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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Nov. 03, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6331
The document is an affidavit of a New York Office FBI Special Agent, regarding his role in the interrogations of a redacted detainee. He asserts that he did not witness any abuse or mistreatment of the detainee.
June 13, 2003 | ACLU-RDI 6327
The document is an almost entirely redacted account of an FBI interview. The document also includes information on the fate of Sabah al-Khayt.
Aug. 12, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 6324
The document is an affidavit of a redacted entity, regarding the transfers and interrogation of a detainee at the Al Asad Base.
Jan. 28, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 6317
The document is a sworn statement from a redacted entity regarding two incidents at the Abu Ghurayb Prison which involved the use of dogs to intimidate and injure detainees.
Jan. 27, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 6316
The document is a sworn statement from a redacted entity regarding two incidents at the Abu Ghurayb Prison which involved the use of dogs to intimidate and injure detainees.
Jan. 28, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 6315
The document is a translated statement from a detainee at Abu Ghraib who describes being bitten twice by a dog and subsequently kicked and hit in the face by an American soldier.
Mar. 14, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6199
The document is an internal FBI detainee interrogation report. The report is almost entirely redacted, but pertains to the interrogation of Detainee ISN 00269 at Guantanamo Bay by agents from the FBI and NCIS.
Jan. 15, 2010
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Mohammed El Gharani
Feb. 25, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6198
The document is an internal FBI detainee interrogation report. The report is almost entirely redacted, but pertains to the interrogation of Detainee 00269DP at Guantanamo Bay.
Sept. 07, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6188
A transcript of an interview with an FBI Special Agent who was part of an interviewing team at Guantanamo Bay. The transcript first notes that interviews in the evening were conducted by those who were gathering intelligence; the purpose of the ...
Oct. 30, 2009
Interview (Transcript)
Physical assault, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Religious
May 20, 2004 | Legislative | ACLU-RDI 6182
The document is a transcript of proceedings from the United States Senate's Committee on the Judiciary. The transcript is a record of FBI Director Robert Mueller's statement regarding FBI oversight, terrorism and other topics.
Jan. 15, 2010
Interview (Transcript)
Robert S. Mueller, Orrin Hatch, Charles E. Grassley, Arlen Specter, Jeff Sessions, John Cornyn, Patrick Leahy, Dianne Feinstein, Russell Dana Feingold, Charles E. Schumer, Richard J. Durbin, Frank James Sensenbrenner, Jr.