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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Oct. 25, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3412
A Detainee requested to be interviewed because he stated he was "Very Stressed" and he was being tormented by another detainee. He gave an expansive interview detailing that several of his fellow detainee had openly expressed a desire to harm the ...
Nov. 11, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3414
Detainee states he was initially questioned by members of his home government who told him that "the United States is very weak and in financial ruin because of the Trade Center bombing". Detainee also stated that the delegation told him that the ...
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Dietary manipulation, Environmental manipulation, Temperature
Nov. 20, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3415
Detainee interviewed at Camp Delta, Guantanamo stated that he "felt that his human rights were being violated and that he should be represented by an attorney" And "did not like his treatment, and felt he and others were being treated like ...
Nov. 28, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3416
Detainee interviewed at Camp Delta Guantanamo. Detainee was asked again about the possibility of a planned mass suicide occurring amongst the detainees at the Camp. He said he knew nothing more about it and it did not apply to him. The detainee ...
Dec. 02, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3417
Detainee interviewed at Guantanamo. The detainee stated that had heard that "40-50 detainees intended to commit suicide after Ramadan ended because they were tired of being detained with no prospect of being released and they were tired of being ...
Dec. 09, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3418
This detainee was interviewed at Guantanamo Bay. The detainee engaged in limited conversation, stating he would not answer any questions because he feels he has been mistreated. When asked how he has been mistreated, [he] replied he felt like an ...
Dec. 11, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3419
Detainee interviewed at Camp Delta, Guantanamo. Detainee was asked about his time in Afghanistan to which he "denied using any weapons while in Afghanistan. He recanted his earlier statements that he fired an assault rifle once while in ...
Dec. 12, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3420
Detainee interviewed at Guantanamo, Bay. Detainee stated that he was willing to be interviewed. He was asked about a specific person also housed at the camp, but stated he had limited knowledge of this person and others knew the person better ...
Dec. 12, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3421
Detainee interviewed at Guantanamo Bay. Detainee engaged in limited conversation, stating he would not answer any questions because he feels he has been mistreated. When asked how he has been mistreated, he replied he felt like an animal having ...
Dec. 18, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3422
Detainee interviewed at Guantanamo Bay. Detainee was unwilling to be interviewed any more thanhe already had been. When told he could provide information to determine if other detainees should be released, he replied that they should. There was a ...