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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Aug. 19, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2221
Email includes an outline from the Office of the Provost Marshall General, which lists their current and future activities.
Aug. 20, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2222
Emails include a PowerPoint slide entitled "CID Detainee Summary Briefing for the Director of the Army Staff," The summary discusses detainee abuse and deaths, highlighted among the deaths are the deaths of Abed Hamed Mowhoush, Zaydun Ma'mun ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Lewis E. Welshofer, Jr., Jeff L. Williams, William J. Sommer, Jerry L. Loper
Abed Hamed Mowhoush, Zaydun Ma'mun Fadhil, Habibullah, Dilawar
Use of water, Other, Physical assault, General, Stress positions, Other
Aug. 23, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2223
Emails reference a document entitled "ADOP Version 1.8 22 Aug 04." [Document not included].
Aug. 24, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2224
Email includes a PowerPoint presentation entitled "Initial Planning Construct." The slides include graphs and plans to improve the Army's detainee interrogation strategies, overall detainee operations and synchronize Army efforts internally.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Leo A. Brooks, Jr.
Aug. 25, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2225
Email references a document entitled "DAIG Action Plan Update PMG (8-25-04)." [Document is not included].
Aug. 25, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2226
Emails discuss an upcoming briefing on detainee operations. The briefing considers concerns that the Commanding General has concerning the number of crew served weapons, a concern also discussed in the Taguba report. [Some content redacted].
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder, Antonio Taguba
Aug. 25, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2227
Email includes a PowerPoint presentation entitled "Draft Army Detainee Operations and Detainee-Interrogation Operations Integration Plan." The slides include graphs and plans to improve the Army's detainee interrogation strategies, overall ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
Aug. 26, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2228
Emails reference two attachments, one is an August 25, 2004 briefing to Donald J. Ryder. [Documents are not included].
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
June 01, 2005 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2229
Emails include a PowerPoint slide entitled "CID Detainee Summary Briefing for the Director of the Army Staff," The summary discusses detainee abuses and deaths, highlighted among the deaths are the deaths of Abed Hamed Mowhoush, Zaydun Ma'mun ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Abed Hamed Mowhoush, Zaydun Ma'mun Fadhil, Dilawar, Habibullah
Use of water, Other, Physical assault, General, Stress positions, Other
Aug. 25, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2230
Emails discuss heavy crew served weapons.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder