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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CIA copy of a London Times article describing a woman in Baghdad that learned of her husband Munadel al-Jumeili's death at Abu Ghraib only when a TV program ran an image of him in a story on abuse at that facility. The article explains ...
Mar. 15, 2013
Other
Manadel Al-Jamadi
Sworn Statement of a Sergeant First Class (E7) concerning detainee handling and treatment at Abu Ghraib prison from mid-December 2003 until late February 2004. The SFC was the a Liaison Officer and Platoon Sergeant in the 325th at Abu Ghraib ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Thomas Pappas
Use of phobias, Nudity
This is the appointment of an Officer for an informal AR 15-6 investigation to accusations of detainee abuse in Baghdad, Iraq between April 1-30, 2003 by the 2nd Battalion, 325TH Airborne Infantry Regiment. The investigation found that the ...
May 16, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File (AR 15-6)
Physical assault

NCIS interview of a detainee at Guantanamo regarding his activities in Afghanistan. The detainee stated that he traveled throughout Afghanistan doing charity work and teaching the Koran. The detainee stated that he never took up arms while in ...

Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File (NCIS), Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Physical assault, General, Stress positions, Other
The original email's author needs a copy of MG Miller's report sent to him/her. [No attachments included].
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Antonio Taguba, Geoffrey D. Miller
Emails discuss the existence of new photos depicting detainee abuse. [Photos not included].
Email includes a report on the American Correctional Association's (ACA) visit to Guantanamo.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
Emails refer to graphs depicting information on detainees at various camps, including Camp Bucca and Abu Ghraib. [Graphs are not included].
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder
Emails discuss leadership training.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder, James R. Schlesinger
Daily update on Office of the Provost Marshall General's operations/activities.
Feb. 15, 2006
Email
Donald J. Ryder, James R. Schlesinger