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
June 2010
6/18/2010 - Government Releases Documents Related to DOJ Inspector General’s Investigation of FBI
Documents
May 2010
5/14/2010 - Government Releases 236 Pages Of Summaries Of Interviews Conducted by the OIG
Documents
April 2010
4/15/2010 - Government Releases Documents Related to CIA’s Destruction of Tapes and DOJ Inspector General’s Investigation of FBI
Documents
March 2010
3/15/2010 - ACLU Obtains More Documents Related to Bush Torture Program
Documents
March 2010
3/5/2010 - ACLU Obtains Documents About the CIA’s Congressional Briefings on Its Destruction of Interrogation Videotapes
Documents
February 2010
2/1/2010 - ACLU Obtains More Documents Related to Bush Torture Program
Documents
January 2010
1/15/2010 - ACLU Obtains More Documents Related to Bush Torture Program
Documents
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
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August 2009
8/24/2009 - ACLU Obtains Detailed Official Record Of CIA Torture Program
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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
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