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.

Search Result (22)

RelevanceDateRelease Date
July 01, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 964
First Lieutenant Glenn A. Niles, Jr. assaulted three (3) detainees at Al Taji Police Station, Baghdad on July 30, 2003. He admitted to striking two (2) detainees in the stomach with a closed fist and kicking the third in the shoulder. A petition ...
Apr. 06, 2005
UCMJ (Court-Martial), Judicial (Transcript)
Glenn A. Niles, Jr.
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, Threat, Assault/death
DOA | ACLU-RDI 965
Specialist Sivits was arraigned at a special court martial in May 2004 for his role in abuses at Abu Ghraib prison on 11/8/03. He pled guilty to the charges of maltreating and conspiracy to maltreat detainees for his role in an incident of abuse ...
Apr. 06, 2005
UCMJ (Court-Martial), Judicial (Transcript)
Jeremy C. Sivits
July 18, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 659
This is the deposition of Brigadier General Janis L. Karpinski regarding conditions at Abu Ghraib Detention Facility. In her interview, Gen. Karpinski testified that she visited cell blocks 1A and 1B regularly; that Abu Ghraib housed juveniles ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Investigative File, Interview (Transcript), Judicial (Transcript)
Janis Leigh Karpinski, Thomas Pappas, Ricardo Sanchez, Geoffrey D. Miller, Barbara G. Fast, Paul Hill, Kretzer, Walter Wojdakowski, Michael Diamond, David D. McKiernan
Physical assault, General, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Dietary manipulation, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Other
Mar. 20, 2017 | ACLU-RDI 6805
Deposition transcript of John A. Rizzo for Salim v. Mitchell litigation.
Judicial (Transcript)
John A. Rizzo
EIT
Jan. 16, 2017 | ACLU-RDI 6807
Deposition transcript of James Mitchell for Salim v. Mitchell litigation.
Judicial (Transcript)
James Mitchell
EIT, SERE
Mar. 07, 2017 | ACLU-RDI 6806
Deposition transcript of Jose Rodriguez for Salim v. Mitchell litigation.
Judicial (Transcript)
Jose Rodriguez
EIT
Jan. 20, 2017 | ACLU-RDI 6809
Deposition transcript of John "Bruce" Jessen for Salim v. Mitchell litigation.
Judicial (Transcript)
Bruce Jessen
EIT, SERE
Jan. 31, 2017 | ACLU-RDI 6808
Deposition transcript of Obaid Ullah (as personal representative of Gul Rahman) for Salim v. Mitchell litigation.
Judicial (Transcript)
James Mitchell , Bruce Jessen
Gul Rahman
EIT
Jan. 31, 2017 | ACLU-RDI 6810
Deposition transcript volume I of Mohamed Ahmed Ben Soud for Salim v. Mitchell litigation.
Judicial (Transcript)
James Mitchell , Bruce Jessen
Mohamed Ahmed Ben Soud
EIT
Feb. 01, 2017 | ACLU-RDI 6811
Deposition transcript volume II of Mohamed Ahmed Ben Soud for Salim v. Mitchell litigation.
Judicial (Transcript)
James Mitchell , Bruce Jessen
Mohamed Ahmed Ben Soud
EIT