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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Feb. 27, 2003 | CID | FBI | ACLU-RDI 1886
Memo summarizes the interview of a Camp Delta detainee. The interview was conducted by two Special Agents with the FBI and CID, also, an Arabic linguist was present to translate. The detainee advised that he had nothing to say. He stated that a ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Other Humiliation, Religious, Other
July 24, 2003 | NCIS | FBI | ACLU-RDI 1898
This investigative report was generated by the Criminal Investigative Task Force (CITF) Report of Investigative Activity and the interview of the detainee at Camp Delta was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Navy Naval ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Other Humiliation, Religious
Aug. 18, 2003 | NCIS | USAF | ACLU-RDI 1901
This investigative report was generated by the Criminal Investigative Task Force (CITF) Report of Investigative Activity and the interview of the detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay was conducted by the Air Force office of Special ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File
Other Humiliation, Religious
Aug. 20, 2003 | NCIS | USAF | ACLU-RDI 1902
This investigative report was generated by the Criminal Investigative Task Force (CITF) Report of Investigative Activity and the interview of the detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay was conducted by the Air Force office of Special ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File
Other Humiliation, Religious
May 03, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1533
Memo from General Miller re: Allegations of inhumane treatment of detainees. General Miller directs the interrogators at Guantanamo to cease the use of the "Fear-Up Harsh" interrogation; only DOD personnel may approve interrogation plans; ...
July 22, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Geoffrey D. Miller
General, Assault/death, Light or sound, Sexual, Forced physical training, Physical assault, Threat, Environmental manipulation, Other Humiliation
Feb. 03, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1333
Results of a AR 15-6 investigation of photographs taken of John Walker Lindh by 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne). Describes photos taken of Lindh as "sophomoric". The Dep. Commander recommends counseling sessions, staff training and inclusion ...
July 15, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File (AR 15-6)
David P. Burford
John Walker Lindh
Other Humiliation
Feb. 04, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1334
This Army Memo for the Record describes results of investigation in to the allegations that there were photos taken of John Walker Lindh, an American captured while fighting for the Taliban in Afghanistan, while he was bound, blindfold and with a ...
July 15, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File (AR 15-6)
David P. Burford
John Walker Lindh
Other Humiliation
Nov. 15, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1320
This is the Court Martial record of Specialist Timothy F. Canjar. It includes the charges against Spc. Canjar and his plea(s) as well as. Spc. Canjar was charged with: 1) dereliction of duty; 2) maltreatment of detainees (4 counts); 3) intent to ...
July 01, 2005
UCMJ (Court-Martial)
Timothy F. Canjar
Physical assault, Sexual, General, Assault/death, Stress positions, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Nudity, Sexual, Religious, Forced physical training, Other, Threat, Other Humiliation
Jan. 08, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3425
Interview of detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. When asked how he was doing the detainee stated "that things were not going well, and that he perceived current U.S. actions as a holy war between Christians and Muslims, propagated by ...
May 18, 2005
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
General, Cramped confinement, Temperature, Religious, Physical assault, Environmental manipulation, Other Humiliation
Jan. 21, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3427
Interview with detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee denied knowing Usama bin Laden. Detainee complained about the treatment of his fellow detainees at the camp and "complained the guards would take away the Koran as punishment and ...
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Religious, Other Humiliation