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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Jan. 21, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 763
Interviewee was assigned to AG as a Member of the Military Intelligence Group (dates unknown). Recalled seeing MPs make detainees perform physical exercise, while yelling at them. This occurred either before a detainee was interrogated, but it ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript, Questionnaire)
Use of water, Other, Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, Sleep deprivation, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Forced physical training
May 27, 2005 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 764
Interviewee was assigned to AG from August 21, 2003 to March 29, 2004 as a member of Internal Reaction Force. Stated that he/she witnessed and reported two incidents (the events were not described). Observed "several instances of both MPs ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Forced physical training, Other
Jan. 20, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 765
Interviewee was in AG approximately August 23, 2003 as a member of the Internal Reaction Force. Observed an MI yell at a detainee and hit the detainee in the back of the head with a closed fist. Also, observed another MI soldier put a ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript, Questionnaire)
Physical assault, Walling, General, Use of phobias, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity
Apr. 27, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 766
Interviewee was assigned to AG in early October 2003 as a CACI Interrogator. Recalled the use of sleep management/deprivation. Recalled an occasion where a dog was present during an interrogation, but stated it was not planned.
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Thomas Pappas
Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation
June 22, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 767
Interviewee was in AG on or around December 20, 2003. Recalled hearing unusual sounds coming from the segregation hole in the isolation wing. Recalled hearing the detainee being hit or falling. Stated he/she and [redacted]were uncomfortable ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript, Questionnaire)
Ricardo Sanchez, Thomas Pappas
Physical assault, General, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Dietary manipulation
May 07, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 768
Interviewee was assigned to AG in October 2003. Stated that he/she worked in all areas. Stated that he/she was neither aware of not a witness to any detainee abuse. Recalled only seeing the use of dogs during the riots.
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Physical assault, Use of phobias, Nudity
May 07, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 769
Interviewee arrived to AG in October 2003, was assigned to the prison. Stated that he/she would receive instructions from MI regarding sleep management of detainees. Stated that he/she was unaware of detainee humiliation, however, due to ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Thomas Pappas
Physical assault, General, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Other Humiliation
DOD | ACLU-RDI 770
Document reads "NO COPY OF STATEMENT BY[REDACTED] IS PRESENT ON THE CD COPY OF THE JONES-FAY-KERN REPORT"
Mar. 03, 2005
Other
Anthony R. Jones, George R. Fay, Paul J. Kern
June 29, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 771
Memo contains statements from an interviewee interviewed with [redacted] on June 4, 2004. Stated that from September 2003 to March 2004 they served as C2X of CJTF-7, Command and Control Exercise of the Combined Joint Task Force 7 in Iraq. States ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Questionnaire)
Barbara G. Fast, Janis Leigh Karpinski
May 27, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 772
This sworn statement is made by a Military Police 1LT (MP) assigned to Abu Ghraib prison from 18 Aug 2003 until 12 Mar 2004. The statement describes prison operations and the interaction between MPs and Military Intelligence Units (MI). The 1LT ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Antonio Taguba
Use of phobias, Other Humiliation