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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Court Martial proceeding was brought against Sgt. Javal S. Davis, a key figure in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal. This document contains the charges; investigative report; defense motions; transcripts and other material associated with ...

Feb. 15, 2006
UCMJ (Court-Martial, Article 32), Judicial (Transcript)
Javal Sean Davis
This CID investigation concerns an investigation in to detainee abuse in Afghanistan. A New York Times newspaper was releasing a story on 12 May 04, concerning allegations of a Afghan Police Colonel that was alleged to be abused by U.S. Forces in ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Investigative File (CID)
Sexual, Assault/death, Physical assault, Threat
This email contains an attachment of a chronology and talking points concerning the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison, detainee operations at the prison and the 60 Minutes television report on the matter. The information paper also details responses ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
David D. McKiernan

A soldier was found guilty of using excessive force during interrogation by ...

Feb. 15, 2006
Investigative File
Physical assault, General
Email to Major General Miller, begins by stating the FBI has concerns over [redacted]; ends with the FBI remains in support of the JTE GTMO mission.
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
Geoffrey D. Miller
Geoffrey D. Miller
Describes proper treatment of detainees; Procedures for detainees of intelligence interest and criminal detainees; and the review process for commanders for compliance with protocols.
Memo to all soldiers and dragoons who are or scheduled to perform detainee operations. The memo reminds the soldiers that they have a duty and professional standards to uphold and maintain. They must treat detainees with dignity and respect; do ...
This document is the sworn statement of an army interpreter who visited a detainee in early February 2002 and the detainee stated he was regularly beaten by Military Police while housed at the Kandahar Detention Facility. The interpreter states ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File, Interview (Transcript)
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, General
On 02/11/02 declarant noticed abuse. During a medical exam, instead of a medical personnel, one of the MPs conducted an anal probe on detainee. "He was a large man. Without warning the EPW [Enemy Prisoner of War], and in a cruel way he pushed ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File, Interview (Transcript)
Physical assault, Sexual
A soldier relates how a detainee said he was hit on the head with large object, which could be the butt of a rifle, but he did not see because he had a hood on. Detainee had a bump on his head.
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File, Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, General