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
Mar. 27, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3437
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee was visably sick when interviewed, and remained so through out. Detainee stated that he had no connection to terrorism and knew nothing about the September 11, 2001 attacks other ...
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Stress positions, Sleep deprivation, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
Apr. 16, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3446
Interview of detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo bay. The purpose of the interview was for the new interviewing agents to build rapport with the detainee and encourage his continued cooperation. The interviewers told the detainee that he needs to ...
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
May 06, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 827
Memo contains notes from a Procedure 15 interview of official conducted by George Fay and [redacted]. In the memo, the interviewee stated he arrived to AG in early November 2003 as an interrogator. Stated he had no knowledge of detainee abuse, ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Thomas Pappas, Ricardo Sanchez, George R. Fay
Physical assault, Use of phobias, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
June 20, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 902
Memo contains information obtained from an interview of [redacted]. Interviewee arrived in AG from late July 2003, he generally discusses the interrogation process and the interrogation rules of engagement (IROE). Interviewee noted that ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Thomas Pappas
Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Dietary manipulation, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual