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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June 28, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2572
Sworn statement by a Colonel with authority over detainee operations. He addresses the situation concerning an Iraqi family (2 Brothers & 1 Sister) that was arrested, detained and interrogated at Abu Ghrtaib prison. The Colonel states, "I'm ...
June 30, 2006
Interview (Statement)
Stress positions
June 28, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4633
Emails between DOS Officials discussing the death of an Egyptian scientist, Mohamed Abdel Moneim Al-Azmeerly, who was killed while in U.S. custody at Abu Ghraib. There is concern that the death of Al-Azmeerly will gain publicity in Egypt and ...
Nov. 23, 2004
Email
Cara L. Abercrombie
Joel M. Rubin | Carrie W. Hernandez
Joel M. Rubin, Cara L. Abercrombie, Carrie W. Hernandez, Robin D. Meyer
Mohamed Abdel Moneim Al-Azmeerly
June 28, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 4988
This letter is from Leila Zerrougui, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention under the United Nations Human Rights Council to U.S. Amb. Moley concerns the military detention of Feroz Ali Abassi, Moazzam Begg, David ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Leila Zerrougui
Kevin Edward Moley
Kevin Edward Moley
Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi, Feroz Ali Abassi, Moazzam Begg, David Hicks, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul
June 28, 2004 | CIA-OGC | ACLU-RDI 5097
CIA-OGC memo indicating that [Redacted] of the OGC initiated contact with the prosecutor in Fort Carson, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
June 28, 2004 | CIA-OGC | ACLU-RDI 5098
CIA-OGC memo indicating that [Redacted] of the OGC initiated contact with the prosecutor in Fort Carson, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
June 28, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 6436
This document is a FBI Situation Report for FBI Detachment in Afghanistan (6/26/04-6/28/04). It contains logistical information about FBI presence as well as detainee information, summaries of detainee interviews, and updates about FBI missions ...
June 27, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1739
This is a report of investigations conducted between June 11 - 18, 2004 on detention facilities and the training and accountability of the soldiers. The report finds that the facilities complied with Geneva Convention policies and except for ...
June 27, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2536
Sworn statement by US Navy Commander. Discusses detainee detention limits and extensions. States, "The facilities we maintained for detainee exploitation are austere but more than adequate." Makes no mention of abuse, and states, "The most ...
June 27, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2548
Sworn statement by a detainee who claimed to have served in the Iraqi Army as a technician. Detainee states that he was handcuffed and had a bag put over his head. He was held "for 17 days" with a bag over his head, "handcuffed to the floor." ...
June 30, 2006
Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, Sexual, General, Threat, Assault/death, Use of electricity, Dietary manipulation
June 27, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2560
Sworn Statement by an IP, who talks about investigations. States, "When I was a policeman, I did not arrest anyone.... I did not interrogate people and I did not interrogate people with the Americans."