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.
Interview of detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo bay. The purpose of the interview was for the new interviewing agents to build rapport with the detainee and encourage his continued cooperation. The interviewers told the detainee that he needs to ...
Interview of detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee was asked about Taliban involvement in poppy cultivation. He said the "Taliban committed worse acts than trafficking in drugs, and they are not true Muslims. Wearing a beard and ...
Interview of detainee at Guantanamo Bay. The interviewers asked the detainee if he was going to talk if they allowed him to pray. The detainee responded by saying "you have subjected me to mental stress for eight (8) days, why should I talk to ...
Interview of detainee at Guantanamo Bay. The detainee initially refused to speak with the interviewing agent, however, when shown the various names he [the detainee] is known by, and a photo of himself, the detainee decided to engage with the ...
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee stated that before his arrest he believed in the humane treatment of prisioners in the United States. For this reason, when he was first interrogated, he cooperated with ...
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee was asked about his health and he stated he was in relatively good health but suffered from occasional headaches and dental ailments. The interview proceeded and the detainee was ...
Interview of detainee at Guantanamo. The detainee stated he was "fine" when asked about his health, but appeared to be physically tired and complained of being mentally exhausted. The interviewer offered the detainee fresh fruit and water and ...
May 18, 2005
Interview (Summaries/Notes) Isolation
This is a heavily redacted summary notes from an interviewed a detainee conducted at Camp Delta, Guantanamo. The detainee is not named, but he asks when will he will be released, he also stated that he was not abused or tortured, but expressed ...
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee was asked about his health indicated that he was feeling well, but had some general complaints regarding his treatment at Camp Delta. His complaints ranged from general ...
Interview of detainee at Guantanamo Bay. The interview of was conducted in the detainee's cell, the detainee was fully shackled, sat on his bunk, and with two Military Policeman was just outside the open door. The purpose of the interviewers ...
Interview of detainee at Guantanamo Bay. The detainee was asked if he liked Americans. He said "of course" in a sarcastic manner, and stated why wouldn't someone like someone who had treated him badly on the way to Guantanamo Bay and hit him. ...
Interview of detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee, when asked about his health stated he "was in good health", however he was bored with the food that he was receiving. Additionally, he requested that his Koran be taken from him. ...
Interview of detainee at Guantanamo Bay. The interview on 5/8/03 and was conducted at 1530 and was completed at 1830. The second interview on 5/9/03 was conducted at 0400 and concluded at 0645. These two interviews are linked together, with the ...
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee was asked about the different names he has given to identify himself. He said used this name because of the abuse he received from interrogators in Pakistan after he was ...
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee's interview is broken-down by date and a synopsis of the interviews follows. In addition, there is a status report on the number of detainees being held and a description of ...
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee when interviewed stated the "guards [at Camp Delta] were teasing the detainees and because of the noise they were making he was beaten in the leg and mouth". The summary also ...
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee was being held in isolation at the time of the interview was scheduled, and he refused to answer any questions. Detainee did complain about the "harsh" treatment of the guards.
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee was unwilling to discuss any topic previously addressed, stating everything is "in the file". He said that he is very tired of being mislead by interrogators who never offer the ...
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee was not willing to be interviewed until he was able to make a phone call to his family. He did state that stated that many of the detainees were being mistreated. He stated that ...
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee states that he had been coerced during a prior interview to give untrue statements to investigators. No details given.
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee was asked about his involvment in Al-Qaeda terrorist training camps. He denied any involvment. He then began complaining about the conditions in the camp and the treatment of the ...
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee was asked about four (4) men he previously identified, and the detainee stated that he was retracting all of his previous statements regarding these four (4) men. He said he made ...
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo bay. The detainee complained about treatment he has received for his leg injuries. He does not feel the Americans are giving him proper treatment for his injuries. He stated that he lied while in ...
Interview of detainee at Guantanamo Bay. Detainee complained of being mistreated by US forces while in detention in Bagram and during his transit to Camp Delta. He pointed to marks on his wrists that he claimed were caused by the shackles. ...
