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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This investigative report was generated by the Criminal Investigative Task Force (CITF) Report of Investigative Activity and the interview of the detainee at Camp Delta was conducted by the Navy Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). The ...
This investigative report was generated by the Criminal Investigative Task Force (CITF) Report of Investigative Activity and the interview of the detainee at Camp Delta was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Navy Naval ...
This investigative report was generated by the Criminal Investigative Task Force (CITF) Report of Investigative Activity and the interview of the detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay was conducted by the Air Force office of Special ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File
Other Humiliation, Religious
This investigative report was generated by the Criminal Investigative Task Force (CITF) Report of Investigative Activity and the interview of the detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay was conducted by the Air Force office of Special ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File
Other Humiliation, Religious
This investigative report was generated by the Criminal Investigative Task Force (CITF) Report of Investigative Activity and the interview of the detainee at Camp Delta was conducted by the Air Force office of Special Investigation (AFOSI) and ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File
Physical assault, General
This investigative report was generated by the Criminal Investigative Task Force (CITF) Report of Investigative Activity and the interview of the detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay was conducted by the United States Army Criminal ...
This investigative report was generated by the Criminal Investigative Task Force (CITF) Report of Investigative Activity and the interview of the detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay was conducted by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File
Physical assault, General
This investigative report was generated by the Criminal Investigative Task Force (CITF) and the interview was conducted by Criminal Investigative Task Force Saudi Team (LSA-1) along with Air Force Office of Special Investigation (AFOSI) and the ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File
Physical assault, General, Threat, Assault/death
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). Detainee ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File
Physical assault, General
DOD Memo on detainee interrogation guidelines advises that all personnel are to treat detainees humanely. Physical torture, corporal punishment and mental torture are not acceptable interrogation tactics; neither is withholding basic human needs; ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Brittain P. Mallow
Brittain P. Mallow
Interview of detainee at Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan. Detainee stated that he is a salesman of clocks and belts who regularly travels around Afghanistan and Pakistan; he has no association with the Taliban or Al Qaeda; and is innocent of any ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File
Physical assault, General
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 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The detainee stated ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File
Physical assault, General
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). The detainee stated that he had never been to the US. He also stated ...
The detainee was interviewed at the Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan. The detainee states that he was picked-up by American and Afghani soldiers. After he was questioned about being a member of the Taliban and when he could not provide a logical ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File
General, Physical assault
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). The detainee stated that he was in Afghanistan to study the Koran. ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File
Physical assault, General
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 United States Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC). ...
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). The detainee being interviewed states that he feels the guards at ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File
Other Humiliation, Religious
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). The detainee "was uncooperative and refused to answer question" but ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Other Humiliation, Religious
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 ...
A DOD Contract Linguist stated that he was involved in at least two questionable interrogation techniques while on duty in Iraq. An unidentified interrogator choked a detainee with a rope noose, lifting the detainee up slowly until the detainee ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Physical assault, General, Threat, Assault/death
A detainee was being questioned about his attempt to pass a note to another detainee at Abu Ghraib prison. He stated that he was in fact attempting to pass a note to another prisoner who was acting as an interpreter. He wanted the note to go to ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File
General, Physical assault
The detainee was interviewed about his life prior to being captured and his goals once he is released. He also expressed an opinion on Jihad and the pillars of Islam, noting that “Jihad, is a duty to defend one's country, not a Pillar of Islam". ...
A detainee claims that during an interview conducted on 06/03/04, he was made to stand with his arms outstretched for three hours, then forced to kneel until he had a heart problem and collapsed. He stated he was taken to the hospital, but the ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Forced physical training

NCIS interview of a detainee at Guantanamo regarding his activities in Afghanistan. The detainee stated that he traveled throughout Afghanistan doing charity work and teaching the Koran. The detainee stated that he never took up arms while in ...

Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File (NCIS), Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Physical assault, General, Stress positions, Other
DOD Deleted Page Information Sheet. Blank Page. Contents redacted.
