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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June 04, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 776

Telephonic interview of a Military Intelligence interrogator (Rank & Rate unknown) regarding detainee interrogations at Abu Ghraib prison. The MI Interrogator stated "I never placed any of my detainees on sleep deprivation. I did use a stress ...

Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Transcript, Statement)
Stress positions, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Nudity, Other Humiliation
Feb. 10, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 773

Interview summary of First Lieutenant conducted by a team of officers at the direction of Major General Antonio Taguba. The 1LT was in charge of the Internal Reaction Force (IRF), and provided escort guards within the confines of Abu Ghraib ...

Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript, Statement)
Antonio Taguba
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Thomas Pappas
Physical assault, General, Assault/death, Threat
June 16, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 674
A Military Intelligence Officer was interviewed at Camp Victory by Major General Fay in regards to interrogation plans in place at Abu Ghraib Prison in 2003. The deponent discussed his arrival at Abu Ghraib and the duties he performed while ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript, Statement)
George R. Fay
Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Nudity
Feb. 12, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 297
Testimony of Mr. John Israel. Mr. Israel is a US Civilian Contract linguist/Interpreter hired by the Department of Defense through the Titan Corporation and assigned to the 205th Military Intelligence Brigade to assist in detainee interrogations ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript, Statement)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, John Israel, John P. Abizaid, Thomas Pappas