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee said he is currently on a hunger strike along with several other detainees because of the mistreatment of another detainee. He will be on the hunger strike for a minimum of forty ...
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee stated that he was engaged in a strike regarding talking with interrogators due to an alleged incident involving an interrogator humiliating the Koran during the interrogation of ...
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee the interviewer asked the detainee about alleged sexual assaults he heard about occurring in the camp. The detainee explained he heard that female interrogators were sexually ...
Interview of detainee at Guantanamo Bay. The detainee initially refused to answer questions unless he was released from his present cell. When asked about his previous statement about being a member of [redacted] he advised that he only made that ...
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee stated that during his detention by the U.S. military in Kandahar, Afghanistan, he was beaten by some guards as he was laying face do the ground. He stated that he was not ...
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee explained that during his detention by the U.S. military in Kandahar, Afghanistan, he was beaten by some guards as he was laying face down on the ground. He stated that he was ...
Interview of detainee at Guantanamo Bay. The detainee stated that while in captivity at the original detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba was beaten by U.S. Military Police Officers without justification. The detainee was asked about his ...
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee was asked about conditions at Camp Delta and he stated that "a lot of the brothers were still upset about the detainee who had attempted suicide six days earlier. Several of the ...
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee advised the interviewing agent that he was well. The purpose of this interview was to build rapport with this detainee. As a result, no investigative information was obtained. ...
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee accused Pakistani Police with giving him electric shocks and U.S. troops of beating him. He said he was yelled at by interrogators in Kandahar and then admitted to lying to them ...
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Summaries/Notes) Use of electricity
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay by the FBI and the Criminal Investigative Task Force (CITF). The detainee states when he was captured in Afghanistan he was beaten, hit in the head with a rifle and threatened with being shot ...
FBI memo to Department of State on the capture and processing of 1,300+ detainees in Afghanistan in late 2002. Summarizes FBI investigative activity in Afghanistan and the interviews of captured Taliban fighters.
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee appeared to be in ill health and coughed constantly during the interview. He was provided with water during the interview, but it had no effect on his coughing. Detainee states ...
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee was asked about his conditions he stated that the guards at Camp Delta are not bad. Camp Delta is a prison and sometimes, the guards are "not good" with the detainees. That is ...
An email between FBI officials discussing how the FBI should approach interrogations in Afghanistan, and specifically discussing the need for guidance. The email focuses in part on the differing approaches of the military and the FBI to ...
State Department memo re: Subject: PCC Meeting. Mr. Hoffman's comments are "SUBJECT: PCC Meeting Please transmit the attached memorandum to principals of the Policy Coordination Committee (PCC) on Europe and Eurasia." No additional comments.
State Department memo concerning an upcoming meeting between President Bush and Russian President Putin. Ms. Jones comments are "State-drafted annotated version of the Camp David Action Checklist approved by President Bush and President Putin in ...
Letter from Margaret P. Grafeld, DOS to Jennifer Ching of Gibbons, Del Rio, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, re: the ACLU's FOIA Request. Partially redacted. The letter states that the document production requested is being complied with in some ...
This FBI memo is a condensation of interview notes of a Saudi national captured on the battlefield in Afghanistan and held at Guantanamo. The Saudi was in Afghanistan during the time of the Taliban and when they fell he was captured. After being ...
Detainee stated that the statments he made when captured in Afghanistan were un-true. He went on to state that he believed the Americans "interviewers are pigs and animals" and "if given the opportunity [he] would kill him". He concluded by ...
Summarizes detainee death and abuse cases in Iraq, AbuGharib, Ft. Meade. Of 40 deaths, it mentions 5 homicides and 17 death investigations still pending, 114 assault investigations including 6 sexual assaults. Summarizes 91 command ...
Responds to inquiry into cases from the 320th military police battalion. Observed assaulting Iraqi prisoners. Describes non-judicial punishments received by three (3) officers, all of whom were redeployed. Signed by Brigadier General Swan.
Corrected report of a an incident where a guard shot a detainee. Correct report was that the detainee moved toward the wire, and place his hands there, so the soldier fired. Details about the charges he faces included.