Accountability For Torture Documents Released Under FOIA

Since 2003, the ACLU filed several Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for records relating to the abuse and torture of prisoners in U.S. detention centers overseas. While many documents have been released, many vital records are still being withheld.

ALL FOIA DOCUMENT SETS BY RELEASE DATE

November 2009
11/6/2009 - ACLU Obtains More Documents Related to Bush Torture Program
Documents


October 2009
10/30/2009 - ACLU Obtains More Documents Related to Bush Torture Program
More | Documents


August 2009
8/24/2009 - ACLU Obtains Detailed Official Record Of CIA Torture Program
More | CIA Inspector General's Report (Supporting Documents) | OLC Documents and Memos


June 2009
6/15/2009 - ACLU Obtains Still-Heavily Redacted Guantánamo Tribunal Transcripts of Detainees Describing Torture and Abuse Suffered in CIA Custody
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April 2009
4/16/2009 - ACLU Obtains 4 OLC Memos Authorizing CIA Torture Methods
More | Documents


March 2009
3/6/2009 - CIA Documents State that 12 of 92 Destroyed Videotapes Depicted Use of "Enhanced Interrogation Methods"
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March 2009
3/2/2009 - CIA Informs ACLU That Its Personnel Destroyed 92 Interrogation Videotapes
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March 2009
3/2/2009 - DOJ Releases 9 Memos Written by the Office of Legal Counsel, Including a Memo Contending That the Fourth Amendment Does not Apply to Military Operations Inside the U.S.
More | Documents (off-site)


February 2009
2/12/2009 - Deaths at Bagram Followed Abusive Behavior During and Following Interrogation
More | Documents


November 2008
11/19/2008 - Documents Obtained By ACLU Provide Further Evidence That Abuse Of Iraqi Prisoners Was Systemic
Statement | Documents


July 2008
7/24/2008 - ACLU Obtains Key Memos Authorizing CIA Torture Methods
Statement | Documents


May 2008
5/27/2008 - ACLU Obtains Heavily Redacted CIA Documents Regarding Waterboarding
Statement | Document


May 2008
5/20/2008 - Justice Department Report Reveals Senior Government Officials Knew Early On Of Interrogation Abuse But Did Not Stop It
Statement | Document


May 2008
5/14/2008 - ACLU Obtains Defense Department Documents About Prisoner Deaths And Interrogations
Statement | Documents


April 2008
4/30/2008 - Newly Unredacted Report Confirms Psychologists Supported Illegal Interrogations In Iraq and Afghanistan
Statement | Documents


April 2008
4/16/2008 - Documents Obtained By ACLU Describe Charges Of Murder And Torture Of Prisoners In U.S. Custody
Statement | Document


April 2008
4/2/2008 - Bush Administration Memo Says Fourth Amendment Does Not Apply To Military Operations Within U.S.
Statement | Document


April 2008
4/1/2008 - ACLU Obtains declassified OLC memo authored by John Yoo asserting that President Bush has unlimited power to order brutal interrogations to extract information from detainees.
Statement | Document


August 2007
8/15/2007 - ACLU Obtains New Details of Possible "Cover-Up" of Iraqi Prisoner Abuse
Statement | Documents


January 2007
1/10/2007 - CIA declaration purporting to explain why it cannot publicly disclose August 1, 2002 OLC interrogation techniques memo and President Bush directive regarding CIA overseas detention facilities.
Statement | Document

1/10/2007 - DOD declarations purporting to explain why it cannot publicly disclose numerous documents relating to prisoner abuse.
Statement | Documents


1/2/2007 - Documents obtained from the FBI detail 26 eyewitness accounts by agents of detainee abuse, 17 of which the Bureau apparently chose not to investigate further.
Statement


November 2006
11/14/2006 - CIA Finally Acknowledges Existence of Presidential Order on Detention Facilities Abroad
Statement | Document


July 2006
7/3/2006 - Pentagon Releases Whitewash Report on Detainee Abuse
Statement | Document


July 2006
7/10/2006 - Department of Defense documents show Pentagon silence led to prisoner abuses
Log | Statement


June 2006
6/15/2006 - Department of Defense documents show suicide attempts in Guantanamo in 2002; Formica report; Jacoby report
Log | Statement


May 2006
5/2/2006 - Army Documents Show Senior Official Reportedly Pushed Limits on Detainee Interrogations; New Evidence that Government Knew Abuse was Widespread Before Abu Ghraib Photos
Log | Statement


April 2006
4/11/2006 - ACLU Releases First Government Authentication of Abu Ghraib Abuse Images Along With One New Photo
Statement


February 2006
2/23/2006 - Further Evidence Senior Officials Approved Abuse of Prisoners: FBI memo details Guantnamo commander's repeated refusal to abandon illegal and ineffective interrogation techniques
Log | Statement


January 2006
1/12/2006 - Documents show that the Army received reports of detainee abuse as early as January 2002
Log | Statement


November 2005
11/9/2005 - Documents released by the Department of Justice Executive Office of US Attorneys
Log


October 2005
10/24/2005 - Autopsies and Death reports reveal deaths of detainees in U.S. custody
Log | Selection | Statement


September 2005
9/15/2005 - Army documents show systemic failures in treatment of detainees; contradict report of Inspector General Mikolashek
Log | Selection | Statement