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 (4791)

RelevanceDateRelease Date
June 03, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 718
Memo discussing MPs relieved of duty due detainee abuse.
June 04, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 719
Memo discussing how perishable the Change Sheets records are
June 21, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 720
Memo discusses the interview of an Officer who as read his rights and invoked his Right to Remain Silent and declined to be interviewed concerning his failure to report detainee abuse, dereliction of duty and violations of the Geneva Conventions.
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo
George R. Fay
Jan. 31, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 721
This sworn statement by a Corporal, interrogator assigned to the 325th Military Intelligence Battalion and the 205th Military Intelligence Battalion. Explained that detainees would be brought to him either in handcuffs or not, would request that ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Use of water, Other, Stress positions, Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Forced physical training, Other
June 10, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 722
Interviewee was assigned to be the Officer in Charge of the Magistrate Cell at AG since February 2004. Discussed the processing of documents and files. There is no mention of detainees or interrogations in this statement.
June 20, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 723
Memo-Interview of a Tiger Team member assigned to the 1st Military Intelligence Battalion, 205th Military Intelligence Brigade. Noted that on an "interrogation plan form there were two columns of procedures listed. The first column listed the ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Use of water, Other, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Dietary manipulation, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Other
June 04, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 724
Sworn statement of a Sergeant with the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, 525th Military Intelligence Brigade concerning interrogations at Abu Ghraib Prison and possible detainee abuse. The Sergeant was assigned to Abu Ghraib prison from ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Sleep deprivation, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
May 04, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 725
Interview of a First Sergeant with the 372nd Military Police Company assigned to Abu Ghraib prison. He stated that he did not recall the use of dogs except for searching the cells after the shooting. Recalled seeing blood on the wall when a ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Thomas Pappas
Physical assault, General, Use of phobias
June 07, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 726
This sworn statement of a Civilian Interrogator assigned to Abu Ghraib prison from October 2003 to December 2003. Stated that he/she was aware of 'short chaining' detainees and removal of their clothing. Recalled there being a lot of detainee ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Use of phobias, Nudity
June 06, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 727
This Sergeant was assigned to Abu Ghraib prison from May 22, 2003 to November 4, 2003. The Sergeant stated "MPs never used physical force, withheld food, humiliated or otherwise abused detainees as a control measure. Military Police (MP) were ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Stress positions, Sleep deprivation, Dietary manipulation, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity