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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RelevanceDateRelease Date
Apr. 09, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2956
Interview with detainee questioning him how he knew or was aware of Ramzi Yousef (1993 World Trade Center Bombing) and Amal Kansi (1993 shooter of CIA HQ in Langley, VA). He also indicated that he has a pending case in another country when he is ...
Apr. 12, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 705

Battalion Commander's letter re: actions and inactions at AG, which led to prisoner abuse. Acknowledged responsibility for all actions taken by soldiers assigned to the 320th MP BN, discussed that "egregious acts were committed in wing 1A ...

Mar. 03, 2005
Letter
Janis Leigh Karpinski
Physical assault, Sexual
Apr. 12, 2004 | USAF | ACLU-RDI 1915
This investigative report was generated by the Criminal Investigative Task Force (CITF) and the interview was conducted by the Air Force Office of Special Investigation (AFOSI). The detainee being interviewed states that he feels the guards at ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File
Other Humiliation, Religious
Apr. 13, 2004 | USAF | ACLU-RDI 1916
This investigative report was generated by the Criminal Investigative Task Force (CITF) and the interview was conducted by the Air Force Office of Special Investigation (AFOSI). The detainee "was uncooperative and refused to answer question" but ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Other Humiliation, Religious
Apr. 13, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2957
Documentation of detainee interview at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.ÿ Detainee complained that his health was getting worse, but stated a doctor had seen him.
Apr. 13, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4299
DOS Cover Sheet re: Request to Interview Detainees at Guantanamo.
Apr. 14, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6113
An email confirming an interview with an Army CID regarding allegations of abuse in Iraq.
Apr. 27, 2009
Email
Toni M. Fogle
Apr. 15, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1080
A 36 year-old male detainee was found in his cell (#19) on Tier 1-A of Abu Ghraib Prison, laying on his stomach on the floor of his cell. Refused to eat food for five (5) days. Detainee stated that he was having difficulty eating because he ...
Apr. 15, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2669
Sworn statement of a soldier who describes the captured of a detainee on 04/04/2004. A Vapor Trace 2 test showed a "high exposure reading of RDX explosive. The soldier also mentions that the detainee was helping the resistance with supplies for ...
Apr. 15, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4142
DOS Memo re: Talking Points on Draft Resolution on the Question of Arbitrary Detentions in the Area of the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo. Commission on Human Rights draft resolution requesting clarification on the living conditions and status of ...