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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Feb. 15, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 269
Testimony of Major Anthony Cavallaro, 800th Military Police Brigade. Major Cavallaro described how he came in to his position, and how his unit was deployed to Iraq and on to Abu Ghraib prison. He relates his understanding of a detainee shooting ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Paul Hill, Ricardo Sanchez, Janis Leigh Karpinski, Geoffrey D. Miller, Donald J. Ryder, Anthony Cavallaro, Walter Wojdakowski, Joseph M. Poth , Michael Diamond, Thomas Pappas
Isolation, Nudity
Feb. 15, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 270
Testimony of Captain Darren Hampton, 320th Military Police Battalion. Capt. Hampton was the Battle Captain for the 320th Military Police Battalion, and also the Force Protection Officer. Capt. Hampton took administrative responsibility for the ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Darren Hampton, Janis Leigh Karpinski
Use of phobias
Feb. 17, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 271
Testimony of Captain John Kaires, 310th Military Police Battalion. Capt. Kaires was asked about detainee accountability, escapes, the training for the combat support MP Companies and standards at Camp Bucca. No discussion of detainee abuse in ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, John Kaires
Feb. 15, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 272
Testimony of Captain Ed Diamantis, 800th Military Police Brigade. Capt. Diamantis described his background and how he was assigned to Iraq. He then offered the following: "The Brigade's main effort was detainee operations." "I never saw any ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Ed Diamantis, Janis Leigh Karpinski, Paul Hill
Feb. 09, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 273
The interview is summarized as follows: This matter of proceeding is a formality because Lieutenant Colonel Jerry L. Phillabaum invoked his rights, and is seeking legal counsel. The panel briefed Lieutenant Colonel Jerry L. Phillabaum on the ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Jerry Phillabaum
Feb. 10, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 274
Testimony of Captain James G. Jones, Commander, 229th Military Police Company. Captain Jones described his background and how his unit was assigned to Iraq. He then offered the following: "I let everyone know that, although we were there to ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, James G. Jones
General, Physical assault
Feb. 10, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 275
Testimony of Captain Michael A Mastrangelo, Commander, 310th Military Poice Company. Capt. Mastrangelo described his unit and how they were assigned to Iraq. He said “We were never in charge of any accountability while we there”. “I never had ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Michael A Mastrangelo
Feb. 15, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 276
Testimony of Captain Lawrence Bush, Inspector General, 800th Military Police Brigade. Capt. Lawrence stated his job as "I am the eyes and ears for the commander. I try to test the climate to see if everything is fine, if it is not I report any ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Lawrence Bush, Janis Leigh Karpinski, Donald H. Rumsfeld
Feb. 10, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 277
Testimony of First Lieutenant Lewis C. Raeder, Platoon Leader, 372nd Military Police Company. 1st LT. Raeder briefly described how his unit was deployed and then stated "We didn't receive any training at the MOB station; None of the training was ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Lewis C. Raeder, Donald J. Reese , Thomas Pappas
Stress positions, Sleep deprivation, Dietary manipulation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity
Feb. 15, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 278
Testimony of First Lieutenant Elvis Mabry, Aide de Camp to Brigadier General Karpinski, 800th Military Police Brigade. As it pertains to responsibility for the running of Abu Ghraib, 1st Lt. Mabry stated “It is my understanding that when the ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Elvis Mabry, Janis Leigh Karpinski, Paul Hill, Ricardo Sanchez