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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Statement of a soldier who is of a combat medic assigned to 2/3/ FA. The soldier states that he did not see "detainees suffering from injuries due to being physically abused. I vaguely remember a family of two sisters and some brothers detained ...
This Memo For The record is a condensed notation of an interview conducted of CACI Interrogator/Screener who was at Abu Ghraib prison on October 4, 2004. This interview was during the course of a 15-6 investigation relating to allegations of ...
June 30, 2006
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Statement)
Abdullah Yahia Yousf al Shabli
Statement is by the Brigade Surgeon for 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division providing a statement regarding detainee who died of hypothermia. The surgeon stated that the detainee "came in on 12/25/2003 in a wheelchair, unconscious, not responding ...
Statement of a Captain who commanded a force that engaged the enemy in battle, but did not hold or interrogate prisoners. The Captain states specifically "We were not trained as interrogators" and that his unit would turn prisoners over to other ...
A Non-commissioned officer in charge (NCOIC) describes how his unit engaged Enemy Prisoners of War (EPWs) and specifics on certain interrogations conducted. The NCOIC stated that he, nor any member of his team abused EPWs or witnessed any abuse ...
This detainee Screening Report is a standard form letter for processing detainees taken in to custody. The detainee associated with this Screening Report is redacted. Report details a male detainee, a Republican Guard in Tharthar. Classed as ...
Sworn statement of medical personnel mentions being told of detainee's death from hypothermia. The detainee was brought in to the detention facility and was later transferred to a medical facility where he died. The allegations are that the ...
June 30, 2006
Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, Sexual
Statement from a Military Intelligence officer about a detainee captured and interrogated at Camp Taji. He stated that the detainee he interviewed had no medical conditions that prevented him from being interviewed. The detainee admitted to ...
Deleted Page Information Sheet
Deleted Page Information Sheet
This detainee Screening Report is a standard form letter for processing detainees taken in to custody. The detainee associated with this Screening Report is redacted.
Deleted Page Information Sheet
Deleted Page Information Sheet.
This detainee Screening Report is a standard form letter for processing detainees taken in to custody. The detainee associated with this Screening Report is redacted. The report details a male detainee who is handicapped. Screener's name is ...
List of soldiers assigned to duty of Detainee Guard times with emails attached discussing the shift assignements.
This detainee Screening Report is a standard form letter for processing detainees taken in to custody. The detainee associated with this Screening Report is redacted, but the report details a female detainee and briefly lists questions asked of ...
This detainee Screening Report is a standard form letter for processing detainees taken in to custody. The detainee associated with this Screening Report is redacted, but the report details a female detaineeand lists questions asked of the ...
This detainee Screening Report is a standard form letter for processing detainees taken in to custody. The detainee associated with this Screening Report is redacted. The report details a male detainee. Words "MI HOLD" are written on top.
Statement of Commander of unit that did not have a detention facility but that conducted tactical battlefield interrogations immediately after detaining individuals. States that guidance about detainee treatment was clear. Mentions Gen. ...
June 30, 2006
Interview (Statement)
Ricardo Sanchez
Cable issued to ensure that all civilian internees and enemy prisoners of War (POWs) are properly processed and treated humanely. The cable states that some capturing units may not be able to detain those captured and that some ...
This letter is a response to General Formica per his request for certain documents related to the training of non-commissioned officers in handling enemy combatants and interrogation of Enemy Prisoners of War (EPWs). The response informs General ...
June 30, 2006
Letter
Richard P. Formica
Richard P. Formica
Email. Contents redacted.
Statement is by an interrogator with the 312th Military Intelligence Battalion, The interrogator states "I have witnessed numerous problems with detainees dropped off. Their paperwork is cryptic in as much as they rarely put the detainee's name ...
Statement of screener at Abu Ghraib with CACI, III Corps 504th Military Intelligence Brigade, 202nd Military Intelligence Battalion. "During the period from around Nov '03 to Jan '04, I recognized that a number of detainees brought to Abu Ghraib ...
