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. 02, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1118
The purpose of the memo was to provide updated information on the courts-martial involving allegations of military police's abuse against detainees in Abu Gharib Prison in Iraq. It outlines courts-martial on seven military police charged with ...
May 16, 2005
Legal Memo, UCMJ (Court-Martial)
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, Sexual, Threat, Assault/death, Stress positions, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Religious, Forced physical training
Nov. 06, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1124
Reprimands a Staff Sergeant for failing to supervise interrogations. An inexperienced soldier assaulted a detainee during interrogations. Sergeant made statement in response which is next document.
Nov. 09, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1125
A Sergeant who received a Written Reprimand disagrees with characterization of his responsibility for incident.
Oct. 01, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1126
The memo is the recommendation that a First Lieutenant be allowed to resign from the military for the good of the service because he has lost the confidence of his senior commanders. He had a lapse in judgment and the memo states "[He] will be ...
Sept. 26, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1127
This memo is by a First Lieutenant who is resigning form the military in lieu of a court martial.
Sept. 27, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1128
This memo is in supprot of an Honorable Discharge in lieu of a court martial for a First Lieutenant. It states that the 1LT "terrible mistake, when he deviated from procedures".
Sept. 26, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1129
Describes First Lieutenant's career in Army, saying that though he made a 'mistake in his actions involving the Iraqi prisoner,' this was an 'isolated incident' and should be allowed to resign honorably.
Sept. 26, 2003 | ACLU-RDI 1130
Letter from 1LT [redacted]'s father asking that he be allowed to resign rather than be court-martialed.
DOA | ACLU-RDI 1133
Flow chart outlines the detention procedure and the appropriate chain of command.
July 12, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1134

Email attaching an Assessment of the Biometric Automated Toolset software system used throughout the detention procedure at Abu Ghraib. Report claims it is functioning at 75%.

May 16, 2005
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Geoffrey D. Miller