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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May 15, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 486
Email concerns the training of Military Police on detainee treatment and handling. It includes a discussion of the inclusion of Geneva Convention and focuses the requirement for humane treatment of all prisoners at all times as specified under ...
Mar. 23, 2005
Email
Julian H. Burns, James L. Terry, Antonio Taguba, Thomas G. Miller, Dan M. Colglazier, Raymond D. Barrett, Jr, James A. Marks, David D. McKiernan
Feb. 10, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 707

This document is part of the Taguba Report (Annex 83) and included here in the Fay Report. The interview is of Sergeant First Class Keith A. Comer, Platoon Sergeant of the 229th Military Police Company assigned to Abu Ghraib Prison in 2003. ...

Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Janis Leigh Karpinski, Donald H. Rumsfeld
Physical assault, Stomach/abdominal slap, General
May 27, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 772
This sworn statement is made by a Military Police 1LT (MP) assigned to Abu Ghraib prison from 18 Aug 2003 until 12 Mar 2004. The statement describes prison operations and the interaction between MPs and Military Intelligence Units (MI). The 1LT ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Antonio Taguba
Use of phobias, 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
Feb. 11, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 795
Interviewee, an AR 15-6 Investigating Officer. The interviewee briefly referred to two violations, one involving a claim of abuse by two female detainees. The women's claim was not described by the interviewee, but they claimed abuse by three ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Geoffrey D. Miller, Ricardo Sanchez, Antonio Taguba
Physical assault, Other
Feb. 11, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 796
Interviewee, an AR 15-6 Investigating Officer. The interviewee briefly referred to two violations, one involving a claim of abuse by two female detainees. The women's claim was not described by the interviewee, but they claimed abuse by three ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, Geoffrey D. Miller, Ricardo Sanchez
Physical assault, Other
July 20, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 808

[Partially unreadable] Interview of MG Barbara G. Fast's July 20, 2004 Statement re: AG. Interviewed by LTG Jones and MG Fay. Fay explained there was pressure for interrogators to perform, but stated did not believe there was pressure to ...

Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Barbara G. Fast, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Anthony R. Jones, George R. Fay, Stephen A. Cambone, Ricardo Sanchez, Thomas Pappas, Antonio Taguba, Ronald L. Burgess, Jr., Janis Leigh Karpinski, L. Paul Bremer, Geoffrey D. Miller, Keith B. Alexander, Donald J. Ryder, Walter Wojdakowski, William G. Boykin, James R. Schlesinger, Albert T. Church, George R. Fay, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, John M. Custer, III, John P. Abizaid
Physical assault, Other
Feb. 01, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 813
This statement is made by the Navy's Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC) of the Navy Military Working Dogs (MWD) used at Abu Ghraib prison. He is a Petty Officer and a senior dog handler. As it pertains to Rules of Engagement (ROE) for the ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan
Physical assault, Sexual, General, Threat, Use of phobias
| ACLU-RDI 413

This document is the Claim for Compensation; documents in support of the claim; and correspondence from the Army Claim Service concerning a claim by an Iraqi/Swedish citizen for compensation for his alleged torture and other mistreatment ...

Feb. 28, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Letter, Photograph
Antonio Taguba
Use of water, Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, General, Threat, Assault/death, Use of electricity, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Temperature, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Religious, Manipulation of interrogator’s identity
DOA | ACLU-RDI 382
This memo provides an up-date on the status of seven (7) investigations in to detainee abuse. No author, date or agency is cited.
Jan. 31, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Ricardo Sanchez, Antonio Taguba, George R. Fay, James R. Helmly