Fragmentary Order 801 marking the activation of the Multinational Forces Iraq under command of General Ricardo S Sanchez and Lieutenant General Thomas F Metz. At the handover of power to the Interim Iraqi Govrnment on 06/20/2004, "the dynamic of ...
June 30, 2006
Other
Ricardo Sanchez, Thomas F. Metz
Formica Report Annexes 191 through 192: Deleted Page Information Sheet
This sworn statement is from an intake soldier, unidentified here, wherein he gives a brief discussion of medical screening and intake for the 1st Calvary Division Interrogation Facility. The soldier states that "Detainees that have come to us ...
Statement of a soldier who tested and verified the accuracy of the Vapor Trace 2 System. The soldier then tested a sample of an item taken from a detainee and the subsequent finding of high exposure reading of an explosive (RDX) on a detainee ...
Sworn statement of a soldier who describes the captured of a detainee on 04/04/2004. A Vapor Trace 2 test showed a "high exposure reading of RDX explosive. The soldier also mentions that the detainee was helping the resistance with supplies for ...

Contents completely redacted.

June 30, 2006
Other
Richard P. Formica
Photos are redacted and undiscernible.
Photos are redacted and undiscernible.
Formica Report Annex 183: Deleted Page Information Sheet
Pictures of a raid on the Al Thayiar Fedayeen Cell Raid on 04/27/2004 showing a General's Uniform, Saddam Sash, AK Rounds, Binoculars etc.
Pictures of a raid on April 27, 2004 showing a 120mm ILLUM Mortar Round, Bandoliers etc.
Formica Report Annexes 170 through 180: Deleted Page Information Sheet
Medical Encyclopedia - Information on anal fissures.
Formica Report Annex 182: Deleted Page Information Sheet
This Report of Decision by the Article 78 Board is a determination that the detainee is a security threat and orders continued interment. ISN Number: 25224; NDRS: 156283. The Board was convened by Convening Order No. 3, effective 15 August 2003, ...
This Report of Decision by the Article 78 Board is a determination that the detainee is a security threat and orders continued interment. ISN Number: 25224. NDRS: 156282. The Board was convened by Convening Order No. 3, effective 15 August 2003, ...
This Report of Decision by the Article 78 Board is a determination that the detainee is a security threat and orders continued interment. ISN number 25143. NDRS: 156216. The Board was Convened by Convening Order No. 3, effective 15 August 2003, ...
This Report of Decision by the Article 78 Board is a determination that the detainee is a security threat and orders continued interment. ISN Number: 25142. NDRS: 156215. The Board was Convened by Convening Order No. 3, effective 15 August 2003, ...
This Report of Decision by the Article 78 Board is a determination that the detainee is a security threat and orders continued interment. ISN Number: 30242. NDRS: 160813. The Board was convened by Convening Order No. 3, effective 15 August 2003, ...
This is a tag that is tied to and accompanies the detainee as he is moved through the detainee internment process. The detainee associated with this tag is redacted but the tag states that he is "the younger brother of [redacted]."
This detainee Screening Report is a standard form letter for processing detainees taken in to custody. The detainee associated with this Screening Report is redacted, but his alias is "Al Dour"; Capture tag number 065-016; and his date of birth ...
This letter from the Staff Judge Advocate located at Command Joint Task Force Seven concerns a detainee being interned for "Participating in attacks on the coalition forces" is a form letter. The detainee's name is redacted. He is being interned ...
This Detainee Tracking form is for a redacted detainee listed as a "Security Internee" and the action being taken is “Refer to Article 78 Panel”. The detainee was captured in a raid on a village. He admits to being part of a Fedayeen cell.
This letter from the Staff Judge Advocate located at Command Joint Task Force Seven concerns a detainee being interned for "IED making" is a form letter. The detainee's name is redacted. He is being referred to the Article 78 Panel under the ...
This is a tag that is tied to and accompanies the detainee as he is moved through the detainee internment process. The detainee associated with this tag is redacted but the tag states that he is "very combative" and "will try to fell at the first ...
This is a worksheet for the in-take and processing of detainees captured in the field. The detainee associated with his worksheet is redacted, but states he was captured and confessed to participating in "6 separate occasions" of "IED attacks on ...