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 10, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 874
Interviewee was assigned to AG from mid-October to early February 2004. Interviewee stated that he once heard a detainee was raped by other detainees. Interviewee also stated that he heard rumors of abuse and discussions of 'MPs smoking' ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Use of phobias, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling
Apr. 27, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 875
Interviewee arrived to AG on October 20, 2003 to conduct interrogation operations.
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Thomas Pappas
June 09, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 876
Interviewee discussed the procedures dealing in Collection Management and Dissemination (CM &D) shop - transfer of detainee information.
June 09, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 877
Memo discusses information learned from an telephonic interview. The interviewee discussed email traffic findings, stated nothing in the email traffic discussed detainee abuse.
May 02, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 878
Interviewee arrived to AG in July 2004 Interviewee recalled an incident that involved a soldier screaming at detainees after a mortar attack. Interviewee noted that the use of dogs required prior approval.
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Thomas Pappas
Nudity, Other
June 06, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 879
Interviewee was assigned to AG from late May 2003 to early November 2003 as a Military Police Guard for the 72nd MP Company. Interviewee recalled an incident when another officer called him over to look at a naked detainee for the purpose of ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Physical assault, Sexual, General, Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
May 08, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 880
Memo states that [redacted] refused to make a statement due to the information that has already been released about him to the press.
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo
George R. Fay
May 23, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 881
Interviewee visited AG approximately five times. His/her sworn statement generally discusses the military protocol at AG.
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Ricardo Sanchez, Thomas Pappas
June 02, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 882
Interviewee was assigned to AG from the end of July 2003 to December 21, 2003 as an interrogator with the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion. Interviewee was aware of detainees wearing women's underwear, and learned of an incident where a ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Stress positions, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
June 09, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 883
Interviewee was assigned to AG on or about October 10, 2003 approximately until the end of October 2003 as a member of a five person Mobile Training Team. Interviewee recalled seeing a memo entitled "SECDEF Memo" which discusses approach ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Nudity, Other Humiliation