Criminal Investigation Task Force Interview of Detainee who was captured on the battlefield in Afghanistan. The detainee knew members of the Jalallidin Haquanni Network that was fighting coalition forces. The detainee identified himself as the ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File
General, Physical assault
Advises Criminal Investigation Task Force (CITF) personnel must immediately report allegations of abuse as soon as possible. CITF interrogators will ask detainee how he is feeling and how he has been treated and report any allegations of abuse up ...
A detainee at Guantanamo alleged that he was abused in Afghanistan and this memo is a follow-up on that allegation. It is also states that "timely notification of any indictment, conviction, or judgment involving defense contractors in order to ...
The detainee was interviewed about his health and conditions at Camp Delta. He stated he was in good health and had no complaints. He was also asked to discuss his experience when taken in to custody. The detainee stated that he was mistakenly ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File
Physical assault, General
Criminal Investigations Task Force interview with Guantanamo detainee to delve in to the background and history of the detainee. The detainee states he is an Iraqi who entered Turkmenistan through Iran in 1994, but was then deported to ...
Detainee states that he is a member of the Jama'al al-Tabligh (JT) organization, which he claims is a peaceful organization and not associated with the Taliban. The detainee did admit that he joined the Taliban, but states he only did it because ...
On September 14, 2004, a detainee stated that when he was captured (possibly in Khowst), an individual forced him to talk by holding a knife to his throat. Then he was forced to hold his hands out to carry sandbags, which caused abrasions in his ...
This detainee is being re-interviewed concerning statements he made when captured in Afghanistan. Specifically, the detainee is being questioned on his purchase and ownership of a car and how it was that he came in to possession of a certain ...
Detainee admits he went to Afghanistan to fight for Jihad because he wanted to follow his dead brother's example. His brother was killed fighting in Chechnya. However, he claims not to be part or associated with the Taliban or Al Qaeda. He then ...
Purpose is to provide additional guidance to Criminal Investigation Task Force (CITF) agents regarding use of various techniques and methods for conducting interviews of detainees. Pursuant to the President's order of Feb. 2, 2002, CITF will ...
Memo states that joint FBI DOD interviews of detainees is behind schedule, but that the individual agencies can commence with interviewing.
Contents completly redacted.
Heavily redacted. Refers to a legal assessment made by CITF-SJA [Criminal Investigation Task Force - Staff Judge Advocate] of interrogation tactics and proposed Standard Operating Procedures for Guantanamo
Contents redacted.
The email has some comments concerning seeing each other again, but the contents are otherwise completely redacted.
Dec. 21, 2005
Email
Brittain P. Mallow
Geoffrey D. Miller
Brittain P. Mallow, Geoffrey D. Miller
Criminal Investigative Task Force discussion on its policy when participating in interviews at Guantanamo. The email author states "Our folks should make it clear that our participation in dialogues related to aggressive strategies does not ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Email
Geoffrey D. Miller, Brittain P. Mallow
A detainee at Guantanamo alleged abuse while in a detention facility in Afghanistan. This memo is a referral of that allegation.
DOD memorandum referring accusations of abuse. The referral relates to a Guantanamo detainee's allegations that he was beaten while in custody in Afghanistan. Attached is a summary of an interview with the detainee.
Dec. 21, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Physical assault
A detainee at Guantanamo made an allegation of abuse during his detainment in a U.S. Controlled detention facility in Afghanistan and a US Navy Vessel. This memo is a referral of that allegation.
A detainee at Guantanamo made an allegation of abuse during his detainment in Guantanamo. This memo is a referral of that allegation.
This Army Officer is requesting an investigation into alleged abuse of detainee in Afghanistan, while aboard USS Pelilieu and Bataan and in Guantanamo be undertaken.
A detainee at Guantanamo made an allegation of abuse during his detainment in a U.S. Controlled detention facility in Afghanistan. This memo is a referral of that allegation.
A detainee at Guantanamo made an allegation of abuse during his detainment in a U.S. Controlled detention facility in Afghanistan. This memo is a referral of that allegation.
US personnel captured an Afghani male, 25-27 years of age on or about 11/04/03. When processed by USSF medical staff, he had several bruises to his hips, groin and buttocks area (some severe to minor) and numerous burns to his chest. The Staff ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File, Photograph
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