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 02, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 753
Interviewee worked in AG as an Analyst stated they did not witness abuse of detainees.
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Nudity
May 02, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 878
Interviewee arrived to AG in July 2004 Interviewee recalled an incident that involved a soldier screaming at detainees after a mortar attack. Interviewee noted that the use of dogs required prior approval.
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Thomas Pappas
Nudity, Other
May 02, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2958
Documentation of detainee interview at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.ÿ Mentions Paracha's name as the person being interviewed.
Dec. 15, 2004
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Saifullah Paracha
May 03, 2004 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 5
Letter regarding abuse of prisoners urging government to take steps in situation. Refers to Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba's report regarding the inquiry into the abuses at Abu Ghraib.
May 18, 2004
Letter
Kenneth Roth
Condoleeza Rice
Condoleeza Rice, George J. Tenet, Antonio Taguba, William J. Haynes, II
May 03, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 714
This is a sworn statement from a CACI civilian contractor assigned to Abu Ghraib prison in early October 2003 as an “on-site manager” of CACI employees, and as an interrogator himself. He described his understanding on how to treat detainees and ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Thomas Pappas
Physical assault, Stress positions, Use of phobias, Nudity
May 03, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1120
Discusses criminal investigation of abuse at Abu Ghraib prison. Charges brought against soldiers involved are discussed and the memo states that action taken against entire chain of command.
May 16, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Mark Traecey Patrick Kimmitt, Daniel V. Wright
May 03, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1121
The purpose of the memo is to provide information on significant investigations into alleged abuse of detainees by U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. It discusses mistreatment of detainees in Abu Ghraib and Bagram, mentioning types of abuse, ...
May 03, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1197
Army Officer fowards an email with talking points to General Taguba and states the attachment is "talking points and background information being used to respond to media queries".
May 16, 2005
Email
Antonio Taguba
May 03, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1200
Department of Defense Memo re: Talking Points on Abu Ghraib Prison Abuse. Public release.
May 16, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Peter Pace, Mark Traecey Patrick Kimmitt, Antonio Taguba, Ricardo Sanchez, Geoffrey D. Miller
May 03, 2004 | NCIS | USAF | ACLU-RDI 1917
This investigative report was generated by the Criminal Investigative Task Force (CITF) and the interview was conducted by the Air Force Office of Special Investigation (AFOSI) and the Navy Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). The ...