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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Major requests follow-up information about interrogations, specifically solders' statements saying that [redacted] sometimes removed detainees from the holding facility for brief periods of time (5 minutes to an hour) for questioning. Major ...
Sworn statement discussing detainee operations and detention-related paperwork. Mentions the death of a detainee "after he left BSA".

Largely illegible. Sworn statement by an NCO regarding detention procedures. States that detainees were generally held for 1-2 days, and "5 days at the most." States, "I've never heard of any allegations of abuse."

Sworn statement in questionnaire form of a guard at the 2-3 FA Detainee Holding Facility. Refers to two individuals named Mohammad Saddam and Roy (Rafat) [redacted]; respondent states that they were not allowed access to the detainee holding ...

June 30, 2006
Interview (Statement)
Mohammed Rafiq
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 ...
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.
Contents entirely redacted.
Sworn statement, possibly by a medical officer, that discusses medical screening of detainees. Contents are heavily redacted.
Sworn Statement that discusses raid in Al-Winat village. States, "I took custody of the above named individuals," whose names are redacted.
Heavily redacted sworn statement by a Navy SEAL discussing detainee handling. States that 12 was the highest number of detainees ever held at the facility at one time. States that no detainee stayed longer than 14 days. Page 2 is entirely redacted.