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 17, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 887
Memo discusses a search of JIDC for documents related to interrogation and debriefing operations from August to January 2004.
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo
George R. Fay
June 17, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1831
Emails discuss what is needed to accept a detainee into a facility.
June 17, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2564
Sworn statement by interrogator from 1st Airborne Division. Discusses interrogations at Adhamiya, and talks about the difficulty of getting reliable interpreters. States, "I've not heard any allegations of abuse at [redacted], except from the ...
June 17, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2573
Sworn statement discussing interrogation procedures and techniques. States, "We used 'Mutt and Jeff' with one of them being assertive, but probably not more than 20% of the time." Continues, "Ninety-nine percent of the time if there was an injury ...
June 30, 2006
Interview (Statement)
SERE, Physical assault, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling
June 17, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2574
Sworn statement by a LCDR, Commander unit, discussing detainee processing and interrogation procedures at tactical interrogation facility. States, "What we consider the rule for holding detainees at our facility is no more than 72 hours," but ...
June 17, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2581
Sworn statement by a commander of 2-3 FA. Document is barely legible. Discusses detention procedures and the detention facility at "the palace." States that detainees were generally only held there for up to 2 days. Talks about the death of a ...
June 17, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2582
Sworn statement discussing detention procedures and interrogations. States, "The [redacted] was fairly aggressive in their interrogations, but I don't believe they did anything abusive." Mentions the presence of a dog at the facility.
June 17, 2004 | CRIM | ACLU-RDI 2722
Emails between Mark Corallo, Bryan Sierra, David Nahmias, and others with the subject line "Passaro". The text of the email chain is entirely redacted.
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Mark Corallo
David E. Nahmias | Bryan Sierra | Frank Whitney | James Candelmo | Bobby Higdon
David E. Nahmias, Bryan Sierra, Mark Corallo, Frank D. Whitney, James A. Candelmo, Robert J. Higdon Jr.
June 17, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3539
Email contents are redacted.
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni
June 17, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3834
This DOS memo appears to be talking points for a John Dimitri Negroponte interview with Jim Lehrer on topics, including detainee abuse, detainee policy, and Saddam Hussein.
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo
George W. Bush, Frank E. Schmelzer , John Dimitri Negroponte