ACLU v. Department of Defense
Last Update: August 18, 2015
What's at Stake
In 2003, the ACLU filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for records relating to the abuse and torture of prisoners in U.S. detention centers overseas. Since then, the government has released more than 100,000 pages. These documents show both that hundreds of prisoners were tortured in the custody of the CIA and Department of Defense, and that the torture policies were devised and developed at the highest levels of the Bush administration.
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Legal Documents
- 01/18/2017
Order and Opinion Granting SJ to Plaintiff - 04/15/2016
ACLU's Reply Memorandum of Law - 02/26/2016
Declaration of Tara M. La Morte - 02/26/2016
Exhibit 1 - 02/26/2016
Exhibit 2 - 02/26/2016
Exhibit 3 - 02/26/2016
Exhibit 4 - 02/26/2016
Declaration of Liam Apostol - 02/26/2016
Exhibit 1
- 02/26/2016
- 01/28/2016
Gov't Letter to Court Re: Photo Release - 05/15/2015
Gov't's Notice of Appeal - 02/11/2015
Letter to Judge Hellerstein Regarding Compliance with Seventh Motion for Summary Judgment - 02/04/2015
Transcript of Status Conference - 01/14/2014
Exhibit A
- 01/14/2014
- 03/27/2013
Stipulation and Order - 02/15/2011
ACLU's Supplemental Contempt Motion - 02/15/2011
Declaration of Alicia L. Bannon - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 1 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 2 (Part 1 of 2) - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 2 (Part 2 of 2) - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 3 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 4 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 5 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 6 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 7 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 8 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 9 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 10 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 11 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 12 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 13 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 14 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 15 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 16 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 17 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 18 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 19 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 20 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 21 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 22 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 23 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 24 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 25 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 26 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 27 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 28 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 29 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 30 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 31 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 32 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 33 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 34 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 35 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 36 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 37 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 38 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 39 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 40 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 41 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 42 - 05/09/2018
Exhibit 43 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 44 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 45 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 46 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 47 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 48 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 49 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 50 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 51 - 02/15/2011
Exhibit 52
ACLU v. Department of DefenseLegal DocumentsExhibit 32Date Filed: 02/15/2011
Court: District Court (S.D.N.Y.)
Download Document- 02/15/2011
- 01/08/2010
Vaughn declaration of Wendy Hilton - 11/20/2009
Vaughn Declaration of Stewart F. Aly, DOD - 11/20/2009
Vaughn Declaration of Wendy M. Hilton - 11/20/2009
Vaughn Declaration of David M. Hardy, FBI - 11/20/2009
Vaughn Declaration of Mary Ronan, NSC - 05/18/2009
Government letter to District Court regarding list of contemporaneous and derivative records - 04/10/2009
ACLU response to CIA workplan - 03/27/2009
Order requiring CIA to submit work plan for Document Production Re:destruction of videotapes - 03/06/2009
CIA letter to district court acknowledging that CIA personnel destroyed 92 interrogation videotapes - 08/20/2008
District Court Order Regulating Proceedings - 01/10/2008
Declaration of Constance Rea - 01/10/2008
Declaration of Peter Skinner - 01/10/2008
CIA opposition to ACLU contempt motion - 11/05/2007
Gov't's Opp to Motion for PI - 10/29/2007
ACLU's motion for a preliminary injunction compelling the OLC to process the Bradbury memoranda - 08/12/2005
Declaration of Khaled Fahmy - 08/03/2005
Declaration of Michael Pheneger - 08/03/2005
ACLU motion to vacate protective order - 07/22/2005
Declaration of Ronald Schlicher (redacted) - 07/22/2005
Declaration of Philip J. McGuire (redacted) - 07/22/2005
Declaration of Ronald Schlicher (redacted) - 05/19/2005
CIA / DOD reply in support of cross-motion - 05/19/2005
Second Declaration of Michael Seidel - 05/19/2005
Third Declaration of Stewart Aly - 04/28/2005
Declaration of Scott Horton - 04/28/2005
Declaration of Marco Sassoli - 03/30/2005
Declaration of Charles A. Allen - 03/30/2005
Declaration of Geoffrey S. Corn - 03/30/2005
Declaration of Edward Cummings - 03/30/2005
Declaration of Diane Beaver - 03/30/2005
Declaration of Marilyn A. Dorn - 03/30/2005
Declaration of Stewart Aly - 07/06/2004
Declaration of Lawrence Lustberg - 07/06/2004
Amended Complaint for Injunctive Relief - 05/25/2004
Second ACLU FOIA request - 10/07/2003
First ACLU FOIA request
Appeals Court (2d Cir.)
Where it started
Other Documents
Feb 05, 2016
ACLU v. DOD – 198 Photos Previously Certified Under the Protected National Security Documents Act of 2009
Jul 15, 2010
ACLU v. DOD - District Court Order Allowing Suppression of Information About Intelligence Sources/Methods in Destroyed CIA Interrogation Tapes
May 10, 2010
Updated Vaughn Index of 27 CIA Documents Released 4/15/2010
Apr 28, 2010
DOJ OIG Documents Released 4/15/2010, Part 2
Apr 28, 2010
DOJ OIG Documents Released 4/15/2010, Part 1
Apr 28, 2010
Letter to ACLU Regarding DOJ OIG FOIA Documents Released 4/15/2010
Apr 28, 2010
2008 Torture FOIA Documents Released 4/15/2010
Apr 28, 2010
Letter to ACLU Regarding 2008 Torture FOIA Documents Released 4/15/2010
Apr 15, 2010
Torture FOIA - Torture Documents Released 4/15/2010, Part 3
Apr 15, 2010
Torture FOIA - Torture Documents Released 4/15/2010, Part 2
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