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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DOA | ACLU-RDI 752
Sworn statement of CACI analyst regarding his observations at Abu Ghraib. Since his arrival on December 16, 2003, he had not witnessed any detainee abuse. he said "“I am not aware of any humiliation done by an interrogator to a detainee. I ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Thomas Pappas
| ACLU-RDI 754
Sworn statement of a [redacted], was assigned to AG from November 12, 2003 to the end of January 2004. Stated that they did not see any abuse or humiliation and did not see of hear of any unauthorized photos.
DOD | ACLU-RDI 770
Document reads "NO COPY OF STATEMENT BY[REDACTED] IS PRESENT ON THE CD COPY OF THE JONES-FAY-KERN REPORT"
Mar. 03, 2005
Other
Anthony R. Jones, George R. Fay, Paul J. Kern
DOD | ACLU-RDI 781
Interviewee was assigned to AG in early October as a the day shift Supervisor of Tier 1-3. Stated that he/she was unaware of detainee abuse and photos until it was reported on TV. Did recall, in mid-December "[o]ne day as I was walking the hard ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Physical assault, Use of electricity, Use of phobias, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Other
DOD | ACLU-RDI 794
Interviewee was assigned to AG around the end of October 2003 on generated detail. Recounted an incident where he was escorting a detainee to the tier and the detainees were put into a pile on the floor. Then stated that [redacted] ran across ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Physical assault, General, Stress positions, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
DOD | ACLU-RDI 799
Sworn statement of an interviewee who was assigned to AG in early August 2003. Interviewee generally described Sanchez's frustration regarding detainee operations situation and other miscellaneous detainee operations issues.
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Ricardo Sanchez, Barbara G. Fast, Donald J. Ryder, Walter Wojdakowski
DOD | ACLU-RDI 806
Interviewee was assigned to AG around January 2004 as the Operational Lawyer to the Combined Joint Task Force 7 staff. Described the development of the CJTF-7 policy to regulate interrogation operations, described understanding of Jan 2003 ICRC ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Ricardo Sanchez, Geoffrey D. Miller, Thomas Pappas, Janis Leigh Karpinski, George R. Fay
DOD | ACLU-RDI 814
Interviewee was a dog handler in AG. Recalled an event where his/her dog took a "snap" at the female involved with the interrogation.
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Use of phobias
DOD | ACLU-RDI 815
Interviewee was a dog handler in AG with the 229 Military Police Company (length of assignment unknown). Interviewee's sworn statement consists of questions and answers regarding dog handling. Recalled being requested to the Hard Site in order ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Questionnaire)
Use of phobias
DOD | ACLU-RDI 825
Interviewee was a detainee at AG, was transferred there on December 27, 2003. Stated one interrogator cursed at him/her and threatened he would have the detainee stay at AG for the rest of his/her life. Also, the detainee stated that that officer ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Stress positions, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual