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.

Search Result (5)

RelevanceDateRelease Date
Jan. 20, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 852
Interviewee was assigned to the Internal Reaction Force. Interviewee recalled an incident where a MI person yelled profanity at a detainee and punched the detainee in the back of the head with a closed fist, causing the detainee to fall forward. ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript, Questionnaire)
Physical assault, Stomach/abdominal slap, General, Use of phobias, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity
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
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
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
Jan. 18, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 689
Abu Ghraib translator's sworn statement and responses to questionnaire. The translator claimed to have witnessed detainees who were physically abused, shaken, thrown into doors, and hit with footballs. Detainees were undressed and forced into ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript, Questionnaire)
Physical assault, Walling, General, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Religious, Other