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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Nov. 28, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3416
Detainee interviewed at Camp Delta Guantanamo. Detainee was asked again about the possibility of a planned mass suicide occurring amongst the detainees at the Camp. He said he knew nothing more about it and it did not apply to him. The detainee ...
Dec. 02, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3417
Detainee interviewed at Guantanamo. The detainee stated that had heard that "40-50 detainees intended to commit suicide after Ramadan ended because they were tired of being detained with no prospect of being released and they were tired of being ...
Dec. 09, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3418
This detainee was interviewed at Guantanamo Bay. The detainee engaged in limited conversation, stating he would not answer any questions because he feels he has been mistreated. When asked how he has been mistreated, [he] replied he felt like an ...
Dec. 11, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3419
Detainee interviewed at Camp Delta, Guantanamo. Detainee was asked about his time in Afghanistan to which he "denied using any weapons while in Afghanistan. He recanted his earlier statements that he fired an assault rifle once while in ...
Dec. 12, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3420
Detainee interviewed at Guantanamo, Bay. Detainee stated that he was willing to be interviewed. He was asked about a specific person also housed at the camp, but stated he had limited knowledge of this person and others knew the person better ...
Dec. 12, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3421
Detainee interviewed at Guantanamo Bay. Detainee engaged in limited conversation, stating he would not answer any questions because he feels he has been mistreated. When asked how he has been mistreated, he replied he felt like an animal having ...
Dec. 18, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3422
Detainee interviewed at Guantanamo Bay. Detainee was unwilling to be interviewed any more thanhe already had been. When told he could provide information to determine if other detainees should be released, he replied that they should. There was a ...
Dec. 18, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3423
This document is a one page excerpt of ACLU RDI 3422. Detainee was not willing to be interviewed, but when reminded that he was willing to discuss the islamic faith. The detainee than said "that there is only one true God and that everyone, ...
Jan. 04, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3424
Interview of Detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo. Detainee was shown photos of certain persons, but denied knowing any of them. The detainee then went on to say "He does not like how the detainees are being treated at Camp Delta, saying the strip ...
Jan. 08, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3425
Interview of detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. When asked how he was doing the detainee stated "that things were not going well, and that he perceived current U.S. actions as a holy war between Christians and Muslims, propagated by ...
May 18, 2005
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
General, Cramped confinement, Temperature, Religious, Physical assault, Environmental manipulation, Other Humiliation