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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Dec. 18, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3423
This document is a one page excerpt of ACLU RDI 3422. Detainee was not willing to be interviewed, but when reminded that he was willing to discuss the islamic faith. The detainee than said "that there is only one true God and that everyone, ...
Jan. 04, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3424
Interview of Detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo. Detainee was shown photos of certain persons, but denied knowing any of them. The detainee then went on to say "He does not like how the detainees are being treated at Camp Delta, saying the strip ...
Jan. 08, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3425
Interview of detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. When asked how he was doing the detainee stated "that things were not going well, and that he perceived current U.S. actions as a holy war between Christians and Muslims, propagated by ...
May 18, 2005
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
General, Cramped confinement, Temperature, Religious, Physical assault, Environmental manipulation, Other Humiliation
Jan. 16, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3426
Interview of detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee was not willing to be interviewed and when asked about a specific matter he immediately became belligerent and confrontational. The detainee then began to chant Quranic verses and ...
Jan. 21, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3427
Interview with detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee denied knowing Usama bin Laden. Detainee complained about the treatment of his fellow detainees at the camp and "complained the guards would take away the Koran as punishment and ...
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Religious, Other Humiliation
Jan. 22, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3428
Interview with detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee complained about being held at Guantanamo Bay for so many months. He said the "stress of being incarcerated for a long period of time, with no answers concerning his status has ...
Feb. 05, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3429
Interview with detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo. The detainee stated that his previous stories had been misinterpreted, but refused to expand further. He stated that previous interpreters had mistaken his words [but] refused to clarify any ...
Feb. 20, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3430
Interview of detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee initially refused to leave his cell for the interview, but was then brought to the interview room my Military MP's. The detainee complained about his conditions at Guantanamo and ...
Mar. 06, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3431
Interview of detainee at Guantanamo. Detainee was shown a photo book wherein he identified Usama bin Laden, but says he never met him. Then he claimed that on a previous occasion two femal interviewers hooded him and had him beaten under questioning.
May 18, 2005
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Physical assault, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling
Mar. 07, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3432
Interview with detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee was not comfortable with a female translator and kept his head bowed during the interview. Detainee stated he was in good health and did not complain of mis-treatment. He ...