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
Apr. 01, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4042
Statement of Andre Surena to the annual meeting of the American Society of International Law, March 31-April 3, 2004. Statement discusses the status/classification of detainees at Guantanamo, whether the detainees should be classified as POWs, ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Interview (Statement)
Andre Surena
Andre M. Surena, Sharon E. Ahmad
Apr. 01, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 6780
This cable includes the contents of Abu Zubaydah's April 2004 mental status exam and December 2003 psychological assesment conducted by Mitchell and Jessen.
Dec. 20, 2016
Cable, Medical
Bruce Jessen, James Mitchell
Abu Zubaydah
Mar. 31, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1512
DoD Questionnaire: Questions for Officer concerning their observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in response to the accusations of detainee abuse ...
Mar. 31, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1522
DoD Questionnaire: Questions for soldiers concerning their observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in response to the accusations of detainee abuse ...
Mar. 31, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1530
DoD Questionnaire: Questions for soldiers concerning their observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in response to the accusations of detainee abuse ...
Mar. 31, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1577
An Army questionnaire, including forty-four questions, given to a solider regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. The handwritten responses are mostly illegible or redacted. When asked to discuss their unit's ...
Mar. 31, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1578
An Army questionnaire, including thirty-five questions, given to the First Lieutenant regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. The handwritten responses are mostly illegible or redacted.
Mar. 31, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1582
An Army questionnaire, including forty-four questions, given to a First Lieutenant regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. The handwritten responses are mostly illegible or redacted. The First Lieutenant ...
Mar. 31, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1585
An Army questionnaire, including thirty-seven questions, given to a Specialist regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. The handwritten responses are mostly illegible or redacted. The Specialist wrote that ...
Sept. 20, 2005
Interview (Questionnaire)
Use of water, Water dousing, Physical assault, General
Mar. 31, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1588
An Army questionnaire, including thirty-seven questions, given to a First Lieutenant regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. The handwritten responses are mostly illegible or redacted.