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 05, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3456
Interview of detainee at Guantanamo Bay. The detainee was asked if he liked Americans. He said "of course" in a sarcastic manner, and stated why wouldn't someone like someone who had treated him badly on the way to Guantanamo Bay and hit him. ...
May 05, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3457
Interview of detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee, when asked about his health stated he "was in good health", however he was bored with the food that he was receiving. Additionally, he requested that his Koran be taken from him. ...
May 05, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4109
State Department talking points memo entitled: Guantanamo: U.S. Policy on Detainees - May 5, 2003. The memo states: A process is underway to reach a final determination on all detainees. Each detainee will be prosecuted or continue to be detained ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Jonathan M. Crock
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Colin L. Powell, Jonathan M. Crock, JoAnn J. Dolan, Gregory M. Suchan, Bridget A. Brink, Dean H. Pittman
May 05, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 4742
Medical records of a 25 year-old Iraqi detainee suffering from shrapnel wounds to his right flank, chest and surrounding areas. The medical records do not give any indication as to how the detainee received his injuries or what detention facility ...
May 06, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3657
[Contents completely redacted].
Nov. 23, 2004
Email
JoAnn J. Dolan
Joshua L. Dorosin | Todd F. Buchwald
JoAnn J. Dolan, Todd F. Buchwald, Joshua L. Dorosin, Edward R. Cummings, Steven A. Solomon
May 06, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3885
DOS Fax Cover Sheet re: Request for Officials to Visit Detainees at Guantanamo
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Marcia Wong
Samuel D. Cox
Samuel D. Cox
May 06, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4073
No relevant text.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Joshua L. Dorosin
Edward R. Cummings | JoAnn J. Dolan
Joshua L. Dorosin, Edward R. Cummings, Charles L. Daris, JoAnn J. Dolan
May 06, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4074
No relevant text.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
JoAnn J. Dolan
JoAnn J. Dolan, Ronald W. Miller, Charles L. Daris
May 06, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4768
An Army Master Sargent interviews three (3) soldiers on their experiences at Abu Ghraib prison and the processing and handling detainees at that facility. They expressed their surprise at the lack of food, the condition of the facilities and most ...
May 06, 2003 | CIA | ACLU-RDI 5055
CIA copy of an "Information Page" by the National Institute of Health on Cerebral Hypoxia, explained as a condition in which there is a decrease of oxygen supply to the brain, as can occur from drowning, strangling, choking, cardiac arrest, or ...