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 02, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 736
Memo is an interview-statements regarding conditions in AG. Interviewee recalled finding a detainee naked in their cell, the detainee was identified as a high level official. Recalled the detainee was embarrassed about being naked in the cell ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Thomas Pappas
Physical assault, General, Stress positions, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Nudity
June 02, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 882
Interviewee was assigned to AG from the end of July 2003 to December 21, 2003 as an interrogator with the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion. Interviewee was aware of detainees wearing women's underwear, and learned of an incident where a ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Stress positions, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
June 02, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1102
Summarizes detainee death and abuse cases in Iraq, AbuGharib, Ft. Meade. Of 40 deaths, it mentions 5 homicides and 17 death investigations still pending, 114 assault investigations including 6 sexual assaults. Summarizes 91 command ...
June 02, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2260
The information paper provides information to assist commanders regarding the reporting of MI personnel implicated in detainee abuse cases.
Feb. 15, 2006
Non-legal Memo
Steven J. Morello
June 02, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2585

Sworn statement in questionnaire form of a guard at the 2-3 FA Detainee Holding Facility. Refers to two individuals named Mohammad Saddam and Roy (Rafat) [redacted]; respondent states that they were not allowed access to the detainee holding ...

June 30, 2006
Interview (Statement)
Mohammed Rafiq
June 02, 2004 | DOJ | ACLU-RDI 2711
Refers to Revised AG talkers (talking points) on interrogation for a discussion. The attached documents are "McCotter mstrong Points," "Iraq Points," "Iraq Corrections Points," and "Afghanistan."
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Peter B. Owen
Patrick Rowan | Steven G. Bradbury | William Moschella | Jack L. Goldsmith | Patrick Philbin | Daniel J. Bryant | Daniel B. Levin | Crystal Roberts | Sean McLaughlin | David Nahmias | Judi Garrett | Thomas Kane
Peter B. Owen, David E. Nahmias, Steven G. Bradbury, William E. Moschella, Jack L. Goldsmith, Patrick Philbin, Daniel J. Bryant, Daniel B. Levin, Crystal Roberts, Sean McLaughlin, Judith S. Garrett, Thomas R. Kane
June 02, 2004 | CRIM | ACLU-RDI 2717

Refers to Revised AG talkers on interrogation. Attaches draft talkers (MEJAStatus, AGtalkers.interrogations3, A3 Enemy Combatants v41, AGtalkers.olcadvice, MEJAjurisdiction, PrisonAbuse status, AG-Issue-Paper-Interrogations, McColter Armstrong ...

Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Peter B. Owen
Jack L. Goldsmith | Steven G. Bradbury | William Moschella | David Nahmias | Patrick Philbin | Judi Garrett | Thomas Kane | Crystal Roberts | Sean McLaughlin | Daniel B. Levin | Daniel J. Bryant
Crystal Roberts, Sean McLaughlin, William E. Moschella, Patrick Rowan, Daniel B. Levin, Daniel J. Bryant, Judith S. Garrett, Thomas R. Kane, Patrick Philbin, Peter B. Owen
June 02, 2004 | OLC | ACLU-RDI 2772
An email distributing "AG talking points on interrogations" in anticipation of a meeting. An attachment is included but not provided with the document.
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Steven G. Bradbury
Patrick Rowan | David E. Nahmias | Peter B. Owen | William Moschella | Jack L. Goldsmith | Patrick Philbin | Daniel J. Bryant | Daniel B. Levin | Crystal Roberts | Sean McLaughlin | Rena Comisac | Robert B. Parmiter | Renee Lerner | Rebecca Seidel
Steven G. Bradbury, Patrick Rowan, David E. Nahmias, Peter B. Owen, William E. Moschella, Jack L. Goldsmith, Patrick Philbin, Daniel J. Bryant, Daniel B. Levin, Crystal Roberts, Sean McLaughlin, Judith S. Garrett, Thomas R. Kane, Julie E. Samuels, Rena Comisac, Renee Lerner, Paul P. Colborn, David Blake, Rebecca Seidel, Robert B. Parmiter, Patrick Rowan
June 02, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2986
E-mails between Steven C. McCraw and others re: "Abu Ghurayb Prison (AGP) Matter." The original message informs Steven C. McCraw that the individual(s) followed up with Valerie Caproni and she advises that there are no additional interviews that ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Steven C. McCraw
Valerie E. Caproni, Steven C. McCraw
June 02, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3822
This document appears to be a cover sheet for a request by [redacted] to interview detainees at Guantanamo.