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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RelevanceDateRelease Date
May 07, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 730
Blank page of sworn statement taken at Camp Victory, Iraq.
May 07, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 768
Interviewee was assigned to AG in October 2003. Stated that he/she worked in all areas. Stated that he/she was neither aware of not a witness to any detainee abuse. Recalled only seeing the use of dogs during the riots.
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Physical assault, Use of phobias, Nudity
May 07, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 769
Interviewee arrived to AG in October 2003, was assigned to the prison. Stated that he/she would receive instructions from MI regarding sleep management of detainees. Stated that he/she was unaware of detainee humiliation, however, due to ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Thomas Pappas
Physical assault, General, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Other Humiliation
May 07, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 830
Interviewee arrived to AG around mid-October as the Day-shift Non-commissioned Officer in Charge. Stated that his/her job was to manage detainee sleep plans, and to make sure the detainees were showered, fed, and did not cause problems. ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Physical assault, General, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Dietary manipulation, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Forced grooming, Forced physical training
May 07, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 863
Interviewee was assigned to AG in mid-October 2003, assigned to Tier 2 with the Iraqi criminals. Interviewee mentioned needing to handcuff detainees to their cells during a search where dogs were used to look for bombs and other ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Ricardo Sanchez
Use of phobias, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
May 07, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 899
Interviewee arrived to AG October 1, 2003 and was responsible for escorting detainees from AG to the court house and other detention facilities in downtown AG. Interviewee recalled hearing about photos being taken of a detainee who had "shit all ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Physical assault, Other Humiliation
May 07, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1179
Fax of a sworn statement which describes soldiers having photographs of naked female prisoners and being instructed by superiors to delete all such photographs from their computers in case of investigation. related to CID investigation. ACLU RDI 64.
May 16, 2005
Investigative File (CID), Interview (Statement)
Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
May 07, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1837
Original email describes a visit from [redacted], a committee member of an Islamic human rights organization. The email also references a conversation between the author and [redacted] discussing alleged abuse cases that took place at Abu Ghraib.
Dec. 21, 2005
Email
Geoffrey D. Miller, Ricardo Sanchez
Use of water, Other, Physical assault, General, Sleep deprivation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other
May 07, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 1941
A detainee at Guantanamo alleged abuse while in a detention facility in Afghanistan. This memo is a referral of that allegation.
May 07, 2004 | DOJ | ACLU-RDI 2733
Response to letter from Senator Patrick Leahy seeking clarification regarding referral for investigation received by DOJ from DOD and CIA. Specifically concerning the investigation of abuses by civilian contractors at Abu Ghraib.
Oct. 15, 2004
Letter
William Moschella
Patrick Leahy
Patrick Leahy, William E. Moschella, Orrin Hatch