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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May 30, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2978
FBI interview of detainee at Kandahar holding facility at Kandahar Air Base in Afghanistan. An unnamed detainee was interviewed by unidentified FBI Special Agents. During the interview, the detainee stated that he did not espouse anti-American ...
Dec. 31, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2974

FBI Letterhead Memo (LHM) in response to DoD (CITF) (RFA)- FBI agents' interview of an unnamed detainee who recalls being at the Qala-e-Jangi prison facility during the prison uprising against US Forces. Identified several individuals in the ...

Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Physical assault, General
Jan. 28, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2975
FBI Interview of Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba detainee. Detainee described as uncooperative during several interviews. In one instance, detainee slammed his head against his cell door in an attempt to injure himself, becoming unconscious and ...
May 30, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2976
FBI Memo to the Department of Defense stating that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) interviewed a detainee at Fleet Hospital of Camp X-Ray, Guantanamo Bay. Contents heavily redacted.
Dec. 16, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2971

Detainee describes being arrested near Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan by U.S. military and brought to Qali-Jangi prison, where he was wounded during the prison uprising. Provided information during interview [Information is redacted].

Dec. 31, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2972
This FBI memo condenses an interview conducted with a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee related his experience when captured in Afghanistan, including seeing an American (supposedly John Walker Lindh) while in detention. He ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Assault/death, Cramped confinement, Threat
FBI | ACLU-RDI 2973
FBI deleted page information sheet for pages that were duplicative of pages already processed for release.
Dec. 16, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2969
FBI interview of detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Detainee stated he would not discuss any training he received; that he has seen Usama bin Laden (presumably in Afghanistan); and that he believed the U.S. was supporting the Northern ...
Dec. 16, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2970
FBI interview of Camp Delta detainee. Detainee recounts beatings and torture he experienced and witnessed at Sarpooza (AKA Sarposa) prison in Afghanistan. Detainee is shown pictures and told of the extent of the attack on the World Trade Center. ...
Dec. 16, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2966

Detainee describes the Qala-i-Jangi prision uprising outside Mazar-e-Sharif, Nov. 25 - Dec. 1, 2001. Detainee state that he was shot, but does not know by whom.