document is OPMG Operations.
May 12, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2090
Emails discuss an attached request for information document. [Document is not attached].
May 14, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2091
The emails discuss an attached document entitled "Tasking Summary Sheet" (the sheet is attached). The sheet includes a summary of reported violations in Iraq.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Roscoe G. Bartlett, Wayne Curtis Weldon
May 13, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2092
Emails discuss a "HASC murder board." The emails are heavily redacted. An attached document contains an operations update for the Secretary of Defense.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder, Ricardo Sanchez, Donald H. Rumsfeld
DOD | ACLU-RDI 2093
A deleted-page information sheet from the DOD in response to the ACLU's FOIA request. The DOD notes it withheld photographs, bates pages 15877-15884, pursuant to FOIA exemptions.
May 14, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2094
Emails discuss Carol A. Haave's briefing. The most of the email's contents are redacted.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Carol A. Haave
May 14, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2095
Emails reference a PowerPoint entitled "Army Detainee Responsibilities." The PowerPoint is not included in this document.
CID | ACLU-RDI 2096
Document is a PowerPoint presentation from Office of Provost Marshall General discussing designations and responsibilities U.S. Army personnel.